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HANSARDBuy Now, Pay Later: RegulationMy Lords, does my noble friend accept that, if we do not do this carefully, we will be removing opportunities from a large number of people for whom this is important? Is not the…07 Feb 2024HANSARDSir Edward Heath: Operation ConiferWill my noble friend also say to the Home Secretary that we will go on demanding this inquiry until we get it and that it would be much easier to give way now?17 Jan 2024HANSARDSir Edward Heath: Operation ConiferMy wife was secretary to Ted Heath at this time and I was vice-chairman of the party, responsible for youth. If anything of this kind had happened in any way, it is quite…17 Jan 2024HANSARDPrivate Crossings (Signs and Barriers) Regulations 2023My Lords, I hope that the Minister will not just do that but will recognise that there is already far too much regulation on small railways. I will refer to the Mid-Suffolk Light…17 Jan 2024HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]Taking back control.16 Jan 2024HANSARDStorms: Weather ResilienceI remind my noble friend that when his department produced its five-year plan, in the usual range of these, the Climate Change Committee said that it was not adequate. In the…11 Jan 2024HANSARDBiodiversity Gain Site Register (Financial Penalties and Fees) Regulations 2024My Lords, this is a thoroughly good change and we should be entirely pleased that we are taking this step because it is a step that we have not taken before. I sometimes argue…10 Jan 2024HANSARDUltra-processed FoodMy Lords, I will ask a very simple question. Was it not true that, before we had the link between smoking and lung cancer, we did have evidence of an epidemiological connection?…26 Oct 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Food WasteFood waste is a big contribution to climate change. If you do not measure things, you do not do anything about it. A company that measures its food waste is much more likely to…21 Sept 2023HANSARDClimate Change PoliciesMy Lords, the Climate Change Committee and Chris Skidmore, who was the Government’s own adviser, say that the Government cannot at this moment reach net zero, even before they cut…20 Sept 2023HANSARDLibya FloodsDoes my noble friend agree that these two things coming together is a terrible warning for the rest of the world? The mixture of climate change and inadequate protection, as well…19 Sept 2023HANSARDDeep Seabed MiningDoes my noble friend accept that what he has said will cover all the overseas territories? The confetti of empire, so to speak, gives us considerable control over a great deal of…13 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, we ought to remember that we are discussing the amendments that the Government have put before us, rather than a committee report that we have not got and which will, no…13 Sept 2023HANSARDOffshore WindMy Lords, I am on the side of bill payers. The problem is that they will have to pay more, because we will not have the renewable energy that we would have had and will have to…11 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I refer to my registered interests, particularly that I chair a company that advises people on sustainable planning. I must say to my noble friends, with whom I very…06 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I refer to my past as chairman of the Climate Change Committee merely to say, in very short terms, why I think it is important to take seriously the way in which the…04 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, some issues continue to affect almost everything we do. One is the principle of subsidiarity—that we should ensure that we do not have a system where all power is…04 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I remind the House of my interest as an honorary fellow of the RIBA. I support this amendment because I think there is a huge need for people to know where they are. It…04 Sept 2023HANSARDClimate ChangeMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, for introducing this debate so moderately and reasonably, and I look forward to the maiden speech from the noble Earl, Lord Russell.…24 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy wife, who is chairman of a number of things, objects to “chair” as “furniturism”. She likes to be referred to as a person and not a thing.17 Jul 2023