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HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I was delighted to add my name to the amendment tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott. I congratulate her on moving it so eloquently. Given this opportunity, I just…15 Sept 2021HANSARDFlu Vaccination and Blood Test CancellationsI remind the House of my interest, in working with the Dispensing Doctors’ Association. If my noble friend reads the BMA website for 4 September, he will see that it reports…14 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps etc.) (England) (Revocation and Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, I welcome the regulations and congratulate my noble friend on bringing them before us. To a certain extent, my comments echo those that have already been made by…14 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness on bringing forward the amendment, and also my noble friend the Minister for the work that the Government have done in this regard. May…13 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillJust before my noble friend sits down, I did ask one question: what has changed since the regulations, which were to impose exactly what he intends to do, were rejected in 2012…13 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, in the absence of the noble Lord, Lord Dannatt, and with his permission, I shall speak to Amendment 82. I thank the noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington, for moving his…13 Sept 2021HANSARDNet-Zero Emissions: Planning and Building RegulationsMy Lords, the water companies are committed to achieving net zero by 2030. To be able to do so, they need the tools to do the job. In ending the automatic right to connect, it is…09 Sept 2021HANSARDHealth and Social CareMy Lords, historically, no Government have imposed a percentage increase on national insurance contributions because it hits the very people—the NHS and local government—who are…09 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, for introducing—or reintroducing—a similar amendment to one that a number of us supported in Committee. I also acknowledge…08 Sept 2021HANSARDClimate ChangeI congratulate the intergovernmental panel on a serious and thorough piece of work and the action that our own Government are taking. How confident is my noble friend that…07 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI am very persuaded by my noble friend’s argument for a holistic approach to waste. Could my noble friend take this opportunity, in the context of these amendments, to set out how…06 Sept 2021HANSARDFuture UK-EU Relationship on Professional and Business Services (EU Committee Report)I add my congratulations to the noble Baroness, Lady Donaghy, and the committee on this very full, comprehensive and welcome report. I recognise the contribution that all…22 Jul 2021HANSARDFisheries Act 2020 (Scheme for Financial Assistance) (England) Regulations 2021My Lords, I welcome the regulations and would like to pay personal tribute to my noble friend for all he has achieved for the country during his many years conducting fisheries…21 Jul 2021HANSARDEuropean Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (References to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement) Regulations 2021I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to the regulation before us and to follow my noble friend Lady Wheatcroft. I thank my noble friend Lord True for introducing the…21 Jul 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity given by my noble friend Lord Caithness in moving his Amendment 35A to probe my noble friend the Minister and the Government a little…20 Jul 2021HANSARDRailways: East Coast Main LineThe LNER services southwards from Northallerton, my local station, and Darlington are being severely cut in the 2022 timetable. Darlington to Stockton was the first railway line…15 Jul 2021HANSARDPost-Brexit Financial SettlementMy Lords, I am particularly grateful to my noble friend for committing the Government to this legal obligation; that is very welcome. Will he further confirm that the sums of…15 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I welcome Amendment 293C. I am sure we are all pleased to see the noble Lord in his place and that his wife was not called upon on this occasion. I am pleased to speak…14 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am grateful for this opportunity to debate Amendment 280 standing in my name. I am delighted to have to the support of the noble Lord, Lord Teverson. I also wish to…14 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, the House owes the noble Earl, Lord Devon, a great debt of gratitude for bringing to our attention some of the shortcomings of the existing proposals in the Bill, with…14 Jul 2021