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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, following the comments of the noble Baroness, Lady Sugg, when Gordon Brown called the G7 summit an “unforgivable moral failure”, was he not right? With potentially…15 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Variant B.1.617.2Do Ministers accept that more patient choice would help in dealing with problems over spread due to vaccine hesitancy? Having in mind data on vaccine hesitancy in the case of the…26 May 2021HANSARDNepal: Covid-19 Vaccine RequestMy Lords, despite the work of COVAX, is not the absence of an effective international vaccine manufacturing and distribution system that meets world demand perfectly illustrated…20 May 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I will address the issue of agricultural training. Some 12 weeks ago, I heard that Newton Rigg College, a prominent agricultural college in the north-west, was being…12 May 2021HANSARDSingle Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) (Amendment) Order 2021.My Lords, this order, with its 10p charge, will have little effect on a huge problem that is well known to this Minister, with his long and admirable track record on the…19 Apr 2021HANSARDIndependent Office for Police ConductMy Lords, should we not congratulate the Mail and in particular journalist Stephen Wright for his forensic work in unravelling the Beech affair and their exposure of deficiencies…16 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget StatementMy Lords, I strongly support the proposal from the noble Lord, Lord Rooker. I shall concentrate my remarks on inheritance taxes. The Budget statement proposes a freeze on nil-rate…12 Mar 2021HANSARDRough SleepingOn the issue of Covid vaccination policy for rough sleepers, is it not true that they are not treated nationally as a priority group for vaccination and that we have a postcode…02 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccination PassportIs it not true that if the Government had not blocked ID cards in 2011—a perfect form of vaccination passport—then we could have avoided problems about vaccination recording by…24 Feb 2021HANSARDBuilding SafetyWhy do the Government not require every local authority to publish the addresses of all buildings falling under cladding fire risk categories? Is the FOI response from the DCLG of…22 Feb 2021HANSARDInheritance Tax: Cohabiting SiblingsMy Lords, to follow up on the interesting question from the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, is there not a compromise? If the problem is a requirement for a sibling to sell a jointly…10 Feb 2021HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, we have heard a very powerful case from the previous speaker. I see no reason for me to detain the House unreasonably and will speak briefly, principally to Amendment…21 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: VaccineThere is a heated debate going on in the United States, as reported on CNN, over the incidence in use and registration of both the first and necessary second vaccinations with…12 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation and Linked Households) (England) Regulations 2020My Lords, we are told that by February we are to return to tiered arrangements geared to a national vaccine rollout programme, yet we also learned of discussions over a new tier…07 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, can I return to the issue of masks, which I have been pushing since February? With London in lockdown, a new variant and the prospect of an explosion in transmission in…15 Dec 2020HANSARDPublic Health (Coronavirus) (Protection from Eviction and Taking Control of Goods) (England) Regulations 2020The noble Baroness just raised a very interesting question. Talk of eviction makes me feel uneasy. In the 1970s, 50 years ago, I ran, on a voluntary basis, an anti-eviction group…08 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I will confine my remarks on this Bill to the thrust of Amendment 46. I declare an interest as a former member of the ISC from 1997 to 2001, under the excellent…01 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: VaccineI plead with the Minister to ensure that whatever arrangements are being made for rapid result testing and vaccination, absolute priority is given to the vulnerable, itinerant,…11 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccine TaskforceMy Lords, we are not being told the full story. The bottom line is quite simple: what was the real reason Kate Bingham was picked to do this job when she clearly had a conflict of…10 Nov 2020HANSARDElectricity (Risk-Preparedness) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020Before dealing specifically with this SI, I want to refer to a point repeatedly being raised by colleagues across the House on the delayed handling of SIs. Members have naturally…03 Nov 2020