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HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I hope your Lordships will forgive me. I have put my name down to the Clause 1 stand part debate and various other things, but I have a family crisis and I have to go. I…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI make a very short but rather strong point. I speak as a former member of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, who has had the privilege of reading counsel’s…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, may I just respond to the noble Baroness, Lady Chapman? She said that we just need to know whether the Government want to retain the protections in terms of health, PPE…23 Feb 2023HANSARDVoter IdentificationI understand from my noble friend that the Constitution Committee will look at this issue shortly. The idea that certain communities or people will fail, or be unable, to vote if…22 Feb 2023HANSARDVoter IdentificationMy Lords—22 Feb 2023HANSARDVoter IdentificationI think I need to respond to that accusation, if I may—22 Feb 2023HANSARDAdult Social CareMy Lords, I recognise that the Government are understandably very concerned about public expenditure, but I wonder whether they have recently undertaken a cost-benefit analysis of…20 Feb 2023HANSARDWashable PPEMy Lords, can I appeal for a strengthening of that question? How many trusts currently have single-use PPE contracts? Will the Minister give a guarantee to this House that the…08 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, we are not focusing right now—nor should we be, in my view—on the issue of the lack of suspicion, although that is fundamental to Clause 11. Let us focus for a minute on…07 Feb 2023HANSARDCancer Therapies AccessMy Lords, we now know that there are drugs that attack cancer cells directly, without damaging the surrounding tissue. These literally non-invasive treatments are available to…06 Feb 2023HANSARDTransport: South WalesMy Lords, if funds are to be found to ease the congestion on the M4, will similar funds be found to ease the congestion particularly on the M1, where I understand that congestion…02 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillThe noble Lord, Lord Deben, has made some very important points, particularly in relation to the police. It is worth elaborating for a couple more sentences. The fact is that the…30 Jan 2023HANSARDVulnerable TeenagersBefore the Minister sits down, I wonder whether I might pick up one point that the Minister made. Mental health support in schools reaches a quarter of the children who need it at…26 Jan 2023HANSARDUniversal Credit: Benefit Cap and Two Child LimitMy Lords, one of the major contributors to poverty is the absence of affordable housing. Shelter produced a really alarming report this week which showed a year-by-year reduction…24 Jan 2023HANSARDChildcareMy Lords, do the Government have a clear view about the maximum acceptable cost per hour of childcare? If the Government do have such a figure in mind, will the Minister explain…17 Jan 2023HANSARDElectricity: DecarbonisationGermany and France use compulsion to ensure that large buildings and building complexes such as car parks, industrial estates and retail parks install solar panels on their huge…21 Dec 2022HANSARDPlastics: Health ResearchTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to fund research into the health impact of plastic through a new National Plastic Health Impact Research Fund.19 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to add my strong support for Amendments 237 and 238, so ably introduced by the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, and her strong team of cross-party…19 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]Finally, if the Minister can bear it, can he tell us in writing whether he feels that these small community schemes could in fact deliver 10% or so of the UK’s electricity energy;…19 Dec 2022HANSARDPlastics: Health ResearchMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply and assurance that the private sector and trusts and others are investing in this area. But when almost four-fifths of people in this…19 Dec 2022