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HANSARDQueen’s SpeechI am finished, my Lords.17 May 2021HANSARDIreland/Northern Ireland ProtocolMy Lords, Northern Ireland was promised the best of both worlds, but trade with the rest of the United Kingdom has reduced, not increased. Loyalists and unionists sense that they…29 Apr 2021HANSARDPost Office Court of Appeal JudgmentMy Lords, the Metropolitan Police are conducting an ongoing investigation into Fujitsu workers after Mr Justice Fraser wrote to the DPP expressing grave concern about the evidence…28 Apr 2021HANSARDIntegrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign PolicyMy Lords, I declare my interest as vice-chair of and consultant to the Nuclear Threat Initiative. In the other place, Tobias Ellwood, anticipating the visit of General Austin, the…22 Apr 2021HANSARDPlanning: Net Zero Emissions TargetsMy Lords, the Government’s policy of incentivising a housebuilding boom could contradict their net-zero ambitions. Some time ago, the Committee on Climate Change recommended that…19 Apr 2021HANSARDCrown Courts: Outstanding CasesMy Lords, in a Written Question on 17 December, my honourable friend Alex Norris asked the Secretary of State for Justice “what assessment he has made of trends in the level of…15 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Stirrup. Not for the first time, I found his contribution compelling and I hope the Minister did as…13 Apr 2021HANSARDYouth Justice SystemMy Lords, when there is an admission of guilt and the offender is under 18 at the date of disposal, there is a strong presumption in favour of diverting to an out-of-court…23 Mar 2021HANSARDIndependent Review of Administrative Law UpdateMy Lords, does the Minister agree with the former head of the Government Legal Service, Sir Jonathan Jones, as quoted in the Law Society Gazette , that: “The review doesn’t bear…22 Mar 2021HANSARDChina: Treatment of Uighurs and Taiwanese Airspace IncursionsMy Lords, the Minister surprised me with a catalogue of compelling evidence, revealed in yesterday’s BEIS Committee report, that many major companies with large footprints in the…18 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill11 Mar 2021HANSARDOffshore Gas RigsMy Lords, flaring produces 1% of total UK annual CO 2 emissions, and venting produces 1% of annual methane emissions. Worryingly, Oil & Gas UK reports that, in 2019, the number of…11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister, for whom I have as much respect and regard as anyone else in this debate. She has been showered with this compliment throughout the whole course of…11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, Amendment 32 stands in my name and in the names of the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Houghton of Richmond, and the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones. It raises a very…11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton. He brings a valuable perspective to our deliberations. I welcome his contribution and agree with…09 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 14 and have considerable sympathy for the other amendments in this group, so I will speak generally about these issues. Like all the previous…09 Mar 2021HANSARDWomen in Elected OfficeMy Lords, shamefully a recent survey of MSPs revealed that 46% of women had received death threats, 29% threats of sexual violence and 75% threats to themselves, their family or…08 Mar 2021HANSARDRough SleepingMy Lords, I acknowledge the progress of Everyone In, but the debate in the other place exposed some very disturbing factors, such as the Minister admitting wide variances across…02 Mar 2021HANSARDUnited States: Diplomatic RelationsMy Lords, in 2017, the then Vice-President Biden declared that he and President Obama believed that deterrence of a nuclear attack should be the sole purpose of the US nuclear…01 Mar 2021HANSARDMyanmarMy Lords, it is a credible inference that, in seizing power, General Min Aung Hlaing and the military were partly motivated by the desire to protect themselves and their families…11 Feb 2021