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HANSARDEcodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Household Tumble Dryers) Regulations 2026My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, for the opportunity to debate this important SI—although I am still a bit mystified as to why she is so unhappy, since…09 Jun 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I congratulate all four of our maiden speakers, whose speeches were very moving and inspirational. I have been reflecting that, if this were the King’s own speech,…19 May 2026HANSARDCivil Preparedness for WarI am grateful for the opportunity to speak in the gap. I sincerely thank my noble friend for her excellent introduction and for talking about the national conversation. My point…20 Apr 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI thank the noble Lord for giving way, but perhaps I could give him a very small example of something that is completely relevant to what he says. On 5 March this year, the…09 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I was very pleased to add my name to this amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti. To me, it is the most important amendment to the Bill, and she…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI would like the noble Lord to give way to my noble friend.05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Cromwell, for adding his name to our amendment and especially for spotting the rather attractive typo in an earlier Marshalled…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken. There was a theme running through the debate of the difficulty faced by those in rural areas of isolation. The noble Lord, Lord…05 Feb 2026HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025My Lords, there is no doubt that the noble Lord, Lord Winston, expresses lots of practical and ethical opinions that we might agree with, but that does not change the fact that…04 Feb 2026HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025Perhaps I may clarify, as a member of the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments, that this matter was raised and the chairman, Sir Bernard Jenkin, told us that it was not for…04 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I have my name to Amendment 461—02 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I added my name to Amendment 461J, to which the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, spoke so eloquently. It addresses the pardoning of women who have already been…02 Feb 2026HANSARDWater Companies: FinesMy Lords, we had the very cautious report from Sir Jon Cunliffe about water, and the Government followed that up with a fairly timid White Paper last week. Does not something much…29 Jan 2026HANSARDBiodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill12 Jan 2026HANSARDBiodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 4, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, for putting her name to it as well. This is a very important issue that we debated at…12 Jan 2026HANSARDBiodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction BillI thank the Minister for her helpful reply. It is constructive that the loss of containers has to be reported, but I look forward to a time when we are not just hearing that the…12 Jan 2026HANSARDBiodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction BillI will speak to Amendment 3 in this group on the UK’s capacity to comply with Article 5 of the BBNJ, which is about capacity building—building the international capacity to…16 Dec 2025HANSARDBiodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill16 Dec 2025HANSARDBiodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction BillMy Lords, this amendment and Amendment 10 are concerned with plastics pollution. Amendment 6 would require the Secretary of State to assess and respond to the risks to marine…16 Dec 2025