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HANSARDMike Veale: Police Conduct ReportMy Lords, can I take my noble friend back to the Question asked by my noble friend Lord Lexden? I entirely endorse his personal comments about her, but the case of Mr Veale, who…07 Mar 2022HANSARDRussian Oil and Gas ImportsMy Lords, as the Question put by my noble friend Lord Forsyth of Drumlean indicates, this is an urgent crisis. We do not have time to develop many things but we do have time to…07 Mar 2022HANSARDLithium Ion Batteries: Fire Safety StandardsAs one who does want annihilation, can I ask my noble friend to ensure that when these wretched machines, which go up to 40 mph, are on the roads, they are all properly registered…03 Mar 2022HANSARDPeerages: RecommendationsMy noble friend asked for this intervention. That was a complete distortion of what I said, and I ask my noble friend—which he is—to think of rephrasing his remarks.03 Mar 2022HANSARDPeerages: RecommendationsIt is a pleasure, as always, to follow the noble Lord, Lord Desai, much as I disagree with a number of the points that he made. We do not have much time, so let me begin by…03 Mar 2022HANSARDPeerages: RecommendationsI would have those removed who were not here for 20% of the time. That was entirely implicit in my remarks.03 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, so much is falling on the Poles and the Hungarians, particularly on Poland, as the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, said. I make a suggestion for my noble friend to pass on to…02 Mar 2022HANSARDMusic Education in State SchoolsWould my noble friend agree to receive a small group from the Royal School of Church Music, which reaches out to children in all parts of the country, many of whom go to state…02 Mar 2022HANSARDSanctionsMy Lords, my noble friend made several references to legislation. Does he accept that it would be right for such necessary legislation to be given priority over all other…01 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I rise very briefly to say a few words in tribute to one of the most remarkable parliamentarians I have ever known and one of the best friends I have had in my time in…28 Feb 2022HANSARDRefugees and Asylum SeekersDoes my noble friend agree that tweeting should be a breach of the ministerial code?28 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries of Pentregarth, who speaks with great wisdom and insight—as did the noble Lord, Lord Sedwill,…25 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, of course the people of Ukraine are uppermost in our minds and thoughts, but should we not also remember that people have demonstrated on the streets of Russian towns…24 Feb 2022HANSARDPost Office: HorizonMy Lords, it is a great pity that my noble friend Lord Arbuthnot cannot be here today because we all owe him an enormous amount for his work. That should be firmly on the record.…24 Feb 2022HANSARDNational Food StrategyMy Lords, last week’s “Countryfile”, which has great influence, was very disturbing. It indicated that we were not giving proper encouragement to our own sugar beet industry but…24 Feb 2022HANSARDElections BillWell, I am sure we are very grateful to the noble Baroness for that moving conclusion to her very interesting speech. Listening to every speech this afternoon, there has been one…23 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine: OSCE Special Monitoring MissionMy Lords, is my noble friend really saying that the withdrawal took place because of a Russian threat to the safety of these people? Does this not smack of pusillanimity on the…23 Feb 2022HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeI am most grateful to my noble friend because that is helpful. There is an air of suspicion in the House at the moment; one has only to look at the exhibition of what is proposed…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateMy Lords, could I suggest to my noble friend that we—global Britain—convene an international conference here in London with all our European friends and allies, with whom we must…22 Feb 2022HANSARDHong Kong: Political PrisonersMy Lords, is it not time for us to reconsider British judges giving a veneer of respectability to an appallingly repressive regime?22 Feb 2022