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HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, this is the third time in your Lordships’ House that we have had a debate focused on this issue. At Second Reading, it was a key issue, as it was in Committee. It comes…09 Feb 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI am listening to the noble Lord with care and I think that there is a fundamental flaw in his argument. On that basis, does he not accept that a simple majority is used for every…09 Feb 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, I remind the Minister that there was a Constitution Committee report on the Cabinet Manual and I think the Government have yet to respond. Could he give an update on…09 Feb 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI find the noble Lord’s comments quite offensive. He is suggesting that it is inappropriate for your Lordships’ House, having debated this issue for significantly longer than the…09 Feb 2022HANSARDMinisterial CodeMy Lords, I do not want to prolong this unnecessarily, but I think the noble Lord may have missed the point. The only point my noble friends Lord Collins and Lord Browne were…27 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, this is one of those occasions where we start with questions because the Statement is not being repeated. I am sorry not to have the Statement repeated today because it…26 Jan 2022HANSARDCoronavirus Grants: FraudTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the expected cost of fraudulent claims made under the Coronavirus Grant Schemes.25 Jan 2022HANSARDCoronavirus Grants: FraudMy Lords, this Question might seem familiar because it is the third time that we have asked it. I thank the noble Viscount, Lord Younger, for coming to the House to answer this…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCoronavirus Grants: FraudI hesitated because I was not sure if the noble Viscount had finished—because, again, he did not answer the Question. Whistleblowing is vital in exposing undesirable or unlawful…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationMy Lords, I know the Minister to be an honourable and decent man. I just have to wonder how many more times he will be comfortable coming to the Dispatch Box to defend the…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, I rise to speak only briefly. This short debate shows how, although we have five groups of amendments, they are all quite interdependent: they are all involved with the…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, this has been a long and really interesting discussion, and it sums up the very reason for this amendment. When I spoke on the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, in this debate I find myself in the unusual position of agreeing with almost every speaker—agreeing with something they said and disagreeing with something they said. I…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI am sorry to interrupt the Minister, and I am grateful for the detail that he is going into. I am not a lawyer, but I am not the only person in your Lordships’ House tonight who…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, I suspect that those words are sufficient for lawyers, but I think the Minister’s understanding of this might be as great as mine at the moment, so I will perhaps take…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, I rise briefly, if only to remind your Lordships’ House that the Labour Chief Whip, the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, and I were not able to vote in 1974, but that is…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, I think that we have had a slightly longer and more interesting discussion on this than we anticipated at the start. The noble Lord, Lord Wallace, made a very valid…25 Jan 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) BillMy Lords, I add our thanks to the Minister. As we have just heard in the drama a moment ago, a Minister’s life is not an easy one. I think that we are all still reeling from the…24 Jan 2022HANSARDHouse of Lords: AppointmentsMy Lords, I return to the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Cormack, about the Burns report. When the Lord Speaker’s committee on the size of the House reported on 31 October…24 Jan 2022HANSARDCoronavirus Grant Schemes: FraudMy Lords, I think we have just witnessed one of the most dramatic moments we have ever seen in your Lordships’ House, from a Minister who felt his integrity meant that he could no…24 Jan 2022