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HANSARDEthnicity Pay Gap ReportingMy Lords, I am the first ethnic minority president of the Confederation of British Industry. From the outset, I wanted to find a way to champion ethnic minority participation…25 Oct 2021HANSARDGovernment: Leadership TrainingMy Lords, is it not serendipitous that we are having this debate at the time of a reshuffle? The Institute for Government paper, Professional Development for Ministers , states:…16 Sept 2021HANSARDNet-Zero Emissions: Planning and Building RegulationsMy Lords, the built environment is responsible for around 43% of total carbon emissions and the planning system has a central role to play in addressing its environmental impact.…09 Sept 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillMy Lords, the Minister started the debate by saying that our Armed Forces are the best in the world. I am proud to serve as an honorary group captain in No. 601 Squadron in the…07 Sept 2021HANSARDClimate ChangeMy Lords, if anybody still has any doubts about the scale of the climate crisis, this report must surely put those to bed. As president of the CBI, I am very proud that one-third…07 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanMy Lords, the decision to intervene militarily in Afghanistan, just after 11 September 2001, was the first and only time NATO applied Article 5. It was a unanimous decision—an…18 Aug 2021HANSARDCovid-19 (Public Services Committee Report)My Lords, the House of Lords Public Services Committee was established to consider the operation and future of public services, including health and education. It started work in…22 Jul 2021HANSARDInternational Travel RulesMy Lords, the queues at arrivals at our airports are now completely unacceptable. They are two hours or more, as I have experienced recently. Why do the Government not do two…22 Jul 2021HANSARDUK–Commonwealth Trading RelationshipMy Lords, the Commonwealth of 54 countries is a voluntary organisation of 2.4 billion people and GDP estimated at $3 trillion. The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting has…08 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I was contacted by NHS Test and Trace and asked to self-isolate earlier this week. I am double jabbed, I have no symptoms, I have had Covid, I have been testing myself…08 Jul 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]My Lords, on this Charities Bill, I declare my various interests as a trustee of charities, including the National Bereavement Partnership, the British Cardiac Research Trust and…07 Jul 2021HANSARDLorry DriversMy Lords, as president of the CBI, I know that employers are facing the perfect storm of staff shortages as the economy reopens. First, does the Minister agree that the Government…07 Jul 2021HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games (Compensation for Enforcement Action) Regulations 2021My Lords, the Birmingham Commonwealth Games (Compensation for Enforcement Action) Regulations 2021 set out the details of the process for claiming compensation for damage that…30 Jun 2021HANSARDSpace Industry (Appeals) Regulations 2021My Lords, I was privileged in my role as president of the CBI to chair the B7 summit, which fed in to the G7. One area we discussed was digital, and one of our participants said,…29 Jun 2021HANSARDTourismMy Lords, the tourism industry contributes more than £120 billion to the economy. The noble Baroness, Lady Doocey, said that the government tourism plan will recover inbound…24 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccine ProductionMy Lords, as president of the CBI, I chaired the B7, which fed into the G7. The B7 was attended by Dr Ngozi, the new director-general of the WTO. There was unanimous agreement on…17 Jun 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill represents an opportunity to create a more agile and jobs-focused skills system that is underpinned by local collaboration between…15 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill: Royal AssentMy Lords, as president of the CBI, I was privileged to chair the B7, which feeds into the G7 this weekend, which in turn will lead to the B20, the G20 and, eventually, COP 26. Is…10 Jun 2021HANSARDFinance BillBefore our UK Budget of 3 March, in February, I attended a virtual meeting with the senior civil servant in India in charge of the budget there, along with the director-general of…08 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, an independent review of the economics of biodiversity, produced by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta of the University of Cambridge—I declare my interests—describes nature…07 Jun 2021