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HANSARDElectric Vehicles (Smart Charge Points) Regulations 2021My noble friend will be aware that there are very few charging points across the north of England. There is also still a catastrophic power outage in parts of the north-east of…06 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am delighted to follow my noble friend. I thank my noble friend Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb for boosting my right-wing credentials. I think one thing the noble Baroness,…06 Dec 2021HANSARDPower Outages: North of EnglandMy Lords, in begging leave to ask a Question of which I have given private notice, I declare that I am a customer of Northern Powergrid.02 Dec 2021HANSARDHomes: Environmental StandardsI remind my noble friend that I am president of National Energy Action. Does he agree that much can be achieved through building regulations to make houses more energy efficient…02 Dec 2021HANSARDPower Outages: North of EnglandI am grateful to my noble friend for his Answer. He will be aware that there was simply no way to report a power cut or to receive information as to how the planned power cut…02 Dec 2021HANSARDPower Outages: North of EnglandTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the ongoing power outages across the North of England.02 Dec 2021HANSARDWater: SewageWill my noble friend confirm that the water industry welcomes the amendment proposed by the noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington, as giving it for the first time the legal basis on…01 Dec 2021HANSARDCoronavirus Act 2020 (Early Expiry) (No. 2) Regulations 2021My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to debate the provisions in the regulations before us and I congratulate my noble friend on bringing them forward. I thank him for the meeting…30 Nov 2021HANSARDCoronavirus Act 2020 (Early Expiry) (No. 2) Regulations 2021Will my noble friend undertake to write to me about waiting facilities in GP waiting rooms? That would be helpful. I am also prompted by a question that I do not think he…30 Nov 2021HANSARDIndependent Fan-led Review of Football GovernanceMy Lords, will my noble friend commend the report by our honourable friend Tracey Crouch for being so bold? I support the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Addington; 62…29 Nov 2021HANSARDWhite Ribbon CampaignI congratulate my noble friend on her bravura performance last night and during the whole of yesterday. Does she recognise the figures that, in the past year, one-third of women…25 Nov 2021HANSARDEggs (England) Regulations 2021My Lords, I thank my noble friend for introducing the instrument before us this afternoon, on which I have a number of questions. Paragraph 8.1 on page 2 of the Exploratory…23 Nov 2021HANSARDClimate Change: COP 26My Lords, I join those congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, on securing this debate. I add my congratulations to the right reverend prelate the Bishop of…18 Nov 2021HANSARDRetained EU LawWill my noble friend ensure that any such review of retained EU legislation will be based on fact and science? He will recall that when the EU nitrates directive was adopted, the…18 Nov 2021HANSARDNational Food Strategy ReportIt was an excellent report, and the national food strategy advocates upholding our own high standards in food production and that imports should meet these same standards. Given…17 Nov 2021HANSARDNational Food Strategy ReportTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the conclusions of the report by Henry Dimbleby National Food Strategy: Part One , published on 29 July; when…17 Nov 2021HANSARDNational Food Strategy ReportI beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, and I refer to my interests in the register.17 Nov 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank my noble friend for going the extra mile to put the Bill in the state in which it is. His statement today on his continuing engagement on legislative consent…17 Nov 2021HANSARDNHS England: Waiting ListsI refer to my work with dispensing doctors. Will my noble friend join me in paying tribute to all the workforce of the NHS? Does he recognise that they are absolutely exhausted?…16 Nov 2021HANSARDBrexit: Food, Environment, Energy and Health (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, I am delighted to participate in this debate, and refer to my interests as recorded in the report. Since the time I was a staffer with the Conservatives in the European…15 Nov 2021