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HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I very much support the comments that have just been made. My concern is that we should live in the world that actually exists, rather than some mythical world that we…26 Feb 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I make it clear that, having disagreed with Amendment 1, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, in his discussion here. I fundamentally disagree with the words of the…26 Feb 2025HANSARDFuture Homes StandardMy Lords, when we finally get the new homes standard, will the Minister ensure that it comes into operation immediately and does not take about five years to roll out, as the…29 Jan 2025HANSARDFuture Homes StandardMy Lords—29 Jan 2025HANSARDSmall Modular Nuclear ReactorsMy Lords, the French Government have given this Government a great opportunity to stop any further growth of Sizewell C and use that money for small modular nuclear reactors. This…22 Jan 2025HANSARDFloodingGiven that we are likely to have more and more occasions like this because of climate change, does the Minister acknowledge that the previous Government were strongly criticised…07 Jan 2025HANSARDIndependent Office for Police ConductThe whole House owes a great debt of gratitude to the noble Lord, Lord Lexden, for his constant concern about these very big issues. But the thing that really matters to ordinary…18 Dec 2024HANSARDAvian Flu: Turkeys in NorfolkThis disease can be spread from the smallest of flocks. Is the Minister confident that we now have the registration of all people who are keeping birds? Without that, we are not…12 Dec 2024HANSARDNorth-west SyriaCan the Minister assure us that the Government are also talking to the Greek Government about refugees? What happens is that refugees move further and further, and the Greeks are…03 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I had no intention of speaking in this debate until I heard that last speech. I will, first of all, remind the Committee of my interest, because the company which I…02 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]There is no scientific society of any major country that does not say that climate change is the biggest material threat to mankind. All of them say and support the view that by…02 Dec 2024HANSARDCouncil of the Nations and RegionsNotwithstanding that the Government gave more money to Wales in the Budget, is not the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, right that the Barnett formula, which is deeply unfair to Wales,…27 Nov 2024HANSARDJailing of Hong Kong Pro-democracy ActivistsMy Lords, does the Minister accept that, in Opposition, the present Government pressed the previous Government to take steps of a trade kind when we had human rights situations of…20 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]Before the noble Lord sits down, I am very much in favour of most of the Bill, but this bit is very difficult. I have been around a long time, and I have known Minister after…20 Nov 2024HANSARDSocial Security Advisory Committee: Winter Fuel PaymentWill the Minister accept that the decision not to give money to people who do not need it was the right decision, and that to argue against it is not sensible? However, it is also…14 Nov 2024HANSARDSmall Boat CrossingsIf we are to solve this problem, it is clearly welcome that the Government are now talking much more closely to our European neighbours. Will they accept that solving the issue of…13 Nov 2024HANSARDBudget: Taxes and BorrowingMy Lords, the Minister told the House that there were no promises broken in the Budget. The Secretary of State for Defra, which looks after agriculture, promised farmers that…04 Nov 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare an interest as a riparian owner and as the chairman of a company which helps businesses, including water businesses, to improve their environment and their…30 Oct 2024HANSARDPensioners: Winter SupportIt is not sensible to pay taxpayers’ money to people who do not need it—the Government are right on that. My worry is simply that those who apply for pension credit appear in many…29 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to support the amendments, particularly those placed before us by the noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington. To the last speaker I have to say that there is a…28 Oct 2024