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HANSARDHorizon Accounting SystemThe noble Lord makes a very good point. Everybody can make mistakes—we have to accept that things go wrong—but the refusal to admit that a mistake had been made and the dogged…25 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Financial MarketsI thank my noble friend for his comments but taking short and long positions allows for the hedging of risks, and short selling can therefore benefit a wide range of investors,…25 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Financial MarketsThe noble Lord makes a good point. I am sure that the FCA and the regulators are closely watching what is happening in all markets. As I mentioned, when short selling, certainly…25 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Financial MarketsI certainly did not dismiss that activity; I said that it was appalling and callous, and obviously I wish that people would not indulge in it. However, criminal law and sanctions…25 Mar 2020HANSARDParental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2020I thank both the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and the noble Lord, Lord McNicol, for their contributions to this brief debate. This is not a matter of controversy, but I thank…23 Mar 2020HANSARDParental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2020My Lords, I beg to move that the draft Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2020, which were laid before the House…23 Mar 2020HANSARDParental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2020That the Grand Committee do consider the Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2020.23 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Employment SupportThe noble Lord speaks with great authority on these matters. This might be a small point, but I agree with him that it is important. Actually, within my ministerial portfolio I…19 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Employment SupportI think, again, the noble Lord makes a very good point. We have of course already announced extensions to statutory sick pay and the qualifying period. His points are well made…19 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Employment SupportSimilarly to the previous question, my noble friend’s question reflects the complexities of the issue and why a comprehensive response is required. We are working on that; we of…19 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Employment SupportI thank the noble Lord for his question, which illustrates the complexity of the problem, all the different factors that need to be taken into consideration, and how there needs…19 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Employment SupportI thank the noble Baroness for her questions. Their extent reveals the number of different sectors of the economy that we will need to look at. As she says, they range from sole…19 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Employment SupportI thank the noble Lord for his questions and for the responsible attitude that the Opposition are taking to this emergency. I am afraid that I am unable to give him a timescale at…19 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Employment SupportMy Lords, I will now repeat in the form of a Statement the answer to an Urgent Question made in the House of Commons by the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, John Glen. The…19 Mar 2020HANSARDClimate Change: COP 26 ArrangementsMy Lords, the UK Government are committed to working closely with the Scottish Government and with operational delivery partners, including Police Scotland and Glasgow City…12 Mar 2020HANSARDGreen EconomyIt is an important subject, as I have said, and there is a lot of development in this area. I will write to the noble Lord with the details of pricing the risk, because it is a…12 Mar 2020HANSARDGreen EconomyIt is fine: it is my fault for raising it. I should not have got involved in the debate, but I am happy to talk to the noble Baroness, for whom I have the greatest admiration, as…12 Mar 2020HANSARDGreen EconomyI am happy to continue this debate with the noble Baroness, but time is getting on. We will return to the subject. I should not have raised it in the first place.12 Mar 2020HANSARDGreen EconomyI am sorry, but I just do not agree with the noble Baroness. Climate change was on the agenda well before Extinction Rebellion decided to get involved in the subject. It has been…12 Mar 2020HANSARDGreen EconomyYes, I agree with my noble friend; hydrogen can of course provide a potential solution to that. I heard only the other day about investments that we are making with companies such…12 Mar 2020