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HANSARDCOP 27: OutcomeAs far as I am aware, the Prime Minister’s pledge has been kept. If that is not the case, I will certainly write to the noble Baroness.06 Dec 2022HANSARDCOP 27: OutcomeIf the noble Lord is referring to the UK’s taxation system, it is clear that those at the top end of the scale pay the largest amounts of taxation by far. If that translates…06 Dec 2022HANSARDEmployment PoliciesI thank the noble Lord for his question. It is slightly unrelated to the point under discussion, but I would be happy to get back to him in writing.06 Dec 2022HANSARDEmployment PoliciesThe ingenuity of my noble friend in seeking to ask his questions knows no bounds. As far as I am aware, Ministers do not have employment contracts. We serve at the behest of the…06 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]That the Bill be reported from the Committee of the Whole House in respect of proceedings up to and including Wednesday 7 September; and that the order of commitment of 19 July be…06 Dec 2022HANSARDCOP 27: OutcomeMy Lords, COP 27 established a new fund for responding to loss and damage as part of other funding arrangements relevant for loss and damage. This is significant in supporting the…06 Dec 2022HANSARDCOP 27: OutcomeI agree with the noble Lord’s initial comments about COP. I think it is worth being a little optimistic, in that over 90% of world GDP is now covered by net-zero commitments and…06 Dec 2022HANSARDCOP 27: OutcomeThe Government have taken a number of measures—I point the noble Lord to the tax on single-use plastic bags—but clearly there is a lot more that we need to do. I know that…06 Dec 2022HANSARDCOP 27: OutcomeI agree with the point made by my noble friend. We will need to make sure that, when the fund is up and running and established, it goes to the people who really need it, which is…06 Dec 2022HANSARDCOP 27: OutcomeThe noble Baroness makes an important point. Energy efficiency should be our first port of call, and indeed it is. Over this Parliament, we are spending £6.6 billion on home…06 Dec 2022HANSARDEmployment PoliciesMy Lords, the Government are proud to uphold our high, internationally recognised labour standards. The UK continues to be committed to enhancing labour standards globally by…06 Dec 2022HANSARDEmployment PoliciesThe noble Lord will be unsurprised to know that I completely disagree with him. The Government are confident that all our measures are in full compliance with our international…06 Dec 2022HANSARDEmployment PoliciesAs I said, we had a referendum on the subject, and we are no longer members of the EU. The Social Charter no longer applies to the UK. As I further said, we have some of the…06 Dec 2022HANSARDEmployment PoliciesOf course, the UK is proud of its membership of the Council of Europe, but we have left the European Union.06 Dec 2022HANSARDCOP 27: OutcomeI am sorry to tell my noble friend that I am not responsible for the financial services Bill. I would be very happy to get Treasury colleagues to write to her.06 Dec 2022HANSARDEmployment PoliciesI agree with the noble Lord: I do blame the train unions for the strike, because they are the ones who are taking strike action and depriving people of the right to go and see…06 Dec 2022HANSARDEmployment PoliciesForgive me for taking everything that the TUC says with a little pinch of salt but, as I said to the noble Lord, Lord Woodley, we are very confident that all our measures do not…06 Dec 2022HANSARDEmployment PoliciesI am proud to say that the UK has one of the highest rates of employment practice in the world. We have one of the safest working environments in the world, and it is our full…06 Dec 2022HANSARDEmployment PoliciesThe European Social Charter no longer applies to us, as we are not in the European Union any longer. The noble Lord may have noticed that we had a referendum on the subject.06 Dec 2022HANSARDEmployment PoliciesMy noble friend puts it extremely well and I agree with him completely. It is almost as if this action is designed to punish the travelling public. With the way they are targeting…06 Dec 2022