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HANSARDUK-Ukraine Credit Support AgreementI am delighted to follow the noble Baroness. I want to take this opportunity to congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, and her committee on securing this debate at such a…05 Jan 2022HANSARDIntegrated Rail Plan: Northern Powerhouse AreaI am grateful for the opportunity to speak at this point. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, on introducing this short debate. As a frequent user of the east coast main…16 Dec 2021HANSARDEU–UK Partnership CouncilMy Lords, in addition to the Horizon programme, which is causing some concern, my noble friend will be aware of the ongoing anxiety about the REACH programme. For those who have…16 Dec 2021HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management SchemesMy Lords, may I raise access of a different kind, in connection with the ELMS: access for tenants and how we can encourage and incentivise longer tenancy agreements? Will the…16 Dec 2021HANSARDSugar Beet: NeonicotinoidsWill my noble friend assure the House that all other alternative treatments will be deployed on such occasions as this? In particular, can he update the House on where we are with…15 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Regulations 2021My Lords, I echo the words of my noble friend the Minister in introducing the regulations before us in praising the heroic efforts of the whole health service: the volunteers,…14 Dec 2021HANSARDDrax Wood PelletsWould it not be more sustainable if my noble friend could source all the wood from fast-growing wood coppice or miscanthus from farmers in North Yorkshire and across Yorkshire? It…13 Dec 2021HANSARDFreedom of SpeechIt is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Walney, and I add my congratulations to the most reverend Primate on leading us in this debate today. He eloquently referred…10 Dec 2021HANSARDFuture Farming Programme: Small FarmsWill my noble friend take this opportunity to correct the record? He inadvertently stated that tenant farmers had not complained about their status under the new schemes. If, as…09 Dec 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I think that my noble friend said that the peak of the omicron infection rate is expected in January. Will he confirm that the lateral flow testing will last through…08 Dec 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateLateral flow tests.08 Dec 2021HANSARDSmuggling: Kittens and PuppiesMy Lords, will my noble friend accept that the single most effective measure for reducing the smuggling of puppies is to ensure that the mother of the puppies is always present at…07 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I refer to my declaration of interest in the register: I currently work with the Dispensing Doctors’ Association and my father was a dispensing doctor. I congratulate my…07 Dec 2021HANSARDFootball: Casey ReviewMy Lords, if that is the case, what reassurance can my noble friend give the House this afternoon that families who take their young children to what should be a joyful sporting…06 Dec 2021HANSARDGambling: Children and Young PeopleMy Lords, as chairman of the Proof of Age Standards Scheme board, I ask my noble friend: will he look carefully at our proposals for an online verification proof of age scheme to…06 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, before my noble friend sits down, he has not explained why he argued so vigorously in Committee that, if the details that are now in the terms of reference appeared in…06 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]I congratulate my noble friend Lord Robathan on stepping into the breach at such short notice and so eloquently moving Amendment 3. I will speak to Amendments 4, 6, 8 and 10 in my…06 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]Perhaps I may press my noble friend, because I did not follow what he said about retrospectivity—or perhaps he did not say anything. Will he confirm that there is no retrospective…06 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]I am most grateful to my noble friend Lord Moylan for that remark. I am going to go on and query the path the Government have gone down and why aspects of the committee may be…06 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]I did—my noble friend teases me, but I did. I did not always agree with every single item in every single manifesto, but my understanding was that we made a manifesto pledge to…06 Dec 2021