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HANSARDElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsMy Lords, as we might be working late, I decided to drive in today. The first three public EV chargers were broken. I finally found a free and available fourth. Does the Minister…14 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillMy Lords, I will try to be brief on this issue. Amendments 40 and 41 both refer to whistleblowers and protection for them. Whistleblowers will be absolutely crucial if the…14 Mar 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL]My Lords, I had not intended to speak in this debate except to say a few words on the cost control amendments, at the request of my noble friend Lady Janke, who is leading for us…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI am sorry to intervene, but perhaps the Minister could explain why, if there is such an effective system in place, we have a problem today. Surely there is a flaw.09 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillMy Lords, every day’s delay in bringing in these measures costs Ukrainian lives, so these Benches join in wishing to pass the Bill urgently. We have, however, been calling for the…09 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Insurance ContributionsMy Lords, last Friday, disgracefully, to my mind, Shell bought 750,000 barrels of Russian crude at a record discount price of £28.50 to lock in a minimum of £20 million in…07 Mar 2022HANSARDRussia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022My Lords, I raise again with the Government the issue of cryptocurrencies. Effectively, Russians cannot now transfer roubles into dollars, euros and pounds sterling but they can…03 Mar 2022HANSARDCryptocurrenciesMy Lords, at this moment, thanks to economic sanctions, ordinary Russians effectively cannot transfer from roubles into currencies such as dollars and pounds, but they can move…02 Mar 2022HANSARDInvestments: Environmental, Social and Governance CriteriaMy Lords, many investors are saying that with the EU, the UK, the US and other countries choosing different definitions for their green taxonomy, it is becoming almost impossible…02 Mar 2022HANSARDCrypto CurrenciesMy Lords, as soon as Russia invaded Ukraine, the Ukrainian Government announced that they could receive donations in bitcoin, Ether and Tether to help with their efforts, and…28 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, there is one particular lever that we especially control, and that is access to the financial and legal services of the City of London. The Government have taken steps…25 Feb 2022HANSARDTax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2022My Lords, I will start by addressing the social security regulations. Struggling through the alphabet soup that characterises these SIs brought home to me how hard hit so many…23 Feb 2022HANSARDTax Credits, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2022Can the Minister provide me with a number for how much in additional national insurance contributions the Government expect to receive from freezing the threshold that has an…23 Feb 2022HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillMy Lords, this almost feels rather an anti-climax—in a sense, I feel privileged to have been able to sit through that crucial, important debate. This is a very technical Bill.…22 Feb 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions BillMy Lords, it is very nice to have an opportunity to say thank you, and I really want to say thank you to the Minister and his office. Not only were his staff always courteous, but…22 Feb 2022HANSARDParliamentary Estate: Electric Vehicle Charging PointsMy Lords, the noble Lords, Lord Touhig and Lord Borwick, and two of the staff were kind enough to take a walk around with me to look at various options that had not been…09 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, this is my only intervention on this Bill, and I will limit myself at this hour to speaking to my own Amendment 309A, which deals with whistleblowers. I want to make a…09 Feb 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions BillMy Lords, this group of amendments includes government Amendments 13 and 14, which, as the Minister described, respectively change Clause 3(1) on freeports and Clause 6(6) on…07 Feb 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions BillMy Lords, the Minister has not persuaded me. In fact, if anything, most of his speech reinforced my position. We already have a public register of ownership of companies in the…07 Feb 2022HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions Bill07 Feb 2022