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HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, I have a question. I am imagining the circumstances with which the police are faced. In what circumstances would they proceed to stop and search if they had no…07 Feb 2023HANSARDAgricultural Transition PlanMy Lords, I declare my interests as laid out in the declaration of interests. How will the Government make farmers confident in this excellent report when they are signing…01 Feb 2023HANSARDTrade (Mobile Roaming) Regulations 2023I will not hold my noble friend up, and I know this is difficult, but the countries to which most people go most of the time are those in the rest of Europe. That is the fact of…31 Jan 2023HANSARDTrade (Mobile Roaming) Regulations 2023On this particular point—31 Jan 2023HANSARDIMF Economic OutlookDoes my noble friend accept that, if we are to equal the United States, we have to have investment in new green businesses which help in the battle against climate change? When…31 Jan 2023HANSARDTrade (Mobile Roaming) Regulations 2023I wanted to ask my noble friend: what advantage does the mobile telephone user get from us having left the European Union? Is this not a rather pathetic doing of a deal with a few…31 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillIf I can just finish that sentence—when the police are themselves in a difficult position. I give way to my long-lasting jouster.30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillI do not think I understand what my noble friend is saying. Is he saying that a march against the Iraq war would be acceptable? After all, it was about current issues. Very few…30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillI wonder whether I could suggest to the House that we have to think a little beyond the precise legal issues we have been concentrating on. First, I was drawn into this discussion…30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillI do not disagree, since that is what it says. I am merely saying that I want the Government to be clear about what they are doing by involving the police at what may not be the…30 Jan 2023HANSARDLevelling Up FundDoes my noble friend accept that local authorities spend a great deal of time working out bids right across the board, instead of seeking to use that money in the way that is…24 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillBefore my noble friend sits down, the fact is that what he says is true, but something has happened and therefore we have to react to it. For the Government to say that it is not…13 Dec 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as chair of the Environment and Climate Change Committee. I want to ask the Government to listen very carefully to this discussion. We have a very…13 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS Industrial Action: Government PreparationsWill my noble friend be very careful to stick by the case being put forward? We know that those arguing it want to hide behind some discussion of the mechanisms in order not to…13 Dec 2022HANSARDCalled-in Planning Decision: West CumbriaOh, come on.08 Dec 2022HANSARDCalled-in Planning Decision: West CumbriaHas the Minister finished?08 Dec 2022HANSARDCalled-in Planning Decision: West CumbriaMy Lords, I declare an interest as chair of the Climate Change Committee and a former Minister who had to do precisely this: act in a quasi-judicial manner. So I have to say to my…08 Dec 2022HANSARDAviation: Cost of TravelI understand what the noble Baroness said about Northern Ireland because that is divided by sea, but it is very difficult to understand why we have lowered the cost of internal…07 Dec 2022HANSARDAvian FluDoes my noble friend agree that these diseases are likely to increase because of the effect of climate change? I declare my interest as chairman of the Climate Change Committee.…16 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI am always suspicious when Ministers use the word “inconsistent” to overcome a problem. It is inconsistent because it is different. The particular person here needs to have the…14 Nov 2022