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HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyMy Lords, I know that both the Department for Health and Social Care and NHS England have a strong working relationship with the organisations that the noble Viscount has…13 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyMy Lords, I think there has been some co-ordination with other services looking at this issue. Of course, it varies from area to area and NHS England has focused its support on…13 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyThere are 10 ambulance service trusts and they have differing levels of performance. I acknowledge that across all those 10 trusts there is pressure on the system in rural and…13 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyThere is work under way in the NHS and the Department for Health and Social Care to deliver on that pledge.13 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance Services and National Heatwave EmergencyMy Lords, as I said, the Government have put additional funding into social care. We have also allowed local authorities flexibility in how they approach council tax and their own…13 Jul 2022HANSARDSupply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.13 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.13 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy BillMy Lords, we will take a little more time over this Bill. We are here to debate the Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Bill, introduced in the House of Commons. It may be helpful…13 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy BillI believe she was comparing that Government to this one. This Government have legislated for our net-zero targets—the first major country to do so. We have decarbonised further…13 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy BillI will come on to that in just a minute. Relatedly, I was just about to answer the question about whether the money going into the tax relief might be dead weight, in that the…13 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy BillMy Lords, the investment allowance has been carefully designed to ensure that it incentivises investment but does not provide relief for investment that would have taken place…13 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy BillMy Lords, if the noble Lord is happy to consider that message received, maybe I will direct my letter just to the questions from the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, which I may be able to…13 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, the House did just agree to consider its Report stage. The noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, made the point, as the Opposition Chief Whip did, that continuing…12 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I will start by responding to Amendment 62 and thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for this amendment. As he said, we have previously discussed these issues in Committee. As he…12 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. I also reiterate the Government’s thanks to the right reverend Prelate, on behalf of my noble friend, for his…12 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]12 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, the amendments in this group primarily relate to schools with a religious character, along with an amendment regarding religion and worldview education for academy…12 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]12 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, for absolute clarity, I say that we have had the Motion on the House considering Report, and we are now considering the first group of amendments on Report. We will…12 Jul 2022HANSARDFinancial InclusionMy Lords, I am sure that that letter will be responded to, although I take this opportunity to pay tribute to the work of my honourable friend John Glen, to whom the letter was…11 Jul 2022