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HANSARDEnvironmental TargetsMy Lords, what note have the Government taken of Sir Partha Dasgupta’s report The Economics of Biodiversity , released by Cambridge University, and are they acting on its…31 Oct 2022HANSARD50th Anniversary of the Expulsion of Asians from UgandaMy Lords, in 2002 I was privileged to be awarded “Asian of the Year” by the now noble Lord, Lord Blunkett—the then Home Secretary—and, in my acceptance speech, I said that “in my…27 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomy: The Growth Plan 2022My Lords, as the chancellor of the University of Birmingham, I had the privilege to know the right reverend Prelate, David Urquhart, the ninth Bishop of Birmingham. In 2006, when…10 Oct 2022HANSARDHer Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIMy Lords, I was in Boston yesterday and at lunchtime, Boston time, I came out of a meeting with one of my Harvard Business School professors, looked at my phone and saw the sad…09 Sept 2022HANSARDTax Cuts: Fiscal ImpactMy Lords, do the Government agree that our growth is forecast to be somewhere between 0% and 1% next year and our level of business investment is the lowest in the G7? Should we…13 Jul 2022HANSARDCoronavirus: New CasesMy Lords, the Minister mentioned £2 billion being spent in a month on Covid tests, which includes PCR tests as well. What proportion of that £2 billion was spent on lateral flow…11 Jul 2022HANSARDAustralia Free Trade AgreementMy Lords, I paid full credit to the Department for International Trade for having rolled over more than 66 EU bilateral free trade agreements in time for the transitional period.…11 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsI was here when the noble Lord, Lord Newby, was speaking.04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsBut everyone else who was late was allowed to speak.04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsMy Lords, would it be possible to speak? I was a latecomer as well.04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsI did not miss their remarks.04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsI did not miss them; I heard the noble Lord, Lord Newby.04 Jul 2022HANSARDCommonwealthMy Lords, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 2022 was postponed and postponed, and finally took place in Kigali, Rwanda, from 20 June to 25 June. The Commonwealth is…30 Jun 2022HANSARDSmall Modular Nuclear ReactorsMy Lords, building a large nuclear reactor takes well over a decade but, once built, it can power 7% of this country’s electricity. However, I am reliably informed that these…28 Jun 2022HANSARDAI in the UK (Liaison Committee Report)My Lords, the report Growing t he Artificial Intelligence Industry in the U K was published in October 2017. It started off by saying: “We have a choice. The UK could stay among…25 May 2022HANSARDFinancial Exclusion (Liaison Committee Report)My Lords, the Liaison Committee follow-up report is called Tackling Financial Exclusion: A Country that Works for Everyone? The recommendations made in the original 2017 Select…25 May 2022HANSARDInflationMy Lords, in my role as president of the CBI, I remember asking the Chancellor in February 2021 whether he was worried about inflation. Since then, we have had galloping…23 May 2022HANSARDFood Price InflationMy Lords, yesterday, the CBI, of which I am president, had Ambassador Vadym Prystaiko at our annual dinner. He spoke movingly and explained that, at the moment, it would take five…19 May 2022HANSARDCatapults (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, just to refresh the history, the catapults were proposed in a 2010 review called The Current and Future Role of Technology and Innovation Centres in the UK by Dr Hermann…19 May 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, the gracious Speech in Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee year starts with the Government’s priority being to grow and strengthen the economy and help ease the cost of…16 May 2022