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HANSARDClimate Change: COP 26 ArrangementsThe noble Lord is quite correct that a huge amount of international engagement will be required. We are looking to every country to put forward its nationally determined…12 Mar 2020HANSARDClimate Change: COP 26 ArrangementsThe noble Baroness is right to point out that it is proving a challenge at the moment; the Bonn meeting has been cancelled but there are still several months to go before COP.…12 Mar 2020HANSARDClimate Change: COP 26 ArrangementsI do not know about the particular circumstances of the noble and learned Baroness’s grandson, but of course young people will need to be involved. An extensive dialogue with a…12 Mar 2020HANSARDGreen EconomyI thought that might prompt an intervention. No, I do not accept that. Even on the sites they vacated voluntarily, they still left behind piles of rubbish, which cost the local…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 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 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 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 EconomyMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, for securing this important debate and for the excellent, well-informed contributions from many other Members.…12 Mar 2020HANSARDSub-postmasters: CompensationI hope that we can get the matter resolved as quickly as possible. The work of the CCRC is important and the Government cannot interfere in it. I understand that decisions on this…05 Mar 2020HANSARDSub-postmasters: CompensationThe noble Lord is entirely right: a number of lessons need to be drawn. The Post Office is an independent company where the shareholding is owned 100% by the Government, and we…05 Mar 2020HANSARDSub-postmasters: CompensationMy noble friend makes an important point. As I said in response to an earlier question, we are looking at the framework of the decisions. This is not just about the role of the…05 Mar 2020HANSARDSub-postmasters: CompensationThe noble Baroness makes an important point. In the near future, a scheme will be announced with the aim of addressing the historic shortfalls for postmasters who are not part of…05 Mar 2020HANSARDSub-postmasters: CompensationFirst, I pay tribute to my noble friend for rightly pursuing these matters with dogged determination. We probably would not be where we are today without his work and that of many…05 Mar 2020HANSARDSub-postmasters: CompensationMy Lords, while the Government are pleased that a resolution has been reached on this difficult matter, the Post Office led the mediation and the Government were not party to it.…05 Mar 2020HANSARDSub-postmasters: CompensationMy noble friend is absolutely correct and I agree with what he says. There were a number of tragedies and some people committed suicide as a result. There is no question but that…05 Mar 2020HANSARDSub-postmasters: CompensationWe agree that there needs to be a full examination, with due rigour, of what happened and what the next steps will be, but I cannot go further than the answer that I gave earlier…05 Mar 2020HANSARDParental Bereavement Leave Regulations 2020That the Grand Committee do consider the Parental Bereavement Leave Regulations 2020. Relevant document: 4th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (s pecial…03 Mar 2020HANSARDParental Bereavement Leave Regulations 2020I thank all noble Lords for their valuable contributions to the debate. I start by reflecting the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Knight of Weymouth. The legislation would not…03 Mar 2020HANSARDNational Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2020That the Grand Committee do consider the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2020.03 Mar 2020