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HANSARDNatural Habitats: Infrastructure ProjectsMy Lords, even though we have left the European Union, can the Minister confirm that we will still be bound by the Council of Europe’s Berne convention, which was the base of the…26 Apr 2021HANSARDNational Health Service (Charges and Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, I start by declaring my interest with the Dispensing Doctors’ Association, as in the register of Members’ interests. I welcome the regulations before us this afternoon;…26 Apr 2021HANSARDBiodiversity EmergencyMy Lords, regardless of whether there is a biodiversity emergency, there is a crisis of nature. We are seeing species disappearing, even in our own land. We need to keep species…22 Apr 2021HANSARDE-ScootersTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of (1) the use of e-scooters, and (2) the number of (a) offences, and (b) casualties, caused by their use.22 Apr 2021HANSARDE-ScootersI understand that e-scooters are illegal in London, so how is it that they are terrorising our streets and pavements, endangering and imperilling other road users and those using…22 Apr 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, and I congratulate her on the work she has done in this regard and on bringing forward a revised amendment at…21 Apr 2021HANSARDMobile Telephones: Public Emergency Alert SystemMy Lords, it is extremely important, if we have a public emergency alert system, that it works in rural and upland areas, as well as elsewhere. I am excited that we can now…21 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Economic RecoveryMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow my noble friend. I congratulate him on being such a champion for disabled people. We came into the House at the same time, and I yield…20 Apr 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillI am delighted to support my noble friends who have tabled amendments in this group, particularly my noble friends Lady Neville-Rolfe and Lord Holmes of Richmond; they are very…19 Apr 2021HANSARDSingle Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) (Amendment) Order 2021.I also welcome this statutory instrument and the regulations before us today and congratulate my noble friend on introducing them so lucidly. I declare my interest as the chair of…19 Apr 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, I am delighted to speak in support of, and to have co-signed, Amendment 9. I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Bruce of Bennachie, for moving and speaking to the terms…15 Apr 2021HANSARDPlant Health etc. (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie, who was such an effective and distinguished member of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee in the other…15 Apr 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, I am delighted to speak on Report. I congratulate my noble friend Lord Leigh on raising this persistently and so eloquently at earlier stages of the Bill. I congratulate…15 Apr 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillIt gives me great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, and lend my support, with my co-signing, to an important follow-through from the Law Commission’s…14 Apr 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillI find I have a great deal of sympathy with the amendments in this group. Before I address them, what has concentrated my mind as to how I will vote is that I understand there is…14 Apr 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I am delighted to support government Amendment 14, and congratulate my noble friend and the ministerial team on listening to concerns expressed across the House, and in…14 Apr 2021HANSARDAudiovisual Media Services (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, I welcome my noble friend the Minister to her place and thank for the very clear exposition of and background to the regulations before us. I declare my interest as on…13 Apr 2021HANSARDNuclear Safeguards (Fissionable Material and Relevant International Agreements) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021I am delighted to follow my noble friend Lord Trenchard. I welcome my noble friend the Minister to her position and thank her for her clear and lucid explanation of the SI before…13 Apr 2021HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions (Kyoto Protocol Registry) Regulations 2021My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness. I welcome my noble friend Lord Callanan to his place and I look forward to his views. I also welcome the noble Lord, Lord…13 Apr 2021HANSARDHis Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghI add my deepest condolences to Her Majesty the Queen and all the Royal Family on their loss. Today, it is a privilege to recognise and pay tribute to the lifelong service that…12 Apr 2021