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HANSARDEU Settlement SchemeMy Lords—24 Oct 2024HANSARDEU Settlement SchemeDoes the Minister accept that most of these people are not criminals, that they are welcome in this country and that the way we deal with them should show that people with whom we…24 Oct 2024HANSARDClimate AgendaMy Lords, I remind the House of my declared interests, particularly as the former chairman of the Climate Change Committee. I particularly welcome the maiden speech of my noble…24 Oct 2024HANSARDClimate AgendaI remember the conversation. The noble Lord said, “I’m a statistician, and the statistics don’t prove this”. But it is perfectly true that he now believes it is rock solid,…24 Oct 2024HANSARDEuropean UnionIs it not true that we are culturally part of Europe and that the culture connections are very important, but that at the moment they are held up because of the “Wrecksiteers” and…07 Oct 2024HANSARDOfstedDoes the Minister agree that sometimes too much information makes it very difficult for people to understand what the situation is? I am not particularly one way or the other…05 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateWill not the Minister accept that it is crucial for the future of Israel that international law be upheld? We stand by Israel because she is a country guaranteed by international…03 Sept 2024HANSARDLease Extension Policies for Residential PropertiesMy Lords, it would not be reasonable to ask the Minister to talk in detail about scallop dredging, but I think it would be reasonable to ask her to make sure that the regulations,…30 Jul 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Act 2003 (Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods) Order 2024I wonder whether I may ask a very simple question. I very much support what is being put forward, but in my history no Government have ever answered the simple question: how come…29 Jul 2024HANSARDNATO and European Political Community MeetingsWill the noble Baroness accept that one of the most important things in that Statement was the connection between migration and climate change? Will she do all in her power to…23 Jul 2024HANSARDSouth West Water: Brixham ContaminationMy Lords, I remind the House of my previous interests—no longer—as chairman of a small water company; therefore, I know a bit about it. I hope that my noble friend will insist…22 May 2024HANSARDCommercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]The reason for that, of course, is that the jurisdictions we are talking about are very often complicit in what happens. Therefore, if cases cannot be brought here, they will not…10 May 2024HANSARDCommercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]My Lords, I refer to my declaration of interests, not least that I spend much of my life working with firms to help them deliver the kinds of things that are in this Bill. I must…10 May 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, I remind the House of my declaration of interests. It is exactly from that position that I wish to ask a fundamental question of my noble friend. We spend an awful lot…07 May 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy noble friend is saying that, if a regime controls by force and in the most terrible way the whole economics of a nation, I can advise a private company not to deal with it and…07 May 2024HANSARDChemicals StrategyDoes my noble friend agree that if we do not get some of these things out pretty quickly and the European Union goes on improving its situation, many people will ask whether there…30 Apr 2024HANSARDOffshore Petroleum Licensing BillMy Lords, I remind the Committee of my declaration of interests, in particular my being a trustee of the Blue Marine Foundation. I support not only Amendments 1 and 2 but the…23 Apr 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, I declare an interest in the sense that my wife is a trustee of a major public orchestra. It does not receive public money, but I just make the point: if you do not…17 Apr 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillIf a Church of England or Catholic school says it will not buy from a country that is persecuting Christians, that is concentrating on its core responsibility. It is not avoiding…17 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWill my noble friend give way on that point? My first problem with the Bill is that I am asked to say that something is safe when it is clearly not safe, and the Government have…16 Apr 2024