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HANSARDHistoric Sexual Offences: InvestigationsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the management of investigations into historic sexual offences.04 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus (COVID-19)My Lords, I listened very carefully to the Minister’s comments on behavioural change and discouragement, but there is nothing of any substance in this Statement on the provision…03 Mar 2020HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) OrderMy Lords, I welcome the noble Lord to his place. I have watched him on the Back Benches over a number of years and wondered when his day would come; it has finally come and I…26 Feb 2020HANSARDWuhan CoronavirusMy Lords, I have half a lung following surgery for a tumour and COPD on the residual lobes. I am over 70 and therefore form part of the group of thousands—potentially hundreds of…26 Feb 2020HANSARDFlooding CompensationMy Lords, if buildings are to be built on flood plains, why are they then excluded from Flood Re?25 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]The Minister referred to BALPA. Is she saying that BALPA has expressed no reservations whatever about the police powers?12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]The noble Viscount referred to seizure as against confiscation. Perhaps we should simply substitute confiscation for seizure.12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]Perhaps I can answer the Minister’s question. She asked what can be done. Very simply—if she has listened to the debate she will know—confiscate any drone that enters one of these…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, I only wish that the noble Lord, Lord Tebbit, had been here during earlier proceedings on the Bill because we dealt with the issues that he referred to. I wonder whether…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]So it has no reservations.12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]If they are paid.12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]I shall say just one or two words. The Minister has offered to write us a letter. It is not a letter we want. We want it in the law. The letter will interpret the law in a way…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]Why should a drone that goes into one of these restricted zones, which could potentially cause huge damage, not be confiscated?12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]Does that include all drones—commercial and recreational?12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, this too is a probing amendment, as it does not fully capture the intention behind the issue that I raised during Second Reading on confiscation of equipment. The…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]12 Feb 2020HANSARDWuhan CoronavirusMy Lords, I do not want to overreact, but this is a very dangerous condition, and prevention starts at home. The average age in this House is 70. We therefore form part of the…11 Feb 2020HANSARDFlood ResponseMy Lords, I would like to take the Minister back to the question just asked by the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, about Flood Re. He is not being drawn on three critical areas…10 Feb 2020HANSARDOperation MidlandMy Lords, in addition to Carl Beech, two other people who have not been named publicly lied to the Midland inquiry. Why were those two people not named and did either of them make…03 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]On confiscation, will the Minister discuss it with her officials so that we are informed prior to Committee?27 Jan 2020