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HANSARDFood SecurityTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to improve food security.26 Mar 2024HANSARDStrategy and Policy Statement for Energy Policy in Great BritainMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on bringing forward the draft strategy and policy statement, which I support. As president of National Energy Action, and focusing on the…25 Mar 2024HANSARDFair Dealing Obligations (Milk) Regulations 2024My Lords, I warmly congratulate my noble friend on bringing forward these regulations. They plug a gap which has long been open, as most farmers do not supply supermarkets…25 Mar 2024HANSARDProcedure and Privileges Committee: Third ReportMy Lords, I want to make a more general point. I thank my noble friend for bringing forward the proposals. He said that this was guidance, and not hard and fast. In comparison to…19 Mar 2024HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (IAC Report)My Lords, with permission, I will speak in the gap. I congratulate the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, and the committee on an excellent and timely report and the noble…19 Mar 2024HANSARDUK Tradeshow Programme ClosureMy Lords, will my noble friend thank the department for sending a representative to local businesses in North Yorkshire to sell the business advice that they give from the new hub…18 Mar 2024HANSARDCancer: StaffingMy Lords, I remind the House of my interest with the Dispensing Doctors’ Association. Does my noble friend share my concern about the number of GPs, particularly those under 55,…14 Mar 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Livestock Exports) BillI will intervene briefly to support the contents of Amendment 6, as moved so eloquently by the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock. I had to give a wry smile, because I spent…14 Mar 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Livestock Exports) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to have had the opportunity to debate this; I am particularly grateful for the support of my noble friend Lady Fookes. We are often not entirely on the…14 Mar 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Livestock Exports) BillI congratulate the noble Lord, Lord de Clifford, on moving his first amendment in Committee; it is very good for him to get that under his belt. In moving Amendment 2, I am…14 Mar 2024HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill14 Mar 2024HANSARDBiomass: Power GenerationMy Lords, will my noble friend look clearly at developing more home-produced products, such as fast-growing willow coppice, that will both give a sustainable source of energy to…13 Mar 2024HANSARDEnvironment AgencyMy Lords, part of the problem with Environment Agency funding is the arbitrary definition of what constitutes capital spending and operational expenditure. Will my noble friend…07 Mar 2024HANSARDPackaging Waste (Data Reporting) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, I thank my noble friend for tabling these regulations. I have two quick questions. First, throughout the Explanatory Memorandum, a key theme is the link between the…05 Mar 2024HANSARDWaste Enforcement (Fixed Penalty Receipts) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2023Why was it excluded from the regulations before us today?05 Mar 2024HANSARDWaste Enforcement (Fixed Penalty Receipts) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2023My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on bringing forward these regulations and, in particular, on ring-fencing the money raised through the fixed-penalty receipts. I will…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAlternative Investment Fund Designation Bill [HL]My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord. I was introduced to investment trusts by my late father, who was a proud Scot and a modest investor. Sadly, since his passing,…01 Mar 2024HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, does my noble friend share the concern I feel after the reports of Putin’s state of the nation speech today, in which he claims that he has no intention of invading…29 Feb 2024HANSARDPollution in Rivers and Regulation of Private Water CompaniesI am afraid that I cannot give way. Large-scale developments built in inappropriate places, such as zone B flood plains, compound that with poor connections. We must tackle the…29 Feb 2024HANSARDSituation in the Red SeaMy Lords, Maersk, which I understand is the largest container company in the world, and Hapag-Lloyd, based in Germany, have taken the decision for commercial reasons not to risk…29 Feb 2024