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HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]Could my noble friend assure the Committee that she will look again at the inclusion of the diminishing of demand and energy efficiency, which the Climate Change Committee and…14 Jun 2022HANSARDGovernment Food StrategyI wonder whether I could first apologise to the Minister because I do not think this is his report. I do not think he wrote it or, indeed, that he does not misunderstand that it…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I have to say that I once had an aunt who was one of the most successful teachers I have ever come across. She was not properly qualified but was one of those people who…13 Jun 2022HANSARDNorth Sea Oil and Gas Producers: Investment AllowancesI declare my interest as chair of the Climate Change Committee. Will my noble friend the Minister accept that there is considerable misunderstanding about this matter and that the…07 Jun 2022HANSARDChannel 4 PrivatisationPerhaps my noble friend could help me. If a former constituent came up to me in the street and said, “Lord Deben, given Covid, the disastrous Brexit, the European war and the cost…05 Apr 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I do think that we ought to consider carefully what my noble friend Lord Cormack said, but it might lead one to a different conclusion. This House is increasingly…31 Mar 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI do not think that helps the issue. All that says is that we are a different place because Parliament has decided that we should be. I am not sure that we are necessarily a…31 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Farmers’ UnionIs my noble friend aware that the National Farmers’ Union still believes that Defra has been extremely unable to explain to it the full programme that will follow the removal of…02 Mar 2022HANSARDInternational Development: Sexual and Reproductive HealthMy noble friend has said that this is important in order to carry through the Conservative Party manifesto. In that manifesto we committed ourselves to 0.7% for overseas aid. We…28 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, as a non-lawyer, I have listened to much of this debate before and today and I think this Government are going too far in taking into ministerial powers decisions which…24 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am sorry to remove my mask, but I am told in the Climate Change Committee, of which I am chairman, that we have to have a British ETS which is not aligned with the rest of…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI was not there for that, but it seemed to me that it was worth repeating, if I may put it clearly.10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I declare an interest because, in my work on sustainability in the business that I chair, we of course help companies to deal with modern slavery. That is why I wish to…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillIf that is the rationale, I do not see why we need the change. I seriously do not understand what possible advantage changing this could be, whereas I perfectly clearly see what…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am sorry; I will not interrupt again. I still do not understand the rationale of bringing ourselves into line with our international obligations. We do not break our…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillWhen the court has said that this is illegal, why do the Government not accept what the court has said? Or are the Government setting themselves up against the court and deciding…27 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, if one is going to make a change of this kind, which, as the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, says, has not happened before, one has to have a very good reason for it. The…17 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, the Committee will know that, as a non-lawyer, I very often attend these debates because I do not trust lawyers to make decisions about themselves. I therefore intervene…17 Nov 2021HANSARDLand Use FrameworkMy Lords, I declare an interest as a small organic farmer, as someone who is involved in sequestration of land and as the chairman of a company that advises quite a few food…28 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change: Trade PolicyThe Australian Government specifically exclude farmers from any climate change responsibilities and the New Zealand Government have a different system for them, but we are going…28 Oct 2021