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HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her response and her promise to bring this back at Third Reading, so I will not go through any of the arguments again. The sunset clause,…06 Mar 2019HANSARDFeed-in Tariffs (Closure, etc.) Order 2018My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. I am always impressed by the ability of the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, to speak without notes, which I am…04 Mar 2019HANSARDFeed-in Tariffs (Closure, etc.) Order 2018That this House regrets, in the light of the worsening climate emergency, that the Feed-in Tariffs (Closure, etc.) Order 2018 will end the export tariff for small-scale renewable…04 Mar 2019HANSARDFeed-in Tariffs (Closure, etc.) Order 2018My Lords, my regret Motion is against the Government’s decision to scrap the feed-in and export tariffs for people who install small-scale renewable energy systems in their homes.…04 Mar 2019HANSARDHS2: Electricity SupplyMy Lords, a lot of people understand that HS2 is a complete folly. Having said that, if it is going to go ahead, the Wildlife Trusts have had an excellent idea to give the project…26 Feb 2019HANSARDRecyclingMy Lords, I strongly disagree with the Minister and the fellow opposite—the noble Viscount, Lord Ridley—because although, obviously, we should not be sending plastic abroad, we…13 Feb 2019HANSARDFarming: Carbon EmissionsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to achieve net zero carbon emissions in farming.12 Feb 2019HANSARDFarming: Carbon EmissionsMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply, and I am very glad to know that work is happening. However, the NFU website states that the challenges of Brexit are as a “drop in…12 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I shall try to keep this brief, so I will not read out my amendment. We have heard a lot about the WTO over recent months; it is becoming the lazy answer to a lot of…04 Feb 2019HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, could the Chief Whip explain just how much all these extra days we will sit will cost the taxpayer? It seems to be a concern.04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillI thank the Minister for her answer and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, for suggesting that I am in any way gentle; that is not a word normally applied to me, so I feel…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillDoes the Minister accept that climate risk has to be part of any sort of trade negotiations, in that it could disrupt all sorts of mechanisms worldwide—not only weather patterns…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade Bill04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I should have stood up earlier, but I was being polite. It seems the system set out in this Bill has been rendered obsolete by the passage of time and the sheer urgency…23 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, when I first came to your Lordships’ House just over five years ago, I found some of the procedures absolutely incomprehensible. It has taken me a little time to find my…23 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 16, which is a crucial amendment to debate within the Trade Bill. The general principle of state aid rules, which is that the Government do not go…23 Jan 2019HANSARDHomophobic Hate CrimeIn her opening Answer, the Minister mentioned several categories of hate crime. When will misogyny be included as a hate crime?22 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillI thank the noble Baroness for her question; I seem to be answering more questions than the Government Front Bench at the moment. Obviously, there is the issue of bringing up…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillI thank the noble Lord for his comments. I wish I could say that I had thought that far ahead. If I had, I would still have tabled the amendment because I meant the methods of…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillI apologise for interrupting the Minister when she has gone past what I was particularly concerned about, which is the protections on health, animal welfare and that sort of…21 Jan 2019