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HANSARDWales: Public ServicesMy Lords, might the Minister take the time to read the report of this House’s Select Committee on the Barnett Formula, which was delivered 15 years ago? It clearly showed that…05 Nov 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]I am very grateful to the noble Baroness—I feel I should call her my noble friend. I find I am being asked to have meetings with the activists who film the salmon farms illicitly.…05 Nov 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, it is not much fun being a Minister when you have to read out a speech like that. I suspect that, like all of us in the Chamber, the Minister is concerned about the…05 Nov 2024HANSARDFiscal RulesMy Lords, I am a little confused. The Chancellor said before the election that she would not change the fiscal rules, because that would be fiddling the figures. Was she right…29 Oct 2024HANSARDOlympics and Paralympics: Competitors in Female CategoriesMy Lords, if the Minister is not prepared to have discussions with the Olympic committee, might she have discussions with her parliamentary colleagues who seem intent on…29 Oct 2024HANSARDFiscal RulesMy Lords, the noble Lord corrected me and said I had made a mistake in saying that the Chancellor had said that she would not alter the fiscal rules, because that would be…29 Oct 2024HANSARDWorking From Home: Public Sector ProductivityIs the Minister confident that working from home is increasing productivity and does he think there is any correlation between the rise in the number of people watching daytime…23 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]The Minister has not really addressed the fundamental point made by the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull: fish and birds do not know where the border is between Scotland and the rest of…22 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]Watch the time.22 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that reply, which was clearly written by Treasury officials who do not get out very much. The Minister has been kind enough to say that…22 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]I am most grateful to the noble Viscount for giving way and I am much heartened to hear that his rivers and fish are doing very well. I just wonder what his reaction would be if…22 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to move this very modest and uncontroversial amendment, which would place a duty on the Crown Estate, in carrying out its functions under the Bill, to…22 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]No.22 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]I would be very happy for the Minister to come back with an amendment that would indicate how it could be made to work, because it is not working. It seems to me a very modest…22 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]22 Oct 2024HANSARDMinisterial Gifts and HospitalityMy Lords, given that the Prime Minister has justified receiving large sums of money for suits and other clothing on the grounds that it is important that senior Ministers are seen…16 Oct 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords Conduct Committee: Code of Conduct ReviewI am aware of that; it is actually spelled out in the document on the basis that this is seen not as a legalistic procedure but as a more informal one. However, if your entire…08 Oct 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords Conduct Committee: Code of Conduct ReviewI think I am right in saying that, in the case of bullying, the identity of the complainant is kept from the person being complained about, which makes this even more egregious.08 Oct 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords Conduct Committee: Code of Conduct ReviewI thank the noble Baroness, Lady Manningham-Buller, for giving us this opportunity and for the brilliant way in which she has carried out the chairmanship of this committee, which…08 Oct 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords Conduct Committee: Code of Conduct ReviewOn this point about the reputation of Parliament, which is obviously very important, what is the noble Lord’s view on former chairmen of the Committee on Standards in Public Life…08 Oct 2024