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HANSARDPlan for Change: Milestones for Mission-led GovernmentThe noble Baroness has thanked me for repeating the Statement, but I am not repeating it. This is questions on the Statement.12 Dec 2024HANSARDPlan for Change: Milestones for Mission-led GovernmentMy Lords, I thank both the noble Baroness and the noble Lord for their questions and comments. Perhaps I should apologise to the noble Baroness; she obviously expected me to…12 Dec 2024HANSARDPlan for Change: Milestones for Mission-led GovernmentFirst, on the nutrients neutrality issue, the noble Lord will be aware that the previous Government’s proposal was to override environmental concerns. We were very concerned that…12 Dec 2024HANSARDPlan for Change: Milestones for Mission-led GovernmentI do not have an organogram in front of me, so that is detail I probably cannot supply. But the purpose of the mission boards is to follow the missions we have in government. This…12 Dec 2024HANSARDPlan for Change: Milestones for Mission-led GovernmentI thank the noble Lord for those comments. He is welcoming the mission-led strategy with the milestones, and he is right to say that you have to measure them and look at what is…12 Dec 2024HANSARDPlan for Change: Milestones for Mission-led GovernmentMy noble friend makes a very powerful point. I followed on from her at the Cabinet Office, where we had the v programme in place. I was reminded of that only last week when I had…12 Dec 2024HANSARDPlan for Change: Milestones for Mission-led GovernmentMy noble friend is right; I suspect the comments may have been perhaps to influence an upcoming spending review. We are absolutely committed to seeing more police officers. I…12 Dec 2024HANSARDPlan for Change: Milestones for Mission-led GovernmentIf that is the best that the noble Baroness can do, I think that the Green Party will be disappointed by her interventions. Those people are not being excluded, but people who get…12 Dec 2024HANSARDPlan for Change: Milestones for Mission-led GovernmentAs a member of a trade union myself, obviously I welcome the role of trade unions in business and working in partnership with business, and the benefits that brings to both, but I…12 Dec 2024HANSARDPlan for Change: Milestones for Mission-led GovernmentI thank the noble Earl for his welcome for this. He has an idea of the broad-brush overview of the policies. Yes, the Budget situation is very challenging; it is more challenging…12 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, there are a number of noble Lords here today who sat in this House when my noble friend Lady Jay of Paddington stood at this same Dispatch Box on the afternoon of Monday…11 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.11 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, in closing this debate, I first pay tribute to my noble friend Lady Quin for her excellent valedictory speech. We are sorry to see her go, but we also admire her reasons…11 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe noble Lords who are heckling should let me answer the question raised. I have to go back to this point: to those who say that they do not want piecemeal reform, if people only…11 Dec 2024HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, I am sorry about that; I would have welcomed the noble Viscount’s contribution. However, he will appreciate that two days are sometimes difficult for other colleagues.…09 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords: Numbers and EligibilityThe noble Lord cannot resist it, can he? I do not think “taking people out” is quite the language we want to use in the House. As he knows, I have been trying to address across…09 Dec 2024HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat Standing Order 38(1) (Arrangement of the Order Paper) be dispensed with on Wednesday 11 December to enable the second reading of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill to…09 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords: Numbers and EligibilityMy Lords, how and when we implement our manifesto is, as it is for every single party, a matter for the Government. One of the things I committed to this House is having…09 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords: Numbers and EligibilityThis issue was raised in the House of Commons, and an amendment was tabled by a Conservative Member of Parliament to remove the Bishops. It got a very small vote in the Commons…09 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords: Numbers and EligibilityI am sure the party opposite has heard my noble friend’s comments. I think 75% might be a bit harsh.09 Dec 2024