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HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe noble Lord tempts me—I wonder whether he is trying to tempt me against a future Cameron or Johnson premiership, because that was the time when the numbers were increased. I…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillIt is hard to look at this without looking at criminal offences, but if noble Lords have other examples they would wish us to consider, we would be happy to do so. Ultimately,…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, this has been a short but interesting and thoughtful debate on the amendments trying to probe these issues. The comments of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Keen, on how…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe noble Lord said that the Government accused him of filibustering. He will have heard from every Minister who has responded from this Dispatch Box that we welcome these…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, it has been an interesting debate. One thing that strikes me is that the House itself wants to lead on the issues of participation, retirement age, attendance and…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillNo, I will not take an intervention. I have listened to everybody with great courtesy throughout the whole debate. Would the noble Lord mind letting me answer the questions?10 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, it is a party-political point. I was trying to make the very non-party-political point that the House operates best with roughly equal numbers. It has taken 25 years to…10 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI shall take one short intervention. I am sure the noble Lord would not want to detain the Committee any longer than necessary.10 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I am grateful for what has been a long and interesting discussion; I thank the noble Lords, Lord Newby and Lord Blencathra, and others, for giving us the opportunity to…10 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI am happy to be corrected on that, and I am sure noble Lords will welcome his support. I found Amendments 11A and 11B from the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, really interesting.…10 Mar 2025HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat Standing Order 44 ( No two stages of a Bill to be taken on one day ) be dispensed with on 11 March to enable the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill…10 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI just proved I was listening.10 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI only wanted to correct the noble Lord. He said that they could not have an elected second Chamber as it would compete with the House of Lords; I think he meant the House of…10 Mar 2025HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, it might be helpful if I say a few words about this Motion. It refers to a fast-tracked Bill, so I want to set out the arrangements for the Bill that have been agreed in…05 Mar 2025HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat Standing Order 44 ( No two stages of a Bill to be taken on one day ) be dispensed with on 19 March to allow the Finance Bill to be taken through its remaining stages that day.05 Mar 2025HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat in the event that the Church of Scotland (Lord High Commissioner) Bill has been brought from the Commons, Standing Order 44 ( No two stages of a Bill to be taken on one day )…05 Mar 2025HANSARDUkraineThe noble Lord makes an important point. It is the purpose of the strategic defence review to look at all those issues and bring them to government. There is also an issue around…04 Mar 2025HANSARDUkraineI am grateful to the noble Lord for his experience of these issues; we would all do well to heed him. He is right: a peace negotiated without Ukraine at the table will not endure…04 Mar 2025HANSARDUkraineThe noble Lord makes an important point. The security of the Baltics and Moldova is extremely important, which is why the Prime Minister has had long conversations with those…04 Mar 2025HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, I shall now repeat a Statement on Ukraine made by the Prime Minister yesterday in the House of Commons. The Statement is as follows: “It is less than a week since I…04 Mar 2025