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HANSARDElections BillThe Minister is making important new points in his closing remarks that are of significance to the Committee. He has drawn our attention to new paragraph (IQ), inserted by…21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, the figures that the noble Lord gave will of course be of concern to the Committee and to any reasonable person following our proceedings. I have just been reading the…21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I am sorry to labour the point, but can the Minister write to us on this? It is one thing for him to say what the Government’s policy is but what the law says is…21 Mar 2022HANSARDHome Office Visas for UkrainiansMy Lords, do we have any evidence as to how many Ukrainians actually have a passport?10 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, we are all Ukrainians today, in the same way that we were all Czechs and Poles in the face of Hitler, we were all Berliners in the face of Stalin, and we were all…25 Feb 2022HANSARDRepresentation of the People (Young People’s Enfranchisement) Bill [HL]My Lords, we have had a very good debate, and I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken. I do not reiterate the arguments, except to note that the majority of noble Lords…28 Jan 2022HANSARDRepresentation of the People (Young People’s Enfranchisement) Bill [HL]That the Bill be now read a second time.28 Jan 2022HANSARDRepresentation of the People (Young People’s Enfranchisement) Bill [HL]My Lords, voting is the sheet anchor of our democracy. This proposal to extend votes to 16 and 17 year-olds is an idea whose time has come. It already happens in Scotland and…28 Jan 2022HANSARDRailway Timetables: DisruptionMy Lords, we are obviously in the middle of a public health crisis and the Government have difficult decisions to take, but will the Minister repudiate the prophets of doom who…13 Jan 2022HANSARDPrisons StrategyMy Lords, the roots of the issues we are talking about go back a long way and it is fair to accept that they go back to well before the present Government. The prison population…16 Dec 2021HANSARDIntegrated Rail Plan: Northern Powerhouse AreaThere are two aspects of the integrated rail plan that I strongly welcome: the decision to move ahead with a metro system for Leeds and the decision to electrify the midland main…16 Dec 2021HANSARDRetained European Union LawMy Lords, in the spirit of good will, could I wish the Minister a very happy Christmas? When he reads A Christmas Carol , who does he like most? Is it the ghost of Christmas past,…16 Dec 2021HANSARDIntegrated Rail Plan: Northern Powerhouse AreaIf my noble friend will forgive me, does he think that its record on Great Western electrification is creditable to Network Rail? The costs are running at about four times the…16 Dec 2021HANSARDExtraordinary Funding and Financing Agreement for Transport for LondonMy Lords, if the noble Baroness says that a long-term settlement should be put in place now, can she tell the House—because it is an absolutely crucial issue—her estimate of what…09 Dec 2021HANSARDExtraordinary Funding and Financing Agreement for Transport for LondonMy noble friend says that priority cycle lanes are a problem; we can debate that issue, but there needs to be much better joining up and we should encourage the mayor to look at…09 Dec 2021HANSARDExtraordinary Funding and Financing Agreement for Transport for LondonBut that is such a critical issue—it is fundamental.09 Dec 2021HANSARDExtraordinary Funding and Financing Agreement for Transport for LondonMy Lords, I entirely agree with the noble Lord that, once we know what the new normal is, we need to think boldly and creatively about the long term. However, everyone accepts…09 Dec 2021HANSARDEducation (Environment and Sustainable Citizenship) Bill [HL]My Lords, this is one of those debates where we are all violently agreeing with each other and with the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra. I wish the Government were…03 Dec 2021HANSARDPower Outages: North of EnglandMy Lords, can the Minister give us some idea of how much it would cost to put all these power lines underground?02 Dec 2021HANSARDWater: SewageMy Lords, under regulatory policy statement B2, issued by the Environment Agency on 15 October, the agency is granting dispensations to water companies for maintaining normal…01 Dec 2021