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HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) (England) Regulations 2021My Lords, I will intervene briefly. I do not like retrospective legislation, and even though these regulations have been introduced much more quickly than some previous ones, we…01 Dec 2021HANSARDRating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) BillMy Lords, I intervene very briefly, as I did at the substitute Second Reading and in Committee. I am concerned only with Clause 1 of the Bill, and I declare again—as I have in the…01 Dec 2021HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI am most grateful. What was the massive advantage in 2017?30 Nov 2021HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, I always enjoy following my noble friend Lady Noakes. I frequently disagree with her, and I am afraid I will disagree on certain issues this afternoon, but she is a…30 Nov 2021HANSARDChina: GenocideMy Lords, we have just heard a very brave speech from the noble Lord, Lord Hannay, admitting the failures of the past with which he was inadvertently associated. We owe a great…25 Nov 2021HANSARDOperation Warm WelcomeWill my noble friend place in the Library a list of those local authorities that have taken refugees and a list of any that have refused? What is being done to vet hotels,…25 Nov 2021HANSARDOfcom: Appointment of ChairIs it not vital that whoever is chosen is articulate, has a strong mind and, most of all, has the courage to stand up to the giants of social media?24 Nov 2021HANSARDEmergency Services: Ministers of ReligionMy Lords, I know this is incredibly difficult but, as we can carry donor cards and things, would it not be possible to consider compiling a register of those of us who would wish…22 Nov 2021HANSARDAge Assurance (Minimum Standards) Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak briefly in the gap because of what I have heard during this past hour or more. It has been a moving and powerful debate, so much so that I have asked my…19 Nov 2021HANSARDAge Assurance (Minimum Standards) Bill [HL]Not me.19 Nov 2021HANSARDProtocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: Court of Justice of the European UnionNaturally I wish my noble friend success in his negotiations, but as he bears some responsibility for the protocol, can I urge him not to rule things in and out from the Dispatch…18 Nov 2021HANSARDProtocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: EU NegotiationsBut does my noble friend accept that the noble Baroness opposite had a point? I wish my noble friend absolute good fortune in what he is seeking to do, and he knows that. But,…18 Nov 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords: Appointments ProcessMy Lords, having given notice, I rise to speak briefly in the gap. I declare my interest as the founder and chairman of the Campaign for an Effective Second Chamber, which…18 Nov 2021HANSARDTerrorist Incident at Liverpool Women’s HospitalMy Lords, we all support the enormous bravery of the taxi driver and salute him. There is apparently some crowd funding going on of dubious authenticity. I do not ask my noble…17 Nov 2021HANSARDProfessor Kathleen Stock: ResignationMy Lords, that is indeed right, but I associate myself very closely with the remarks of my noble friend Lady Jenkin of Kennington. Could the Secretary of State write to all…16 Nov 2021HANSARDBrexit: Food, Environment, Energy and Health (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, as always, it is a great pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pickering, who made some extremely important points in her speech, as did all colleagues who…15 Nov 2021HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeMy Lords, will my noble friend the Minister not accept that the answers that he is giving this afternoon—stonewalling answers—are doing no good to the Government and, most of all,…15 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19My Lords, as we are clearly going to have to live with this vaccine for several years to come, could we have quite soon a programme for annual jabs worked out? It is clear that…15 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I just want to intervene briefly. I support this amendment. To me, it is morally wrong for a physical man to be in a woman’s prison. It is as simple as that. If he has…15 Nov 2021HANSARDEU RelationsWill my noble friend remember that wonderful quotation on Harold Macmillan’s desk that “Quiet, calm deliberation disentangles every knot”? Will he go very carefully indeed? We…10 Nov 2021