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HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]I have two brief points. I would like to speak in support of Clause 4 standing part of the Bill, but I welcome my noble friend explaining, in response to earlier amendments, that…14 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, I commend the noble Lord, Lord Fox, on securing this Clause 3 stand part debate. I associate myself with everything that he, my noble friend Lady Noakes and the noble…14 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill: Royal AssentGiven the priority that the Government have given this Bill and the fact that most of the detail will be in regulations, will my noble friend commit to publishing the regulations…10 Jun 2021HANSARDFood, Poverty, Health and the Environment Committee ReportI add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, and all the members of the committee for the excellent work that they have done and the recommendations they have brought…10 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, I am delighted to speak to this group of amendments. My question for the Minister is why we need these amendments. I understand that he has brought them forward in part…09 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]I am delighted to support many of the amendments in this group. Those in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, are very similar to those in my name. I notice that Amendment 38…09 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]09 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, before I speak to Amendment 16, I commend and endorse Amendments 23 and 47 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, supported so ably by the noble and learned Lord,…09 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to all who have spoken in this little debate. I hate to disappoint my noble friend Lord Lansley, but this amendment was entirely my own work—it was not…09 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]I am delighted to move Amendment 13 and to speak to Amendments 24, 35 and 40. I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope of Craighead, for his support of these amendments. I…09 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]09 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, this has been an excellent debate, and I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to it, in particular the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, and the noble and learned Lord,…09 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, I am delighted to speak in the right place in the right order on these two amendments and I apologise for what happened earlier. I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady…09 Jun 2021HANSARDClean Energy Transition GuidanceMy Lords, I am delighted to support this policy and welcome its emphasis on renewables. Will my noble friend take this opportunity to confirm that there will be a moratorium on…08 Jun 2021HANSARDPollution Prevention and Control (Fees) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021I am delighted to welcome the regulations before us this afternoon—certainly as far as they go. I thank my noble friend for his clear introduction to them. My concern follows…08 Jun 2021HANSARDUK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2021My Lords, I am pleased to have this opportunity to discuss the statutory instrument before us this afternoon. I thank my noble friend Lord Younger of Leckie for introducing it and…08 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am delighted to speak in this debate but, more especially, to follow the right reverend Prelate. As we joined the House more or less at the same time, I have watched…07 Jun 2021HANSARDUK–EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Meetings of BodiesDoes my noble friend agree that if the trade specialised committee on SPS measures had been set up and had actually met, we might be in a better place as regards cross-border…27 May 2021HANSARDE-scootersTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of e-scooters currently being used illegally in London; and what steps they intend to take to address…26 May 2021HANSARDGlobal Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Jones, and I thank and congratulate my noble friend the Minister on bringing forward these much-needed regulations today.…26 May 2021