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HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillSPIRE is part of the Export Control Joint Unit.21 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill21 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillFurther to the questions of the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, can the Minister point to any illegal activity on the part of a parliamentary PEP that has been detected as result of…13 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I say to the Committee that if someone tried to target me in any inappropriate way, I would report it to the appropriate authorities immediately.13 Mar 2023HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to engage in a full, non-time-limited debate on something that is an existential threat to the security of the United Kingdom. I very…09 Feb 2023HANSARDWagner Group: Sanctions RegimeMy Lords, will my noble friend take the views of this House directly to her right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer?26 Jan 2023HANSARDArmed Forces: ResilienceMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Robathan for introducing this debate. I agree with everything that noble Lords have said so far. Before saying anything…26 Jan 2023HANSARDUkraine: UpdateMy Lords, I fully support what the Government are doing in a range of carefully made decisions, but I have two anxieties. The first is about the amount of technical cloning that…19 Jan 2023HANSARDUkraine: Challenger 2 TanksMy Lords, how are the Ukrainian armed forces to develop and generate highly sophisticated first- and second-line support for a complex range of NATO armoured fighting vehicles?18 Jan 2023HANSARDPrison Officers: Occupational PensionTo ask Her Majesty’s Government until what age a newly recruited prison officer must stay in post before they are able to claim their full occupational pension.16 Jun 2022HANSARDPrison Officers: Occupational PensionMy Lords, I am 65. In my time, I have undertaken military operations overseas and international aid operations overseas, but I am no longer fit or strong enough to do so—nor could…16 Jun 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateMy Lords, I offer my support for everything the Ministry of Defence, the Secretary of State and other government departments are doing. Is the Minister aware of one difficulty:…27 Apr 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lord, I strongly support the basic thrust of Amendment 183 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire. I do so having regard to the negative effects of the system…10 Feb 2022HANSARDDraft Revision of the Highway CodeMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, for raising this important issue. It is not usual for noble Lords to claim in debate that they do not know what they are…27 Jan 2022HANSARDDraft Revision of the Highway CodeMy Lords, it was not my point; I think it was made by the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe. But I would like to intervene and point out that an HGV driver is trained to never endanger…27 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to support the noble Baroness in moving her amendment. This might not be something that we want to send back to the Commons today, but I hope that my…12 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I have no issue with what the noble Lord said, nor with what the noble Baroness said. This problem has been going on for a very long time and large numbers are involved;…12 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I have worked with the noble Lord, Lord Bach, for many years in this House —sadly, on opposite sides of it—but I have never heard him make a stronger argument for…12 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe noble Lord told the House that we agreed on a cross-party basis that these arrangements were appropriate. Was that by means of a vote or did we just acquiesce to it?12 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede, for tabling Amendments 104E and 104F, because this gives me an opportunity to speak to them as I was not…12 Jan 2022