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HANSARDEconomy: The Growth Plan 2022I thank the noble Lord for that. I suggest that he goes and stands not on the picket line but outside stations when normal people are trying to get to work to do their job. I…10 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomy: The Growth Plan 2022My Lords, I add my own welcome to my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe. She has vast experience and formidable tenacity. As a board director, she helped make Tesco hugely popular.…10 Oct 2022HANSARDHer Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIMy Lords, it is truly humbling to take part in this debate after so many eloquent speeches from those who have known Her late Majesty so well, but I want to pay my own short…09 Sept 2022HANSARDEthiopia: Humanitarian and Security SituationMy Lords, one of the distressing aspects of this terrible situation is the deliberate destruction of cultural artefacts within Ethiopia, so may I try to link this Question with…06 Sept 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, does my noble friend accept that the coldest winter that Europe—and, indeed, the rest of the world—could possibly experience would be if Russa were to win this vicious…13 Jul 2022HANSARDUpholding Standards in Public LifeMy Lords, the other day my doctor prescribed me drugs that she said might cause confusion, depression and panic attacks. I said, “But I am a Tory Back-Bench Peer—how will I know?”…08 Jun 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechEverything is going to plan, Mr Putin insists—the carnage, the bombings of schools and maternity units, civilian shelters, and targeting the old, the sick and the young. Yes,…18 May 2022HANSARDMr Mike VealeMy Lords, this miserable stain has been spreading since 2015. For all the inquiries—many of which were the police authorities marking their own homework—is this really acceptable?…07 Apr 2022HANSARDParthenon MarblesMy Lords, the task of a museum is to preserve, educate and inspire. In an era where we can now make extraordinarily accurate copies— down to the tiniest chisel mark and chip—could…08 Feb 2022HANSARDParthenon MarblesMy Lords—08 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2021My Lords, I shall try to be very brief. First, I want to thank my noble friend the Minister. He arrived in his job at a particularly difficult time. There has been turmoil, but he…15 Dec 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords: GovernanceMy Lords, this debate has been a case of cognitus interruptus if ever I have seen one. Sometimes those who are last in the batting order do not have much option other than to go…08 Dec 2021HANSARDQatar: Football World Cup 2022My Lords, from this side of the House, I also welcome my noble friend to his new responsibilities; I wish him well. Do not all the very valid points that have been made during the…30 Nov 2021HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeMy Lords, I quite understand why it is necessary to be very sensitive and careful about handing out compensation money. After all, we have seen a very few awful cases of…24 Nov 2021HANSARDRussia: Gas SuppliesMy Lords, South Ossetia, Crimea, eastern Ukraine and even Salisbury—for the past 10 years and more, Russia has been pursuing a policy built on the distraction of the West, of…10 Nov 2021HANSARDCOP 26: Disabled AccessMy Lords, the incident was truly wretched and the publicity that arose from it did a great deal of damage to all the things we are trying to achieve. But can we try to take…04 Nov 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, like the noble and learned Lord, I shall attempt to be very brief indeed. My understanding of the law is that it should bring about a degree of certainty in society and…01 Nov 2021HANSARDFishing: FranceMy noble friend mentioned a judicial process. Since when did the French presidential election become a judicial process?01 Nov 2021HANSARDAssisted Dying Bill [HL]My Lords, I believe we are having the passionate yet deeply respectful debate that the noble Lord, Lord Winston, asked for. It will be a day that does this House credit. My father…22 Oct 2021HANSARDAfghanistanMy Lords, this is a moment of defeat, possibly of great disaster. It follows the unlearned lessons of Suez, Vietnam, Iraq, Libya and Syria. This was not only foreseeable; it was…18 Aug 2021