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HANSARDOff-Payroll Working (Economic Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Bridges for securing this debate. He is right that it remains a timely debate, because of the recent extension of IR35 to the private…27 Apr 2022HANSARDIndustrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2022My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lady Barran, I beg to move the Motion standing in her name on the Order Paper.26 Apr 2022HANSARDIndustrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2022That the draft Order laid before the House on 16 March be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 25 April .26 Apr 2022HANSARDMoney Laundering and Terrorist Financing (High-Risk Countries) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank both noble Lords for their contributions to this debate and join the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, in wishing his colleague, the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, all the…25 Apr 2022HANSARDMoney Laundering and Terrorist Financing (High-Risk Countries) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, the Government recognise the threat that economic crime poses to the UK and to our international partners, and are committed to combatting money laundering and terrorist…25 Apr 2022HANSARDMoney Laundering and Terrorist Financing (High-Risk Countries) (Amendment) Regulations 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (High-Risk Countries) (Amendment) Regulations 2022. Instrument not yet reported by the Joint…25 Apr 2022HANSARDMoney Laundering and Terrorist Financing (High-Risk Countries) (Amendment) Regulations 2022What I can do now is talk about the UK’s role and influence at the FATF, which in turn works with countries on the lists that we are discussing, to improve their performance. The…25 Apr 2022HANSARDDasgupta ReviewMy Lords, the figures I have are slightly different, at around 60% of the food we eat. Defra is committed to maintaining that. The UK does have good levels of food security and it…07 Apr 2022HANSARDTax Gaps 2019-20My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, for securing this debate, and all noble Lords for their contributions. Although these ranged over a wide number of areas, I think the…07 Apr 2022HANSARDDasgupta ReviewI do not think that the Government agree with the move towards a stakeholder governance structure for businesses, but the noble Lord is right that, in our financial system, we…07 Apr 2022HANSARDDasgupta ReviewAbsolutely. On the international stage, for example, the UK Government have committed to spending at least £3 billion over the next five years on nature and nature-based solutions…07 Apr 2022HANSARDDasgupta ReviewThe noble Lord is quite right. I believe that Defra made some announcements this week about looking at the inputs to agriculture in the context of rising costs there, and the…07 Apr 2022HANSARDDasgupta ReviewMy Lords, the UK is not responsible for organising the conference. However, despite the delays to the timetable to that conference, we are fully engaged in the negotiations…07 Apr 2022HANSARDDasgupta ReviewMy noble friend will know that we have the Convention on Biological Diversity this year, and the UK is committed to playing a leading role in developing an ambitious post-2020…07 Apr 2022HANSARDDasgupta ReviewThis Government are committed to delivering a nature-positive future in which we leave the environment in a better state than we found it and we reverse biodiversity loss globally…07 Apr 2022HANSARDDasgupta ReviewThe noble Baroness has a good point that food security and biodiversity and the preservation of our land do not have to be in tension with each other. The aim of our environmental…07 Apr 2022HANSARDDasgupta ReviewMy Lords, this House has discussed many times the difficult decision that the Government took to cut ODA spending, and they have set out the criteria for returning to 0.7%. I say…07 Apr 2022HANSARDDasgupta ReviewThe noble Baroness is quite right that our peatlands will play a crucial role as part of our nature-based solutions to climate change here in the UK. That is why the Government…07 Apr 2022HANSARDCovid-19: Financial Support SchemesMy Lords, I would like to pay tribute to my noble friend’s hard work in this area, but I disagree with him about the seriousness with which the Government take this issue. I was…06 Apr 2022HANSARDCovid-19: Financial Support SchemesMy noble friend is correct that, while there were reduced checks in place on bounce-back loans, there was still a requirement for lenders to make checks, and we are quite clear in…06 Apr 2022