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HANSARDRail Ticket OfficesMy Lords, this is a necessary modernisation of the railways but what we have heard is the kind of thing that is argued about any change. The railways do not make money and need to…12 Jul 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, I rise to ask the Minister to make a correction. He said that there were divisions between the two sides of the House, but surely what has been true about this Bill is…10 Jul 2023HANSARDPension Funds: Investments and Tax ReliefMay I encourage the Government to do what they have sought to do, but to recognise too that the speed at which climate change is happening is right at the top end of what the…29 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy Lords, the most reverend Primate has offered the Government a very helpful amendment. It enables them to show that their present Bill, much of which I deeply resent, is not…14 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillWhy?14 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillAs my noble friend has mentioned that, I said I would take the Church’s Whip because I happen to believe that moral issues overcome any other issues. The Churches are united in…14 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillMy noble friend has very helpfully gone through a whole series of things that the Government are doing and will do. Why is he opposed to that forming a strategy? Any business…14 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillYes.12 Jun 2023HANSARDElectronic Passport Control SystemsMy Lords, does my noble friend accept that more people would accept waiting rather better if everyone was polite? I have to say that border officials are very polite, but why is…07 Jun 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I wonder whether we could reflect on the House of Commons Select Committee’s report on the state of things at the moment in Defra. One of my worries is whether the…06 Jun 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI say that to try to make sure it continues to be a good-natured debate. There is no doubt that many people who are not antagonistic to the Government do not want to rely on the…06 Jun 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI am sure that my noble friend’s comments are absolutely acceptable and I see perfectly well why he does not want this here. But is it possible just to consider whether attention…18 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I too am not always in agreement with the words of my noble friend, but I strongly support the amendment. The key point is that chalk streams are more vulnerable than…18 May 2023HANSARDClimate Change Committee: DiscussionsIs my noble friend aware that the Government asked for the Climate Change Committee’s advice and then ignored it? First, the Climate Change Committee said that it was perfectly…27 Apr 2023HANSARDChinese Police Stations in the UKDoes my noble friend accept that in a democracy, it is very important that Ministers and Members of Parliament are available to the public as a whole, and it would be a great…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, having been introduced by the noble Lord, I want to try to help the Government. We all know that, first, energy efficiency is the most sensible way of proceeding towards…17 Apr 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, first, I have to say to the last speaker that I did not like that word “even”; this Government have introduced the highest targets of any country in the world. They have…17 Apr 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI wonder if my noble friend would accept that it sounds a bit odd to those of us who live in the countryside that counties should be left out. I know why it was; I can see the…27 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy noble friend has just said how much she wants the counties to be involved, but why can they not just be part of it? I do not understand this—it seems that there is no reason…27 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillThe county authority is the mineral planning authority, so how can we talk about spatial planning if we exclude the things for which the county authority is a planning authority.…27 Mar 2023