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HANSARDBritain’s RailwaysMy Lords, train operators run many stations. If a train operator such as LNER runs stations well, enhancing facilities to support customers and promote its services, would it not…24 May 2021HANSARDHitachi Rail: Rail Travel DisruptionMy Lords, there are at least seven passenger train operating companies providing services on the east coast main line, and there is freight, which means that, on an intensively…19 May 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechI congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Fullbrook, and the many distinguished speakers in this debate who fastened on the Government’s words that legislation will be introduced to…18 May 2021HANSARDCrown Courts: Outstanding CasesTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to reduce the backlog of outstanding cases in the Crown Courts.15 Apr 2021HANSARDInclusive SocietyMy Lords, this debate has rightly covered the range of inequalities, deprivations and disparities that have contributed to the vulnerabilities that Covid-19 has shown up. We have…14 Apr 2021HANSARDHis Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghMy Lords, so much has been said about the qualities of Prince Philip, and it is all true. He might find that a little irritating, boring or lacking in interest, and would want…12 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: One Year ReportMy Lords, I shall concentrate on what I see as the danger that practices and habits developed during the crisis may turn into long-term changes to our democracy. In no way do I…25 Mar 2021HANSARDIndependent Review of Administrative Law UpdateMy Lords, we know what the Government’s latest ideas on the form of ouster clauses is, because there is one in the draft Bill to repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act. Clause 3…22 Mar 2021HANSARDNorth of England: InvestmentAttracting private investment to the north requires a functioning transport system. Why are Ministers declining to listen to the Northern Powerhouse Rail business case for…23 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19My Lords, the Minister is right that there must be a penalty for lying about which countries you have been to in these circumstances, but I am surprised at how confident he is…11 Feb 2021HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I add my thoughts for James Brokenshire, who was a member of the Justice Committee when I chaired it; I respect him and hold him in the highest regard, and I wish him…11 Jan 2021HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, Amendment 27 seeks to qualify the use of the concept of economic well-being as a ground for authorising criminal activity by human intelligence sources. I served on the…03 Dec 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister, the noble Lord, Lord True, for his generous and kind words about Lord Shutt of Greetland—our friend David Shutt. They were very accurate and true.…26 Nov 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Relevant Court) (Retained EU Case Law) Regulations 2020My Lords, when the EU withdrawal agreement Bill was being considered in the House, the Constitution Committee had serious concerns about the provisions under which this statutory…25 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, apart from the interesting diversion by the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, into wider issues affecting the House, there has been an air of unanimity in this debate. There…18 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, in answer to the noble Lord, Lord Naseby, the fact that the super-affirmative powers have not been very widely used in the past is really no excuse for not using them…18 Nov 2020HANSARDIntegrated Communities StrategyMy Lords, does the Minister appreciate that the right to a legally recognised marriage in their own place of worship was secured after a long struggle by nonconformists in England…17 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]Leave out “agree” and insert “disagree”.12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I am grateful to the Minister for his careful explanation, and for dwelling on some of the constitutional aspects of the matter, but I am still moving Motion 22A, in my name, that…12 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for the care that he has taken over this but I am afraid that he was not as persuasive as he sometimes is—certainly for me. I want to pick…12 Nov 2020