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HANSARDRating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) BillMy Lords, I would like to put it on record that I took part in the debate in Grand Committee. Because the timing was changed twice, many who wished to take part in that Second…21 Oct 2021HANSARDIntegrity of Electoral ProcessesMy Lords, we can all agree with that but, by Jove, the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, is ending with a bang rather than a whimper, with the splendid and spirited speech he made—rather…21 Oct 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]It is serious, as my noble friend Lord Forsyth knows better than most. Not only is it serious but it is outrageous that, to provide sporrans for a Scottish regiment, the Ministry…21 Oct 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I had not come to speak in this debate but to listen. However, some things said by my noble friend Lord Forsyth provoke me to make a short intervention. I do so because…21 Oct 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]I apologise. We are all on the same side here. I understand my noble friend’s powers personally and understand that she has a big document with “resist” written on it, but why can…21 Oct 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Plan BMy Lords, could my noble friend tell us how many of us who are eligible for the third jab have had it? I have had mine. Could he also tell us what forward planning we have? Is…20 Oct 2021HANSARDRating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) BillMy Lords, I am very glad to follow my noble friend Lord Holmes of Richmond. I associate myself with some of the remarks made by my other noble friend, but particularly underline…19 Oct 2021HANSARDTributes: Sir David Amess MPMy Lords, there is one aspect of Sir David’s work that is perhaps not widely known. Every year for the last 30 years, he took into his office a young American student from the…18 Oct 2021HANSARDIraqi InterpretersMy Lords, the whole House is in debt to the noble Baroness, Lady Coussins, for the persistence with which she has fought for interpreters over some years. It would be appalling if…14 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, very briefly, I endorse what the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, has said. This Bill has not been damaged or impaired during its passage through your Lordships’ House. I endorse…13 Oct 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolMy Lords, as my noble friend bears some responsibility for this protocol, will he use all his diplomatic gifts, acquired during his years in the Foreign Office, to ensure that we…13 Oct 2021HANSARDCost of LivingDoes my noble friend agree that anybody who, like she, is a genuine one-nation Tory, is somewhat embarrassed?12 Oct 2021HANSARDBrexit OpportunitiesMy Lords, will my noble friend give me some comfort? I thought that “take back control” meant an elevation of parliamentary sovereignty. Why are we therefore seeing so many…16 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: British Equipment and TrainingMy Lords, why has there been no attempt at the United Nations to move a resolution to try and get a peacekeeping force so that embassies could remain open and the use of weapons,…16 Sept 2021HANSARDSafeguarding (Code of Practice) MeasureMy Lords, I rise as one who has been a churchwarden—although no longer—for a total of 36 years in three different churches, who has served on the General Synod of the Church of…16 Sept 2021HANSARDAUKUSMy Lords, I would like to say from these sparsely populated Benches how delighted I am with this Statement. However, I want to press my noble friend on one or two matters. First,…16 Sept 2021HANSARDEngland: Historic CountiesNot a good idea at all.16 Sept 2021HANSARDRefugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]My Lords, I hesitate in a sense to spoil the noble Baroness’s assertion that she was the last speaker from the Back Benches. But as I have sat through the whole of this debate—the…10 Sept 2021HANSARDRefugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]The noble Baroness has lost some brownie points there.10 Sept 2021HANSARDArtists and Musicians: Working in EuropeMy Lords, have not the Proms wonderfully illustrated this summer what an international language music is? Can we make it plain that we in this country are prepared to admit any…09 Sept 2021