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HANSARDMessage from the KingMy Lords, I have the honour to notify your Lordships that His Majesty the King, having been informed that your Lordships have elected Lord Forsyth of Drumlean to be Lord Speaker,…12 Jan 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, it is a privilege to have been taken off the subs’ bench to conclude this debate for the Opposition. I will start where many others have, by welcoming the noble…25 Jul 2024HANSARDUganda: Anti-Homosexuality ActI will start with the last point: I entirely agree with the noble Lord, and I thank him for all the work he has done on this and many other related issues. This is an appalling…09 May 2024HANSARDUganda: Anti-Homosexuality ActMy Lords, Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act has increased violence and discrimination against LGBT+ people. The UK has made its opposition clear to all levels of the Ugandan…09 May 2024HANSARDUganda: Anti-Homosexuality ActThe noble Lord has done so much work in this area, and of course we agree with him. The problem with this kind of legislation is that it deters people from seeking the medical…09 May 2024HANSARDUganda: Anti-Homosexuality ActI thank my noble friend. We will work with any Government of Uganda; they are important allies and members of the Commonwealth, and they are doing important work elsewhere in…09 May 2024HANSARDArtificial Light and Noise: Effects on Human Health (Science and Technology Committee Report)Six years.09 May 2024HANSARDUganda: Anti-Homosexuality ActI think I can reassure the noble Lord. I met with our high commissioner to Uganda this week, and she gave me details of many of the projects we are doing with civil society…09 May 2024HANSARDUganda: Anti-Homosexuality ActOur bilateral ODA, which is due to increase quite considerably this financial year, goes not to the Government of Uganda but to very specific areas of need, such as strengthening…09 May 2024HANSARDUganda: Anti-Homosexuality ActI thank the noble Lord for that very important point. I spoke to the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth on this subject and we have agreed to continue to discuss it in the…09 May 2024HANSARDArtificial Light and Noise: Effects on Human Health (Science and Technology Committee Report)I thank all noble Lords for their valuable contributions to this debate, which has been fascinating. I particularly thank the noble Baroness, Lady Brown of Cambridge, for securing…09 May 2024HANSARDCarbon Budget Delivery Plan: High Court RulingMy Lords, we are immensely proud of our record on climate change, having gone further and faster than any other major economy in cutting our carbon emissions. The Carbon Budget…08 May 2024HANSARDCarbon Budget Delivery Plan: High Court RulingThe Government are determined, as all of us who supported the Climate Change Act are, to live by the legal requirements we set for all Governments to hit the carbon budgets. The…08 May 2024HANSARDCarbon Budget Delivery Plan: High Court RulingThe noble Lord asks a very detailed question. The third carbon budget ended in 2022, so I do not think that issues such as Covid will have been particularly relevant to that. We…08 May 2024HANSARDCarbon Budget Delivery Plan: High Court RulingMy noble friend may be right—but why would we not want to do this? The net-zero economy grew by 9% last year, and there is £74 billion of gross value added to British businesses…08 May 2024HANSARDCarbon Budget Delivery Plan: High Court RulingI am not aware of those sites, but it is predicted that, even if all those licences are taken up, there will be a continuing reduction of 7% a year in oil and gas requirements for…08 May 2024HANSARDCarbon Budget Delivery Plan: High Court RulingThe judgment did not actually criticise the measures. The plan has more than 300 measures and proposals for the Government to deliver. It was a process failure, if you like, to…08 May 2024HANSARDCarbon Budget Delivery Plan: High Court RulingThat is precisely an example of what the Government can do by putting their money where their mouth is. Some £6 billion has been put into that scheme up until 2025, and that will…08 May 2024HANSARDCarbon Budget Delivery Plan: High Court RulingWe have to work with the Climate Change Committee to show that they can be. Interestingly, the judge said in his judgment that the assessment involved “an evaluative, predictive…08 May 2024HANSARDCarbon Budget Delivery Plan: High Court RulingThis is a matter on which my colleague, my noble friend Lord Callanan, will have the facts at his fingertips. I will make sure that he or I contact the noble Baroness for the…08 May 2024