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HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Livestock Exports) BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Fookes. I pay tribute to her and other noble Members of this House who have done so much to bring us to the…21 Feb 2024HANSARDWindsor Framework (Constitutional Status of Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan, and to take part in the debate. There are two aspects to the package that the Government have brought…13 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, Amendment 80, in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Morrow, relates to the application of the Bill across all parts of the United Kingdom. I want to explore with…12 Feb 2024HANSARDDisability Action PlanMy Lords, I welcome the repeat of the Statement and the launch of the Disability Action Plan . One of the action areas that particularly struck me was about making playgrounds…06 Feb 2024HANSARDNorthern Ireland Executive FormationMy Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. It is good that we will have bodies like InterTrade UK and an east-west council. These are positive developments, as…01 Feb 2024HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillMy Lords, I am pleased to follow the Minister. It must be one of his shorter speeches in a Second Reading debate, but it beats the length of the speech of his Secretary of State…24 Jan 2024HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]My Lords, I too thank the noble Baroness, Lady Lawlor, and congratulate her on bringing these matters to the attention of your Lordships’ House and highlighting once again the…16 Jan 2024HANSARDWindsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Public Health, Marketing and Organic Product Standards and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2023I thank the noble Lord for a chance to clarify that. As Theresa May admitted in the House of Commons, checks on goods coming from Britain into Northern Ireland are the result of…04 Dec 2023HANSARDWindsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Public Health, Marketing and Organic Product Standards and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2023My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Bew, who I always listen to with great interest; I certainly follow his arguments very closely. He will not be…04 Dec 2023HANSARDWindsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme) Regulations 2023That this House regrets that (1) the Windsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme) Regulations 2023, and (2) the Windsor Framework (Plant Health) Regulations 2023, have been…18 Oct 2023HANSARDWindsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme) Regulations 2023My Lords, in moving this Motion, I want to ensure that Parliament has an opportunity to debate and scrutinise measures that have profound political and constitutional…18 Oct 2023HANSARDWindsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme) Regulations 2023My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for addressing some of the points raised in the debate this evening. A wide range of issues have been discussed, and I am grateful to all…18 Oct 2023HANSARDRepresentation of the People (Postal and Proxy Voting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I want to address the point about the retention on the electoral register in Northern Ireland of the 100,000 electors who would otherwise be removed from the register at…19 Sept 2023HANSARDWindsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023These are important matters of detail. Can the Minister set out the trees and plants that are banned after the 11 dossiers have been fulfilled and all the rest of it? This is…19 Sept 2023HANSARDWindsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023Is the Minister implying that until the moment when the checks will be done, Northern Ireland has been at grave risk for many decades as GB goods and agri-food produce flowed into…19 Sept 2023HANSARDWindsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie, with whom I have the pleasure to serve on the Northern Ireland protocol Select Committee, to which she…19 Sept 2023HANSARDProtocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: Follow-up Report (European Affairs Committee)My Lords, I am grateful for this debate taking place so quickly after the production of our latest report on the Windsor Framework. Like others, I thank our chair, the noble Lord,…11 Sept 2023HANSARDPolice Service of Northern Ireland: Security and Data Protection BreachAs well as questions for the chief constable, who has rightly resigned given the series of gaffes and debacles that have happened under his leadership of the PSNI, are there not…05 Sept 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillMy Lords, we return to this issue of legacy, almost certainly for the last time in this House as far as the Bill is concerned but certainly not for the last time in this or the…05 Sept 2023HANSARDTobacco and Related Products (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie. Like her, I declare that I am neither a smoker nor a user of vapes. Despite their technical-sounding name,…24 Jul 2023