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HANSARDUkraine: RefugeesCan the Minister say whether the application form for the Homes for Ukraine scheme is now available in Ukrainian and Russian, or are families still expected to use Google…06 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine: RefugeesMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Cormack, and I thank the usual channels for allowing me to speak in the gap. I add my thanks to the noble Baroness, Lady…06 Apr 2022HANSARDBehaviour Change for Net ZeroMy Lords, can I confirm that the Minister just said that the Government were not open to carrying out a consultation on behavioural change strategy with respect to climate change?…31 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine Refugee VisasMy Lords, on Monday, the Minister told me from the Dispatch Box that I was wrong when I raised concerns about application forms for Ukrainian refugees being available only in…31 Mar 2022HANSARDHomes for Ukraine SchemeMy Lords, yesterday the noble Lord, Lord Ahmad, in response to the Statement on Ukraine, said that 2,700 visas had been granted to Ukrainian refugees. Can the Minister say whether…31 Mar 2022HANSARDCOP 26My Lords, the IPCC estimates that spending on adaptation needs to reach $127 billion per year for developing countries by 2030, but at the moment adaptation spend accounts for…28 Mar 2022HANSARDHomes for Ukraine SchemeWill the Minister meet me, because I am really struggling to get a family that I am trying to sponsor to fill in the paperwork. They are all women and children—three generations.…28 Mar 2022HANSARDGazprom EnergyMy Lords, the Government have said that Gazprom has been sanctioned and will no longer be able to issue debt or equity in the UK. Can the Minister say what that means? The British…24 Mar 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 3, 51 and 61, to which I have added my name. I have checked with the Public Bill Office that my name is on those amendments—it is online…22 Mar 2022HANSARDElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsMy Lords, the increasing number of charging points for electric vehicles and the demand for heating homes through heat pumps will add quite a lot of extra demand on the national…14 Mar 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL]My Lords, I speak at this stage of the Bill because Commons Amendment 54 was tabled so very late on Report in the Commons, after it had already been through this House where it…09 Mar 2022HANSARDRussian Oil and Gas ImportsMy Lords, Germany has announced a £222 billion plan to transform its economy between now and 2026. Central to that is to wean itself off fossil fuels fast. Where is our big plan…07 Mar 2022HANSARDGlobal WarmingTo ask Her Majesty’s Government further to the finding by the Mauna Loa Observatory that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached 419 parts per million in May 2021, what advice…03 Mar 2022HANSARDGlobal WarmingI thank the Minister for his reply. The figure of 419 parts per million is the highest ever recorded over the last 800,000 years and it is a direct indicator, based on hard…03 Mar 2022HANSARDInvestments: Environmental, Social and Governance CriteriaThe director of the think tank InfluenceMap said about the same FT article to which the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, referred, that if you label something that invests in fossil…02 Mar 2022HANSARDInternational Development: Sexual and Reproductive HealthMy Lords, improving sexual and reproductive health and rights is among the most cost effective of all development investments and would give personal, social and economic…28 Feb 2022HANSARDRefugees and Asylum SeekersMy Lords, the evidence of the horror unfolding in Ukraine on our TV screens over the last several days must surely put to bed once and for all the Government’s grotesque assertion…28 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Adonis; it was also a pleasure to be in the Chamber to listen to the maiden speech of the noble Lord, Lord Sedwill. May I…25 Feb 2022HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccination ProgrammeMy Lords, this March the UK is hosting the pandemic preparedness summit, at which CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, is aiming to raise $3.5 billion for…22 Feb 2022HANSARDWindfall Tax: Oil, Gas and Energy CompaniesMy Lords, despite fine words on net zero, it is nigh on impossible to get an accurate picture of the amount of money that oil majors spent on renewables. The little we do know…22 Feb 2022