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HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 7 on behalf of the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, who is not able to attend the House today. This amendment mirrors that laid in…05 Nov 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]There are no somersaults here. My previous amendment did not relate to devolution. I return the question: does the noble Lord admit that his amendment applies only to one salmon…05 Nov 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak briefly to all the amendments in this group, all of which relate to reporting. Beginning with government Amendment 3, I am grateful to the Minister for…05 Nov 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]04 Nov 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for her responses on this group. Mine was a probing amendment and I appreciate her response. I fully recognise that there would be issues with six months as a…04 Nov 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, this group of amendments is on water company ownership. In preparing for this Bill, my Whips’ Office briefing note said that, in some circumstances, Ofwat could take no…04 Nov 2024HANSARDYoung People: Government PolicyMy Lords, young people are deeply concerned about the climate crisis. What efforts are the Government considering to set up a national volunteering service to encourage our young…31 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]30 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. I will speak to Amendments 56, 79, and 80, tabled by my noble friend Lady Bakewell, to which I have added my name, and…30 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 72 in the name of my noble friend Lady Bakewell and signed by myself. I am grateful for the support of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, although…30 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for her detailed response; that was a lot of amendments to respond to in one go. I take the point about volumetric flow monitoring. I will go away…30 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 55 and 74. I have added my name to Amendment 55 in the name of my noble friend Lady Bakewell and I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Willis of…30 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, this group of amendments is about rules and requirements for monitoring and the publication of data. I apologise that this is a big group, as well as being the last…30 Oct 2024HANSARDIndependent Water CommissionMy Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register and thank the Minister for this Statement updating the House on the launch of the independent water commission. There…29 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for her comments. The noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington, put forward an interesting idea on issuing guidance, and it is one that I will take back…28 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]28 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, the amendments in this group all relate to representation on water company boards. This is the third-largest of the 24 groups we are scrutinising in Committee, so it is…28 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, this has been one of the really interesting groups in the Bill. I am not certain that any of us—from any party, in any amendment—has the complete solution. There are…28 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for her response. This has been an interesting debate. There is more for us all to think about on these matters. I share a slight concern with the noble Lord,…28 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have two amendments in this group. Amendment 6, tabled in the name of my noble friend Lady Bakewell, to which I have added my name, would mean a water company could…28 Oct 2024