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HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillMy Lords, Amendment 12, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, concerns the potential impacts of this Bill on airline ticket prices. I entirely understand the motivation behind…10 Feb 2026HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillMy Lords, this second group concerns different aspects of the operation and scope of the revenue certainty contracts. We appreciate the good intentions to influence the mix of…10 Feb 2026HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillMy Lords, I am responding to Amendment 6 in this group, which seeks to cap the length of revenue certainty contracts to a maximum of 10 years. On the face of it, this might appear…10 Feb 2026HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillMy Lords, I will speak to this group of amendments that deal with the design and timings of the revenue certainty mechanisms and the levy. While I recognise that concerns around…10 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I will speak in support of the amendment in the name of my noble friend Lady Miller, to which I have added my name. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Cromwell, for his…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 484 on behalf of my noble friend Lady Bakewell, who is unable to be here, I shall also speak to Amendment 485 in this group on pollution. I thank the…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank everybody who has spoken. That was a more interesting group of amendments than I expected it to be. I apologise—at the start I should have declared my interest…05 Feb 2026HANSARDPolice Reform White PaperSerious organised waste crime is a national disgrace that is costing the UK economy over £1 billion a year. The Environment Agency, as a regulatory body, appears to be…03 Feb 2026HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026We have had a good debate on this. We may have strayed slightly off the topic into some broader areas, but it is important that these issues are discussed and that, when we…28 Jan 2026HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026My Lords, we welcome this order but I have some important questions to ask the Minister. My party has long argued that a robust, transparent, high-standard carbon market is a…28 Jan 2026HANSARDWarm Homes PlanMy Lords, I welcome this Statement. Promised nearly two years ago as a “flagship response” to soaring energy bills and poor home efficiency, it has taken some time. Delays have…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to support this amendment. It offers a small change to an historic Act of Parliament, but it relates to the very lifeblood of modern society: the data on…27 Jan 2026HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: UK PreparednessMy Lords, the director-general of MI5 recently publicly warned that it would be reckless to ignore AI’s ability to implement harm, particularly from autonomous systems that are…22 Jan 2026HANSARDOffshore WindMy Lords, I start by welcoming the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, to his position, and I look forward to working with him. On these Benches, we welcome the results of allocation round…19 Jan 2026HANSARDHigh Temperature Gas-Cooled ReactorsMy Lords, can the Minister outline how the continued co-operation with Japan on HTGR reactors will contribute to achieving the Government’s net-zero ambitions and improving our…19 Jan 2026HANSARDLarge-scale Waste CrimeTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the extent of large-scale waste crime.14 Jan 2026HANSARDCOP Climate Negotiations: CitiesMy Lords, by 2050 we will see both 2 degrees of warming and two-thirds of global populations based in cities. How we adapt our cities to extreme heat and extreme weather events…14 Jan 2026HANSARDLarge-scale Waste CrimeMy Lords, organised waste crime is out of control, and there seems to be a reluctance to expose its true scale. In the five weeks since the Environment and Climate Change…14 Jan 2026HANSARDNet Zero: Civil Society and Faith-based OrganisationsMy Lords, three in four of our young people are moderately or extremely concerned about the impact of climate change. What action are the Government taking to include young people…08 Jan 2026