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HANSARDChemicals (Health and Safety) Trade and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2022That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 23 June be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 19 July.20 Jul 2022HANSARDChemicals (Health and Safety) Trade and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2022I am very happy to commit to doing that, subject to agreement from my officials. We are fine. To conclude, the instrument will give HSE the power it needs to share regulatory…19 Jul 2022HANSARDChemicals (Health and Safety) Trade and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2022I thank the eloquent noble Baronesses for their questions. As they say, this is a very technical piece of work, but I will do my best to respond. My cavalry is working very hard…19 Jul 2022HANSARDChemicals (Health and Safety) Trade and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Chemicals (Health and Safety) Trade and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2022.19 Jul 2022HANSARDChemicals (Health and Safety) Trade and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2022My Lords, this draft statutory instrument was laid before Parliament on 23 June. As part of this Government’s ambitious international trade agenda, the United Kingdom signed a…19 Jul 2022HANSARDHeritage Railways and Tramways (Voluntary Work) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Faulkner, for bringing to the House this important debate, which I believe he has tried to secure since 2017. I congratulate him on…15 Jul 2022HANSARDWomen and Girls: Economic Well-being, Welfare, Safety and OpportunitiesI start by echoing many of the tributes paid to the noble Baroness, Lady Gale, for bringing forward this debate, and to all Members who have spoken and contributed to such an…14 Jul 2022HANSARDWomen and Girls: Economic Well-being, Welfare, Safety and OpportunitiesI thank the noble Baroness for clarifying that and I agree with her. My noble friends Lady Meyer and Lady Eaton raised the issue of the protected characteristic of sex. This is a…14 Jul 2022HANSARDWomen and Girls: Economic Well-being, Welfare, Safety and OpportunitiesOh, she has changed her mind. Noble Lords are absolutely right that these women are doing a great job. I was at the football on Monday in Brighton. I have never been to a football…14 Jul 2022HANSARDOccupational Pension Schemes (Governance and Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 6 June be approved. Relevant document: 6th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee . Considered in Grand…13 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Low Income Families with ChildrenIt is correct that the household support fund has been extended until March 2023. The Government have kept it under review and extended it where possible and appropriate. The…13 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Low Income Families with ChildrenOn free school meals, children will get what we have already announced. We are not proposing to increase free school meals rates to reflect rising inflation at the moment. They…13 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Low Income Families with ChildrenI accept that families are struggling and that some are desperate. We have tried to make the process of giving the money we are giving as simple and unbureaucratic as possible.…13 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Low Income Families with ChildrenI have listened to the questions today and there is a real swell of opinion that the payments are not enough—I doubt that we could ever do enough. The package of measures we have…13 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Low Income Families with ChildrenI think it was said by our previous Chancellor and many others that the Government cannot solve every problem. That does not mean that we reduce our efforts to do so. The £20…13 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Low Income Families with ChildrenOf course we agree. All young children should have a good start in life, even if their circumstances vary. I pick up on the point about lone-parent families that the noble…13 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Low Income Families with ChildrenThe two-child limit on universal credit is the subject of much debate, and much angst for many people. The right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Durham has a Private Member’s Bill…13 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Low Income Families with ChildrenWe are spending over £5 billion for qualifying means-tested benefits, which is around £2 billion more than the additional cost had the qualifying benefits been increased in July…13 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Low Income Families with ChildrenWe will have a new Prime Minister and anything could happen with jobs, so I will wait until then—before I get my P45. As soon as I can tell the noble Lord and the whole House what…13 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Low Income Families with ChildrenThe Government’s position is that we have made money available throughout the cost of living crisis. We are doing extra things for children, such as free school meals and all the…13 Jul 2022