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HANSARDClimate Change: Phasing Out Fossil FuelsMy Lords, will the Minister find time today to remind the House of the extent of the UK’s progress on the route to net zero? I think we are 58% of the way there, compared with…06 Dec 2023HANSARDBelarusMy Lords, the Foreign Secretary will be aware that the incredibly evil and vile Wagner Group was allowed to move to Belarus after the mutiny in Russia was resolved. Does he share…05 Dec 2023HANSARDDepartment for Work and Pensions: AIMy Lords, given the appalling amount of fraud within the DWP, costing billions per year, surely we should welcome the fact that DWP is using AI and algorithms to target this…05 Dec 2023HANSARDChild Labour and Artisanal Cobalt Mining in the DRCMy Lords, further to the question from the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, I have also had the chance to visit most parts of the DRC and have seen for myself the scourge of child labour.…30 Nov 2023HANSARDWorkers’ RightsMy Lords, does the Minister agree with me that rights are of course important but, as I know from my experience as an MP for 32 years, what workers want most of all is improved…23 Nov 2023HANSARDBiomass Strategy 2023: Cross Sectoral Sustainability FrameworkMy Lords, surely the answer to the noble Baroness’s question about Drax is to reduce the barriers to increasing domestic production of biomass in this country. Can the Minister…15 Nov 2023HANSARDStorm Babet: FloodingMy Lords, the Minister mentioned the flooding in Suffolk, and I absolutely agree with what he said. Parts of Norfolk were also very badly affected. As a number of noble Lords have…25 Oct 2023HANSARDElectronic Trade Documents Act 2023My Lords, the Minister and his colleagues need to be congratulated on making sure that the UK is very much in the lead. He mentioned that the UK would encourage other countries to…14 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I briefly support my noble friend. I signed this amendment originally and spoke to it briefly in Committee, and, as my noble friend Lord Lexden pointed out, it has been…13 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI will just add on that last point: surely we should stick to the manifesto commitment, which is on endangered species. That is what we said in the manifesto. Maybe the Minister…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy Lords, I want to pick up a few points that have come out of this debate on the amendment so ably moved by my noble friend Lord Robathan, supported by my noble friend Lord…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI got one actually, over more than 23 years.12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI just want to clarify one matter. I actually feel quite strongly that we need to improve this Bill. Therefore, we need to see it on Report. Earlier, the Minister said something…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy Lords, I compliment my noble friend on his amendment, which has the great benefit of substantial simplicity and great logic behind it. I urge the Minister to look at it. This…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend’s amendment, which makes a great deal of sense. I think it is also just worth pointing out that he touched on a pertinent point: everyone is…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillWould my noble friend reflect on one specific point around all this? When we started out on this Bill, all those months ago, I do not think any of us believed for one moment that…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillBefore the noble Lord moves on, will he also reflect on one point? We have indeed, as he rightly pointed out, been inundated with extremely interesting and very knowledgeable…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy noble friend talks about loss of income. One of the points put forward by proponents of the Bill is that that loss could be made up through ODA and the aid budgets of different…12 Sept 2023HANSARDUkraine: Post-conflict ReconstructionMy Lords, the Minister will be aware of yesterday’s tragic news of the air raid on the Ukrainian city of Kostiantynivka, where 17 people were killed. Millions of pounds-worth of…07 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I rise briefly in support of my noble friend Lord Northbrook’s two amendments, which I have also signed. Before doing so, I congratulate the Minister on his Amendment…06 Sept 2023