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HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeDoes the Senior Deputy Speaker really mean that this will happen in the middle of the week when strikes are likely to affect attendance in the House? If he does, I hope another…16 Jun 2022HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeMy Lords, without prolonging this, I want to give total support to my noble friend in what he said. Far too much is happening in this place without proper consultation. It is five…16 Jun 2022HANSARDHouses of Parliament: Co-locationMy Lords, it is a delight to follow my noble friend, who has so wonderfully ridiculed the nonsense that has brought us to this debate today. Nevertheless, we must take some of the…16 Jun 2022HANSARDHouses of Parliament: Co-locationI asked my noble friend specifically, as did other noble Lords, whether the letter of Friday 13 May was consulted on with the Prime Minister and the Leader of this House, and also…16 Jun 2022HANSARDElections: Multiple VotingBut is it not right to have the battle again, because there are other advantages? For a start, it is much cheaper than a ticket to Rwanda.14 Jun 2022HANSARDSewel ConventionDoes my noble friend agree that there is a very real difference between informing and consulting? Is he confident that we are properly consulting and not just informing?13 Jun 2022HANSARDUkraine: Defence RelationshipsMy Lords, it is a very great honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hannay, with his immense diplomatic experience. How right he is to remind us that principles are constant but…09 Jun 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: First Treasury CounselMy Lords, one of the themes of the debate we have just had was that if we are to be looked upon as a moral leader in the world, it is completely wrong to abrogate treaties that we…09 Jun 2022HANSARDUpholding Standards in Public LifeDoes my noble friend agree that the most important quality that any Prime Minister can possess is integrity? Does he agree with me that Theresa May was a wonderful example of that?08 Jun 2022HANSARDPrime Minister: Meeting with First Ministers of the Devolved GovernmentsMy Lords, the Minister has not answered my noble friend Lord Forsyth’s question. Some £10.9 million of public money has been spent on the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre. It…08 Jun 2022HANSARDUkraine: International ConferenceTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have, if any, to convene an international conference on Ukraine.07 Jun 2022HANSARDUkraine: International ConferenceMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for what he said and acknowledge what has been done by this country, but he did not answer my Question. The convening of an international…07 Jun 2022HANSARDHer Majesty the Queen’s Platinum JubileeMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow that delightful speech by my noble friend Lord Bellingham, with its many interesting anecdotes. I am a contemporary of the noble Lord,…26 May 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]Write a letter.25 May 2022HANSARDCosts of LivingMy Lords, as the expression “Conservative ideology” is an oxymoron, why is it being called in evidence by those who are arguing against putting a windfall tax on fuel?25 May 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportMy Lords, I admire and sympathise with my noble friend the Leader of the House. I am very sorry this has been taken so late and that I am the sole voice from the Government…25 May 2022HANSARDConduct CommitteeMy Lords, I will briefly take part in this debate. First, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Manningham-Buller, for the sensitivity and speed with which she, having assumed the…24 May 2022HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Forced ConfessionMy Lords, anybody who saw the programme last night would have been, as the noble Baroness said, deeply moved by the dignity of this woman—it was amazing. Has the Foreign…24 May 2022HANSARDLevelling-up ReportMy Lords, will my noble friend tell me whether it is strictly necessary to dumb down the English language in order to level up?19 May 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, it is a very real privilege to follow a very wise speech, and I would hope that the Prime Minister has on his desk even now a piece of paper with three words on it:…18 May 2022