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HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill11 May 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillMy Lords, I will also speak to Amendments 155 and 156, and to consequential amendments 152 and 157 to 161. These are supported variously by the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan, and my…11 May 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillMy Lords, I will be brief. I thank the Minister for his characteristic way of responding to debates such as this. Subject to a few interventions on parts of the argument that…11 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, attempting to compress all my criticisms of the Bill into the time allotted would be impossible; I am not alone in that situation, as other noble Lords have indicated.…10 May 2023HANSARDEnergy Profits LevyMy Lords, in November 2022 the current Chancellor estimated that the levy would raise £40 billion over six years. Six months later, the Treasury’s estimate seems to have gone down…09 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI support the amendment and commend the noble Baroness for tabling it, as well as those who support it. I do not intend to go over anything that anybody else has said about…09 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank the Minister for giving way. On 2 December, I asked the noble Lord, Lord Callanan, whether he could provide the data on the performance of regulators and other prescribed…09 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Lord, Lord Agnew, in this part of our debates on the Bill because I recently corresponded with him about many of these issues. It was…09 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI am conscious that I did not contribute to the debate on this, but is it too late to get the word “anti-corruption” into the communique for the pending G7, which takes place…09 May 2023HANSARDPolice: Restoring Public ConfidenceMy Lords, it is an honour and a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Lexden. I congratulate him on an excellent opening speech for this debate and agree with almost every word…03 May 2023HANSARDWarrior Capability Sustainment ProgrammeMy Lords, between the cancelled Warrior capability sustainment programme and the extraordinarily delayed Ajax programme—it may well be in a good place now, but it is not expected…03 May 2023HANSARDForeign PolicyMy Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Frost. I admit that I had not expected to use such words, nor did I expect to agree with so much of what he said.…03 May 2023HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, for the obvious reason that we must at all costs avoid an escalation of this war, Ukraine’s allies have equipped Ukraine for a defensive war, but now all the talk is…02 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate TransparencyMy Lords, I associate myself entirely with the remarks of appreciation and thanks made by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Garnier, to the Minister and his team for their…27 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate TransparencyI apologise to the Minister; I should have intervened slightly earlier. If the Minister has data on the likely cost of the extension of the provisions in the Government’s…27 Apr 2023HANSARDNetwork Rail: Funding and ReliabilityThe Minister cautions me not to believe everything I read in the paper. Recently, I read in the paper that Avanti West Coast was rewarded with over £4 million in taxpayer-funded…26 Apr 2023HANSARDHate CrimeMy Lords, hate crimes have developed incrementally. First, they were targeted at racially motivated offences, before broadening into the five strands to which the noble Baroness’s…24 Apr 2023HANSARDCouncil of Europe: Reykjavik SummitMy Lords, I will follow on from that question on interim measures. The Minister will be aware that last summer the European Court of Human Rights, in an interim measure, spared…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Leigh of Hurley, together with the notice given by the noble Lord, Lord Sarfraz, that he intends to…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I had not intended to speak on this group of amendments, but I rise just to say that I agree with everything that noble Lords have said thus far. My enthusiasm peaked…18 Apr 2023