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HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I congratulate the right reverend Prelate on an excellent maiden speech. I spent five happy years as the Member of the European Parliament for Essex North and Suffolk…16 May 2022HANSARDEnergy Security StrategyWill my noble friend look closely at the possibilities for energy from waste and distance warming that are tried and tested and work so successfully, not just in this country but…27 Apr 2022HANSARDEuropean Research CouncilMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for making good the shortfall if we are not remaining part of the Horizon programme. But does he accept that universities have benefited from…27 Apr 2022HANSARDRussia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2022My Lords, I take this opportunity to thank my noble friend for introducing the regulations before us this afternoon, which I wholeheartedly support. I have two points of…26 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine War: UK Food SecurityI join my noble friend in paying tribute to Lord Plumb, who gave me my first job in politics in 1982 in the European Parliament. Given the increasing threat to food security, and…26 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine War: UK Food SecurityMy Lords, in begging leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, I refer to my interests in the register.26 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine War: UK Food SecurityTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the current state of food security in the United Kingdom as a result of the war in Ukraine.26 Apr 2022HANSARDCivil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Representations and Appeals) (England) Regulations 2022My Lords, I have just two brief points to make. I thank and congratulate my noble friend on bringing forward the regulations this afternoon. First, I understand that there was a…25 Apr 2022HANSARDLicensing Act 2003 (Platinum Jubilee Licensing Hours) Order 2022My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on bringing forward the order, which I entirely endorse. It recognises and reflects that there is a willingness, as we come out of the…25 Apr 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend the Minister on bringing the Bill to this stage. My concerns about it have not changed, but we are where we are. I want to lend my support…07 Apr 2022HANSARDHighway Code (Rule 149)I am grateful to my noble friend for her responses and to everybody who has spoken. We have had a passionate cyclist and a number, myself included, who feel more vulnerable to…06 Apr 2022HANSARDHighway Code (Rule 149)My Lords, I am delighted to have secured the opportunity to express my regret at the proposed revision to Highway Code rule 149 on using mobile phones while driving. I say at the…06 Apr 2022HANSARDHighway Code (Rule 149)That this House regrets the Alterations to the Highway Code (Rule 149) because (1) of the piecemeal introduction to Parliament of proposed changes to the Code, and (2) it does not…06 Apr 2022HANSARDForeign Languages: Economic ValueMy Lords, the Erasmus programme was reciprocal, so tuition fees were not paid. In my noble friend’s experience, how many European universities have waived tuition fees under the…29 Mar 2022HANSARDSocial Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2022I am grateful to my noble friend for introducing the regulations before us this afternoon. I spent a year in the other place shadowing the Department for Work and Pensions, with…28 Mar 2022HANSARDCOP 26My Lords, can my noble friend tell us how much of the palm oil we import comes from the process of deforestation in countries such as Brazil? Should we not be aiming to reduce the…28 Mar 2022HANSARDShared Prosperity FundHow will rural areas such as North Yorkshire, the new unitary authority, benefit from the shared prosperity fund?24 Mar 2022HANSARDVeterinary PersonnelMy Lords, I declare my interest as a member of the British Veterinary Association and congratulate my noble friend on the work his department has done. However, on the question of…23 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O FerriesMy Lords, will my noble friend accept that there is outrage across the House at these developments? The shock wave is such that no one quite understands what the implications are…22 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial Conduct Authority: Financial InclusionDoes the Minister share my concern at the rate of closures of rural banks? This is a particular problem for the elderly who often have no access, other than by public transport,…22 Mar 2022