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HANSARDBiodiversity Gain Site Register (Financial Penalties and Fees) Regulations 2024They are warm and cuddly people, and they always bend to our will. I absolutely reject what the noble Baroness said about the land use framework. The report that she and her…10 Jan 2024HANSARDBiodiversity Gain Site Register (Financial Penalties and Fees) Regulations 2024The legal requirement is across the country; there is no geographical lessening of the need for it. We will certainly be monitoring which local authorities we think do this…10 Jan 2024HANSARDBiodiversity Gain Site Register (Financial Penalties and Fees) Regulations 2024My Lords, I refer to my entry in the register. The draft instruments—the Biodiversity Gain Site Register (Financial Penalties and Fees) Regulations 2024 and the Biodiversity Gain…10 Jan 2024HANSARDBiodiversity Gain Site Register (Financial Penalties and Fees) Regulations 2024That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 30 November 2023 be approved.10 Jan 2024HANSARDStorm HenkI thank my noble friend for his point about visits. It is hard to get this one right. Ministers should not be on site and getting in the way while an emergency is happening—but…10 Jan 2024HANSARDBiodiversity Gain (Town and Country Planning) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 30 November 2023 be approved.10 Jan 2024HANSARDBiodiversity Gain Site Register (Financial Penalties and Fees) Regulations 2024My Lords, I am very grateful for the contributions to this debate. The regulations debated here today will support the new mandatory net gain requirement, which will help secure…10 Jan 2024HANSARDStorm HenkI start by referring noble Lords to my entry in the register. I thank the two noble Baronesses for their questions: I will try to get through as many of them as possible and give…10 Jan 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaI hope that we are being as creative, forward-leaning and dextrous in our diplomacy. Our permanent representative to the UN is working on the text which, we believe, must make…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaMy Lords, that is what we are seeking to do. The reports of weapons being found in child incubators in hospitals are appalling, if true. They should be condemned by everybody, and…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaI do not have time to go into the details of the two incidents that the right reverend Prelate raises, but our information is that there were no Hamas fighters in or around the…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaRFA “Lyme Bay” is off Cyprus, ready to go, and will require, as I said, the agreement of both sides in the conflict for it to make a maritime landing of aid—I cannot say more on…19 Dec 2023HANSARDTrial of Jimmy LaiI thank the noble Lord for his words. On his first point about the Magnitsky measures that were included in the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act, I was involved in that…19 Dec 2023HANSARDTrial of Jimmy LaiThe Sino-British declaration is a bilateral agreement registered with the United Nations. It is vital that we continue to raise it when we think it is being abused or when…19 Dec 2023HANSARDTrial of Jimmy LaiI thank the noble Lord for what he and others have done, and for their involvement with organisations such as Hong Kong Watch. The situation is exactly as he describes. He asked…19 Dec 2023HANSARDTrial of Jimmy LaiI pay enormous tribute to the noble Baroness for her work. The answer to her latter question is that we have consular staff attending the court daily and they are reporting back…19 Dec 2023HANSARDTrial of Jimmy LaiI thank the right reverend Prelate. The Sino-British joint declaration is an internationally registered, legally binding treaty between the UK and China, under which China…19 Dec 2023HANSARDTrial of Jimmy LaiThe Foreign Office makes very clear the rules that should apply to all companies when they do business in different parts of the world, and to access and travel. We believe that…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaMy Lords, as an Answer to an Urgent Question in the other place today, my colleague there gave the following response: “The whole House will be gravely concerned about the…19 Dec 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaI thank the noble Lord. He is right that things are at a crucial stage at the Security Council. We are expecting a vote at approximately 5 pm our time and are working really hard…19 Dec 2023