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HANSARDCalorie Labelling (Out of Home Sector) (England) Regulations 2021My Lords, I am very pleased to take part in this debate, and I certainly support my noble friend Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe’s amendment. Going back to the Question we had on…22 Jul 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]20 Jul 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the amendments in this group and I am grateful to the Minister for finding the time to have a meeting with me. It was very helpful. I shall come on to another…20 Jul 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very grateful for the Minister’s response and I will read it with great interest. He has tried to answer most of my questions, even if he has not yet got my noble…20 Jul 2021HANSARDNational Food Strategy Independent ReviewMy Lords, are the Government proud of our status as the second most obese nation in the world after the United States, with which, presumably, they have a special relationship?…20 Jul 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving the amendment in my name, Amendment 42, I will speak also to Amendment 43. This returns to the subject of the Duchy of Cornwall, which we discussed at some…20 Jul 2021HANSARDRailways: East Coast Main LineMy Lords, following the remarks of my noble friend Lord Rosser, is the Minister aware of the comment from Transport for the North in R ail magazine, which states that the east…15 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, it gives me great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness in this grouping. I am not sure why we have been grouped together but I think it will work well and I am sure…14 Jul 2021HANSARDRoyal YachtMy Lords, I would like to explore why the MoD is the right department to take forward this vanity project. When we debated its record on procurement a couple of weeks ago, we…13 Jul 2021HANSARDMerchant Shipping (Cargo Ship) (Bilge Alarm) Regulations 2021That this House regrets that the Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship) (Bilge Alarm) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/592), introduced as a result of the accident involving the ‘Abigail H’ at…13 Jul 2021HANSARDMerchant Shipping (Cargo Ship) (Bilge Alarm) Regulations 2021My Lords, I declare my interest as honorary president of the UK Maritime Pilots Association. I thank the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee for drawing our attention to…13 Jul 2021HANSARDMerchant Shipping (Cargo Ship) (Bilge Alarm) Regulations 2021My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this short debate and of course to the Minister for her response. It has been a very interesting debate—I was…13 Jul 2021HANSARDRoad Vehicle Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards (Cars and Vans) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the noble Baroness for introducing this draft SI. She tried valiantly to make it intelligible, and she did better than the text of the SI itself,…08 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am pleased to be able to continue the debate that was adjourned on Monday. In proposing my Amendment 175A, which is to do with blue-green flood-risk management, I…07 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I shall also speak to Amendments 158 and 159 and comment on the other amendment in this grouping. This is to do with the environmental recalling of motor vehicles, which…05 Jul 2021HANSARDHistorical Railways EstateMy Lords, given the concerns noble Lords have raised on this Question, and the fact that the Minister said it is very important that there is local involvement, surely the answer…05 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am grateful to be allowed to intervene—briefly, I was withdrawn from speaking in this group—and I would like to support what the noble Viscount, Lord Trenchard, has…05 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken on this group. We have had a really good discussion, especially about older steam engines. I certainly would…05 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill05 Jul 2021HANSARDInternational TravelMy Lords, in the Financial Times yesterday, Ministers are quoted as saying that any businessman coming into this country who could offer £300 million—I think that was the…01 Jul 2021