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HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, for moving his amendment. He has raised an interesting subject, but I will speak to my own Amendment 46. When one debates amendments…20 Jul 2020HANSARDFinance BillMy Lords, when I see the noble Lord, Lord Agnew, something in my memory tells me we should be talking about education after all these years. The Finance Bill is the backdrop to a…17 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord for introducing so clearly his amendment and for speaking to other amendments in the group. The issues raised in my amendments refer back to…16 Jul 2020HANSARDChannel Islands MeasureMy Lords, we are used to seeing some fairly strange-looking bits of legislation coming from the Church of England and going through Parliament but, when I first looked at this, I…15 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I put my name to these amendments on a very simple principle: if you are asking people to change how they go about their business or the way it happens, you will need…14 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, I shall confine my comments predominantly to Amendment 38, which stands in my name. It is an attempt to bring sports clubs and other similar concerns with licences into…13 Jul 2020HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Video Recording with Sound of Interviews and Associated Code of Practice) (Northern Ireland) Order 2020My Lords, as is quite normal when you are fairly far down the list, anything you thought you had to say of any originality seems to have been taken away and done better by those…10 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, this is one of those occasions where you have rather more sympathy with what was said than what was written, because the amendment can be taken, and probably would be by…09 Jul 2020HANSARDEducation Settings: Autumn OpeningMy Lords, the Minister in her Statement mentioned special educational needs, but concentrated on those with an education, health and care plan. The vast majority of those with…08 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, the origins of this amendment are fairly straightforward. As we go through this Bill, we talk about great changes to agriculture. We start off with a list of changes and…07 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, the Minister has done his usual thing of being thorough and charming at the same time—and I have now damned him with praise. However, I cannot help but feel that we…07 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, we come to a rather more honed group of amendments. We are talking about access, inspired by “supporting … access to and enjoyment of the countryside” in Clause 1(1)(b).…07 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill07 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his usual courteous and informed reply. However, the point that I was trying to raise seems to have got slightly lost: namely, where do we find…07 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill07 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, I was drawn to this Bill when somebody pointed out there may be an error—or, rather, an omission—in the way the licensed premises are designed. If I read it…06 Jul 2020HANSARDHigher Education (Fee Limits and Student Support) (England) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020My Lords, this is one of those interesting documents that seems to have come out of the middle of nowhere, because four months ago nobody would have assumed we would be in this…02 Jul 2020HANSARDDirect Payments Ceilings Regulations 2020My Lords, somebody from these Benches has to admit that not everything about the European Union was great, although we regret leaving it, and the CAP probably comes under the…01 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Women’s SportMy Lords, does the Minister agree that one of the biggest steps forward has been that it is normal to see elite-level female competitors taking part on our TV screens? Will the…30 Jun 2020HANSARDSentencing Bill [HL]My Lords, I have to declare a lack of interest in this Bill. I am not a lawyer, nor one of those who has been involved in the changing of sentences, but one thing we can be…25 Jun 2020