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HANSARDOfficial Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, I support this legislation but I accept completely the argument made by the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, and the noble Lord, Lord Dodds, about it throwing a light on the…29 Jan 2025HANSARDWindsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024My Lords, I support the statutory instrument because it follows logically from the Windsor Framework, which is complex and, in many respects, inevitably unsatisfactory in certain…27 Nov 2024HANSARDHezbollah: Threat to the United KingdomMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Godson, for securing this debate. I know, as I read the wording of the debate, that when he refers accurately to the proscription of…05 Nov 2024HANSARDWindsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Plant and Animal Health) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2024My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, for giving us a chance to have this debate. I find myself in a slightly confused frame of mind, in that I agree with much of what…23 Oct 2024HANSARDStrategic Defence ReviewMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, for securing this debate at this dangerous and difficult moment in our nation’s defence history. As he rightly said…09 Oct 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, as other noble Lords have, I thank the Attorney-General for his impressive, striking and wide-ranging maiden speech. A passage in the King’s Speech caught my attention.…23 Jul 2024HANSARDUnited Kingdom: UnionMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord McInnes, for introducing this debate in the style with which he has. Much of what I say—indeed, all of what I say—is operating emotionally…14 Mar 2024HANSARDNorthern IrelandMy Lords, first, I pay tribute to Lord Cormack, as have others in this House. He was a friend of mine. In 2015, I was asked by the then Lord Speaker to chair a Committee of both…27 Feb 2024HANSARDWindsor Framework (Constitutional Status of Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024My Lords, I rise, first, to make clear my strong support for these two statutory instruments. I say one thing straightaway: there was no possibility of a settlement to the…13 Feb 2024HANSARDWindsor Framework (Constitutional Status of Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024Was EU law mentioned in the DUP manifesto? It is definitely not mentioned in the seven tests—there is no doubt about that—and it is a rather contorted argument about the Act of…13 Feb 2024HANSARDWindsor Framework (Constitutional Status of Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024I just wish to ask the noble Lord, Lord Browne, why, if EU law is so important, it is not mentioned in the seven tests that went before the electorate in Northern Ireland last…13 Feb 2024HANSARDNorthern Ireland Executive FormationMy Lords, I am very glad to add to the congratulations to the Minister, who has been central to the success of this process. In the other place, the Secretary of State for…01 Feb 2024HANSARDWindsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Public Health, Marketing and Organic Product Standards and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2023Before the noble Lord sits down, he has made the point, rightly, that the seven tests are based on statements by Ministers. Can he think of any statement by a UK Minister which…04 Dec 2023HANSARDWindsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Public Health, Marketing and Organic Product Standards and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2023My Lords, I rise to speak to the regret Motion of the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey. She and I are very old friends and have agreed and still agree about many things, and I regret not…04 Dec 2023HANSARDWindsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Public Health, Marketing and Organic Product Standards and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2023I thank the noble Baroness for her intervention; I accept that point. There is a significant argument by an esteemed economist about how serious and significant that really is,…04 Dec 2023HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I rise to say, as so many from the Cross Benches have said, how much we grieve the loss of a very distinguished convenor. It has overshadowed somewhat the debate for…08 Nov 2023HANSARDProtocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: Follow-up Report (European Affairs Committee)My Lords, like other noble Lords, I commend the very impressive work of the noble Lord, Lord Jay, and his committee and its staff. I will make a distinction between the two…11 Sept 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillMy Lords, I wish to return to something I focused on in Committee: the role of the ICRIR and its officers. Tomorrow, I have the honour of addressing former Chief Constable…21 Jun 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI am grateful to the noble Baroness for the intervention. I did not express it quite correctly; I was thinking of the likely number of prosecutions, which is a substantially lower…21 Jun 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillMy Lords, I rise to address the subject of the fairness of the working of the commission in future. This amendment is alongside Amendments 37 and 47, which essentially have the…21 Jun 2023