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HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI rise to press the Minister to answer my question about the consultation and what ACSPs asked for in relation to this. I am confident that the Minister will have that discussion…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillHas any thought been given to the possibility—I know that the Government like this sort of structure—of having an independent fee review body that looks at all this and makes…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, a packet of 20 Lambert & Butler or Marlboro cigarettes costs £12.65. That is how out of proportion the fee for setting up a limited company has become. It may well be…18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I am fully in favour of this matter being taken away and simplified, if it can be. I just take advantage of this opportunity to do something I probably do not do very…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillOn a plain reading of this clause, the registrar is being required to promote these objectives, but in objective 4 she is being required not to prevent but “to minimise the extent…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI had not intended to speak on this group, but my noble friend Lord Coaker has drawn my attention to the active verbs in the subsections of Clause 1. I am at a loss to understand…27 Mar 2023HANSARDAUKUS Defence PartnershipMy Lords, welcome as this Statement is, there is nothing at all in it about the financial or opportunity costs of this partnership. Is it true that it will cost $245 billion over…16 Mar 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review RefreshMy Lords, I too welcome the integrated review and note that paragraph 28 on page 28 confirms the Government’s commitment to the fourth overarching priority of the 2022…14 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy Lords, it is a pleasure—if a somewhat daunting pleasure—to participate in this International Women’s Day debate. I confess that, when I looked at the list of speakers this…10 Mar 2023HANSARDWhatsApp: Ministerial CommunicationsMy Lords, in April last year, when the Government saw off at first instance a judicial review about the use of WhatsApp in government, a Cabinet Office spokesperson said publicly:…08 Mar 2023HANSARDNuclear Weapons: Failsafe ReviewMy Lords, in begging leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, I draw attention to my entry in the register of interests.06 Mar 2023HANSARDNuclear Weapons: Failsafe ReviewTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the plans of the United States of America’s Department of Defense to commission an independent review of the…06 Mar 2023HANSARDNuclear Weapons: Failsafe ReviewMy Lords, on 27 February, the Minister for Europe, Leo Docherty, addressed the UN Conference on Disarmament. He mentioned emerging threats posed by new technologies, promised…06 Mar 2023HANSARDEmployment (Allocation of Tips) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to support the Bill sponsored by the noble Lord, Lord Robathan, and to anticipate its provisions finally reaching the statute book. In opening Second…03 Mar 2023HANSARDProtection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) BillMy Lords, for the second time today, it is a pleasure to support a Bill. I am only sorry that my noble friend Lady Chapman is not here to hear me make the second most enthusiastic…03 Mar 2023HANSARDHeat and Buildings Strategy: Gas BoilersMy Lords, from the evidence that it received, the Environment and Climate Change Committee, of which I was a member at the time, concluded in its inquiry on the boiler upgrade…28 Feb 2023HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Jones. I agree with her and the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, that it is essential that we plan for the longer…09 Feb 2023HANSARDOmagh BombingMy Lords, I support this decision while noting, as other noble Lords have done, including the Minister himself, that we cannot fully scrutinise it until we know who the chair will…09 Feb 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, it is an immense privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Clarke of Nottingham. He invites us all to be repetitive, and I will try not to be, except to this extent: I…08 Feb 2023HANSARDCarrier Strike GroupWhen will the refit of HMS “Vanguard” that has been going on since 2015 be finished? It was recently discovered—just before the engines were about to be fired up, as it were—that…06 Feb 2023