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HANSARDArmed Forces (Service Court Rules) (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2022There is a Division in the House. The Committee will adjourn for 10 minutes.18 Oct 2022HANSARDSanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2022I asked the Minister a general question about Burundi, to which the appropriate section of these regulations relates specifically. Bearing in mind that most countries reduced or…17 Oct 2022HANSARDSanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2022My Lords, I rise briefly to intervene in this debate on the point which the Minister helpfully set out in his opening remarks, one of the two issues raised by the Joint Committee…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEuropean Court of Human RightsWill the Minister confirm that the Government intend to use the Bill introduced in the other House to limit the ability of citizens to use the convention on human rights to…05 Sept 2022HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, the Committee will adjourn as soon as the Division Bells are rung and resume after 10 minutes.12 Jul 2022HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, the Committee will adjourn as soon as the Division Bells are rung and resume after 10 minutes.28 Jun 2022HANSARDLocal Government (Exclusion of Non-commercial Considerations) (England) Order 2022Has the Minister sat down?28 Jun 2022HANSARDElections: Multiple VotingMy Lords, neither an identity card nor any other form of identification takes away the problem that there is no data collected on the extent of multiple registration. In the…14 Jun 2022HANSARDHouse of Lords: AppointmentsThe Minister said that there were no plans. There are of course plans and they have had the general approval of this House. They were plans put forward by the Burns committee to…18 May 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechPowerful words, my Lords. I shall return to a subject much discussed already. Let us imagine that at the end of this Government’s term of office, we are reviewing their record and…12 May 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I want to make a Committee point, if I may. Even though I agree with the general statements that have been made about the deep undesirability of Clauses 14 and 15, and…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillThe Minister is relying so strongly on the case that Parliament would have final control over whether the statement was acceptable, he must be assuming that each House has the…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI am sure that the noble Baroness believes firmly that the Government she so strongly supports would not issue a statement that would challenge the independence of the commission.…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I am very glad to follow the noble Lord. He has delivered a message to people in his party that you can be severely critical of the Electoral Commission and consider…10 Mar 2022HANSARDPeerages: RecommendationsMy Lords, I am glad to have the opportunity to speak in the gap. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Balfe, for bringing this interesting Question before us from 1917, although I do not…03 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Services: Covid-19 Emergency FundingMy Lords, are any funds for buses and trams on Tyneside being withheld until authorities north and south of the river agree to form a single authority?01 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, has the Foreign Office offered any new travel advice relating not just to Ukraine and Belarus, but any neighbouring countries?24 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, I agree with many of the points my noble friend has made. He made a particularly forceful point about addressing the jury at an inquest. It seems an absurdity that the…24 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillIt is not just human nature; it is the practical difficulty of registering deaths and making appointments in coroners’ offices, because registrars’ and coroners’ offices have very…24 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillI am grateful to the Minister. Does he think that he ought to consider the impact that would flow from removing local justice areas, when we already find that taking cases to the…24 Feb 2022