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HANSARDImmigration (Persons Designated under Sanctions Regulations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I begin by saying that I do not think that I shall need eight minutes. I congratulate my noble friend on the way she introduced this non-controversial statutory…02 Sept 2020HANSARDEU: Future Trade AgreementI congratulate my noble friend on responding to her first Private Notice Question. Can she make unequivocally clear that the declaration of last October still stands and will be…29 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, I entirely endorse what the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, just said about my noble friend the Chief Whip and others in the usual channels and elsewhere who have enabled us to…28 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I have had quite a long wait as I am the 40th speaker, but I have heard all the other 39. We have had varied contributions, but there has been a remarkable degree of…28 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, I speak as one who believes passionately in both Houses: this House for its capacity to scrutinise legislation and because it can never be a challenge to the supreme…27 Jul 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020My Lords, if we were in a proper Chamber, as we should be, I would be shouting “Hear, hear!” as the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, sat down. A series of one-minute statements is not…24 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I am delighted to follow my noble friend and the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, who always speaks with wonderful, robust, basic common sense. He spoke for my wife when he…23 Jul 2020HANSARDParliament: Restoration and Renewal ProjectMy Lords, do the Government remain firmly committed to ensuring that after restoration and renewal is complete, both Houses will continue to sit in the Palace of Westminster as…22 Jul 2020HANSARDParliament: Restoration and Renewal ProjectTo ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the letter from the Prime Minister to the Chief Executive of the Sponsor Body and Chief Executive Designate for the Delivery Authority…22 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I am delighted to support all three of these amendments. I am probably the least qualified of all in your Lordships’ House to talk about broadband. Even during the…21 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I well understand why Members who are in the Government are anxious to move this Bill forward as quickly as possible, but if anything ever illustrated the value of this…21 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, I have no doubt that my noble friend Lord Blencathra would indeed go through in the way he suggests. I will be very brief. I am concerned entirely with the issue of…20 Jul 2020HANSARDFinance BillMy Lords, faced with the greatest depression since the reign of Queen Anne, the Chancellor has displayed imagination and ingenuity. But his task will not be made easier when we…17 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I am afraid that I could not hear much of my noble friend Lord Naseby’s speech, but I gather that he gave his support to Amendment 105, moved by the noble Lord, Lord…16 Jul 2020HANSARDChannel Islands MeasureMy Lords, in almost 50 years on the Ecclesiastical Committee, I have never come across a Measure quite like this. It has my complete support. There was clearly a total breakdown…15 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I am delighted to follow the wise words of the noble Lord, Lord Bruce. He has asked some pertinent questions, which deserve clear answers. What you never have, you never…14 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, I sat in your Lordships’ Chamber last Monday and heard every speech on Second Reading. Two things came across to me powerfully: the second I will deal with later, when I…13 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillI am glad to take part in this, I am sure, brief debate. I am delighted with the statement made by my noble friend at the beginning but I want to hear more about it. I was…13 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, it is a particular pleasure to follow my old and noble friend Lord Taylor of Holbeach; a fellow Lincolnshire man who is regarded with great affection in all parts of…09 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I am delighted to take part in this debate, and I begin by saying how much I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Greaves. The sooner we can get back to proper debating, with…09 Jul 2020