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HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, there are moments when you hear a speech on a subject of which you are in general support that brings home very clearly the key issues; I think that the noble Lord, Lord…21 Oct 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillI would just like to ask the Minister three direct questions. First, why are people in England and Wales so much nastier that they need this force, whereas the Scots do not? That…21 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I support this amendment. It seems that all the experience we have is that there is not coherence where there ought to be. I thank the Minister for her earlier…20 Oct 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, the House will know that I have a moral position on this, but I am not going to talk about that. This has been a most remarkable debate, and all of us from both sides…19 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, this is a rather crucial amendment. The reason is that we are a nation that is inclined to talk about education as if it is always academic education. If I have…18 Sept 2025HANSARDDeforestationMy Lords, I declare an interest as a trustee of Cool Earth, which tries to do precisely this work in the areas of forests. I wonder whether the Minister can help us. There are…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI very much want to support this amendment, because it is asking for information, and one of the problems we have in this country is that when we do not like the answers, we do…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillThe Minister has said “the Government do not believe” three times now. Would it not be a good idea to check whether or not their belief was true? She also said something really…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, this is a crucial amendment, not least for the reasons the noble Baroness, Lady Young, put forward. We are going to go on about this until we have an overall demand that…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillThe noble Lord mentions the local authorities that are doing the job but he does not mention the local authorities that are not. It would not do any harm to increase the pressure…11 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI do not understand why one should object to protecting people with these four protections in circumstances in which it appears that the Home Office has made a mistake. It seems…08 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, in an earlier debate on the Bill, my noble friend Lord Cameron of Lochiel reminded me that it is the purpose of the Opposition to oppose. That is why I find it…08 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I will just ask for two things. First, I hope that the Government will take and answer these amendments seriously. Secondly, I hope that the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of…03 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillDoes my noble friend not still agree that it would be much better to have primary legislation that listed who and where it is than always having to wait for secondary legislation,…24 Jul 2025HANSARDState of Climate and NatureI congratulate the Government on this report and remind the Front-Bench spokesman that every previous Conservative Prime Minister, including Mrs Thatcher, would have understood…21 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, perhaps it is possible to bring both sides together on this issue. I have a long history of being attacked for my views on this. I was the Member for Lewisham West when…08 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, the Minister just said that the situation has changed. I have listened very carefully to the debate. The Government thought it was necessary to have insurance; they now…07 Jul 2025HANSARDSheep Carcase (Classification and Price Reporting) (England) Regulations 2025My Lords, I remind the Committee of my interests. First, I let land for sheep; as I have an organic farm, we want the sheep to be there so that we have the proper, natural way of…07 Jul 2025HANSARDSheep Carcase (Classification and Price Reporting) (England) Regulations 2025I was talking about Suffolk because that is the better of the two counties, but there we are. The truth of the matter of simply this. Can we take this opportunity to give some…07 Jul 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I remind the Committee that I am a small organic farmer and therefore have an interest in this. I also was the Secretary of State and Minister of Agriculture in the key…26 Jun 2025