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HANSARDClimate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019He may have read it now, but he asked prejudiced questions about it when he had not even read the documents. As far as I can discover, no member of the Global Warming Policy…26 Jun 2019HANSARDClimate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019I would hate to refute, rebut and criticise my friend at so late a point in my speech, but he has only just returned from asking a question that included all those points while…26 Jun 2019HANSARDClimate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019I did not say what the noble Lord said; I said that on each occasion we have had a target—of 60%, 80% and now 100%—the estimates of the Global Warming Policy Foundation have been…26 Jun 2019HANSARDClimate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019I beg the noble Countess’s pardon but this seems to me rather an unusual situation and, if she will let me, I should like to finish. I hope the House will accept that. I must make…26 Jun 2019HANSARDClimate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019Does my noble friend wish to emphasise the fact that, under the arrangements here, shipping and aircraft emissions are included in our estimates and budgets so that, although how…26 Jun 2019HANSARDClimate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019My Lords—26 Jun 2019HANSARDArms Exports to Saudi ArabiaMy Lords, could we not turn things round the other way and say that we are not going to grant licences unless there is a very clear argument that a particular licence is…25 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the European UnionWhen my noble friend says to the House that she wants to carry through the decision of the British people, is not the problem that there is a good deal of disagreement as to what…22 May 2019HANSARDAnimal Health, Plant Health, Seeds and Seed Potatoes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, first, I commiserate with my noble friend who has to introduce these statutory instruments. I am sure the whole House understands. What we do not understand is why we…13 May 2019HANSARDReducing Greenhouse Gas EmissionsMy Lords, I declare an interest as chairman of the Climate Change Committee. I have come directly from the launch of the net zero report, asked for by the Government—the first…02 May 2019HANSARDTrade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Swiss ConfederationOh!01 May 2019HANSARDReligious Schools: Admission PoliciesMy Lords, I have used faith schools and my children do so. Is it not true that faith schools are extremely popular and are very often overcrowded because people want their…29 Apr 2019HANSARDSaudi ArabiaWould my noble friend agree that there comes a moment in which partnership becomes complicity? There really seems to be a serious issue here. I know it is difficult, but unless…24 Apr 2019HANSARDFood Additives, Flavourings, Enzymes and Extraction Solvents (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, are we not very lucky that they managed to put off the date as long as this, otherwise this SI would not have come before us? I just wonder how many SIs are hidden…09 Apr 2019HANSARDFlags (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I was present in the original debate in the other House when we agreed on the rules for Northern Ireland. Therefore, I hope that nobody will suggest that I am not…03 Apr 2019HANSARDCommon Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I am the longest-serving Fisheries Minister. I am therefore very concerned to intervene in this debate. I have always been surprised by the degree to which people talk…26 Mar 2019HANSARDCommon Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019All that my noble friend said in that last paragraph is true, except that there is a series of things which operate now and will be put into the Fisheries Bill. There are two…26 Mar 2019HANSARDPlant Health (Amendment) (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Can my noble friend explain how we will keep that legislation in line with what happens in the south?25 Mar 2019HANSARDCriminal Justice (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I want to make a couple of points that I have made on previous occasions. I am always unhappy about things that deal with the law being discussed only by lawyers. It…25 Mar 2019HANSARDFlags (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am wondering why we do not just leave it on 9 May. If you cannot change it—which I understand—we should leave it on 9 May and announce that this is a reference to our membership…25 Mar 2019