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HANSARDHealth and Social CareMy Lords, do not the questions asked in the last 20 minutes or so illustrate the need for a thorough debate in your Lordships’ House? I say with great respect to my noble friend…09 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I strongly support what my noble friend Lord Blencathra just said about a meeting with Historic England and indeed with English Heritage, which is responsible for a…08 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillBefore my noble friend sits down: if the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, or anyone else for that matter, brought back at Third Reading proposed new subsection (1) of Amendment 1, which…06 Sept 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords Appointments CommissionMy Lords, being a Member of your Lordships’ House is something that we treasure, but it is clearly important that the principles of the Burns committee are properly accepted and…06 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I wish very briefly to endorse everything that my noble friend Lady Altmann said a moment ago. There is a great deal to be said for clarity and simplicity and I believe…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanMy Lords, I have heard every speech in this very sombre and sober debate. One thing that has come out in almost every speech is the abject failure of leadership by the greatest of…18 Aug 2021HANSARDNHS UpdateMy Lords, I hope that my noble friend, who deserves a real holiday, will accept that it would have been far better and more honest had the pay award been made in an Oral rather…22 Jul 2021HANSARDConductLeave out after “that” and insert “consideration of the Report from the Select Committee The C onduct of Lord James of Blackheath, Lord Kalms, Lord Willoughby de Broke and…20 Jul 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021My Lords, I have been calling for the vaccination of care home workers for months and months. I believe that, when we have had to have so many restrictions imposed upon us—on the…20 Jul 2021HANSARDConductMy Lords, I have put down this amendment for one simple reason. By voting for it—and I intend to test the opinion of the House—we will give ourselves time to reflect on the wisdom…20 Jul 2021HANSARDCash InfrastructureMy Lords, I am much encouraged by my noble friend’s answers to date. But is she also aware that many companies appear to be quite actively discouraging the use of cheques and that…19 Jul 2021HANSARDElderly Social Care (Insurance) Bill [HL]Well, my Lords, this Bill may be many things but, in response to the noble Baroness who just spoke, irrelevant it is not. I never thought that the apostle of privatisation would…16 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19My Lords, would my noble friend give consideration to putting a full-page advertisement in every paper, with guidance? This must be clear, coherent and consistent. Would he also—I…15 Jul 2021HANSARDProcedure and PrivilegesAt end insert “but that this House regrets the recommendation to have speakers’ lists for oral questions and believes further consideration should be given to this matter by 31…13 Jul 2021HANSARDProcedure and PrivilegesMy Lords, I am rather gratified by that result, but not for the reasons that the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, and the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Basildon, indicated. I feel that…13 Jul 2021HANSARDProcedure and PrivilegesMy Lords, I am delighted to take part in this debate. I begin echoing the well-deserved tribute from my noble friend the Leader of the House to all those who have made it possible…13 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, we are all very much in the debt of the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, for introducing this series of amendments and he is, of course, right to be concerned about habitats, the…12 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, declaring an interest, I ask my noble friend to guarantee that all octogenarians will have a booster jab in the autumn? I apologise for returning to this, but can he…08 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I can be very brief because I have great sympathy with most of the amendments before us. The amendment that the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, spoke to briefly but…07 Jul 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone. I always remember with great gratitude when she came to my constituency to help with a particular…07 Jul 2021