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HANSARDBA and Ryanair: Customer RefundsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with representatives of the international travel industry about the impact of the action being taken by the…15 Jun 2021HANSARDBA and Ryanair: Customer RefundsOne struggles to think of another product where customers pay such a high price so far in advance of receiving a service. Yet some airlines have, as the Minister has indicated,…15 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, I welcome these amendments. I will start with the points the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, was dwelling on at the end—the impact assessment gives the impression that,…14 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, my noble friend Lady Garden has wisely pointed out the poor grammar in the Bill. I hope that note will be taken of that. The really significant question here is what the…14 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 32A, in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Garden, would require the appropriate national authority to consult with higher education institutions and…14 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very pleased to speak in support of this amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes. This issue is the crux of the independence of regulators. The…14 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, the Minister emphasised that the UK wanted to retain mutual recognition of EEA qualifications, and my noble friend Lord Purvis disputed some of that. Whatever led us to…09 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, I support these amendments. As my noble friend has excellently explained, we are probing the use of “substantially” and highlighting what we see as its inadequacy. The…09 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, I wish to speak specifically to Amendments 42, 49 and 57, which I have co-signed. They all address issues related to the interaction of UK Government powers with those…09 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for his response to several of the issues that I have raised. I welcome his assurances on the common framework on this issue and I look forward, along with…09 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very pleased to have the opportunity to speak on this group of amendments, and to reflect on the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Patel. He has reminded us of the…09 Jun 2021HANSARDNet-Zero Carbon EmissionsMy Lords, total CO 2 emissions from the national vehicle fleet have hardly reduced in recent decades, despite emissions from individual cars being much lower in many cases and…07 Jun 2021HANSARDE-scootersThere are 50 trial areas and only 7,608 e-scooters legally in use on our roads across the UK, but local authorities have reported over 800 incidents, including serious injuries to…26 May 2021HANSARDHeathrow Airport: Border Control Passenger SafetyMy Lords, there have been three-hour queues at Heathrow with passengers crammed together, yet aviation is flying at only 15% of its capacity and Border Force says that it is…25 May 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare an interest as chancellor of Cardiff University. Like other universities, Cardiff trains and educates a large number of the professionals to whom this Bill…25 May 2021HANSARDHeathrow Airport: Border Control Passenger SafetyTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they intend to take to improve the safety of passengers queuing at border control points at Heathrow airport.25 May 2021HANSARDBritain’s RailwaysMy Lords, I strongly welcome this long-overdue plan for reform and thank Keith Williams for his work on this. My only regret is that it has taken this long to get here. The…24 May 2021HANSARDTransport Decarbonisation StrategyI am glad that we will hear the details of the decarbonisation policy soon. Do the Government accept expert evidence given to the citizens’ Climate Assembly last year that to…19 May 2021HANSARDTransport Decarbonisation StrategyTo ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to publish their transport decarbonisation strategy.19 May 2021HANSARDRailway Industry Association ReportDoes the Minister agree that all the options in this report are better than diesel trains, which are just as bad as diesel cars for the environment and health? Can she therefore…18 May 2021