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HANSARDExtreme Heat PreparednessMy Lords, at the risk of making myself unpopular, does my noble friend not think that there is something of an overreaction to two days of extreme temperatures? I remember the…19 Jul 2022HANSARDHS2: Speed RestrictionsMy Lords, the report of the Economic Affairs Committee of this House on HS2 predicted that the net result would be that it would run over budget and we would lose the necessary…13 Jul 2022HANSARDFinancial InclusionMy Lords, although the Government have done well in reducing the taper rate, is it not still the case that people in work on universal credit are paying an effective marginal tax…11 Jul 2022HANSARDWinter Heating InitiativesMy Lords, could my noble friend help me? Surely the easiest way to help people faced with large energy bills is to remove the tax from them and cut the 5% rate of VAT?07 Jul 2022HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeMy Lords, I will speak to the amendment in my name. I shall want to divide the House and my understanding is that that will come at a later stage. The Senior Deputy Speaker has…05 Jul 2022HANSARDProcedure and Privileges Committee—without taking people away from the business of the House, which I would have thought all Members would think very important. The very helpful paper my noble friend has produced…05 Jul 2022HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeNo. My noble friend said that he has carried out a consultation. Some 49 people responded to that consultation out of 767 Peers. One of those 49 was me, writing on behalf of the…05 Jul 2022HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeI am grateful to the noble Lord but, if we defeat this Motion now, he will no doubt say, “Actually, the Motion was defeated because it didn’t deal with Thursday and the need to…05 Jul 2022HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeI have the greatest respect for the noble Lord, especially as a former Chief Whip, but has he not noticed that there may be half a dozen people in the Chamber discussing a…05 Jul 2022HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeI did not say that the House of Lords was held in contempt; I said that Parliament was being held in contempt. On the point about school visits, when the noble Baroness says they…05 Jul 2022HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeOn this point, I talked to the education centre this afternoon and the people there made two points to me. One, which I mentioned earlier, is that they thought that if school…05 Jul 2022HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeI am most grateful to the noble Lord, and I am listening carefully to what he says, but does he not think that when some of his colleagues put down 103 amendments on one Bill,…05 Jul 2022HANSARDSitting TimesLeave out from “move” to the end and insert “that this House continues with its current sitting arrangements”.05 Jul 2022HANSARDSitting TimesMy Lords, I wish to move my amendment formally and to test the opinion of the House.05 Jul 2022HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, it is much appreciated that my noble friend has come to the Dispatch Box to make this apology, but it is not really his fault. The fault lies with Ministers in this…04 Jul 2022HANSARDWorking from HomeWill my noble friend the Minister think for a moment about those people who do not work from home but who use their own cars for work purposes? Given that petrol has now reached…04 Jul 2022HANSARDPost Office: Horizon CompensationMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on the brilliant job he has done on this, but can he help me on the question of Fujitsu? We do not need a public inquiry to tell us that…30 Jun 2022HANSARDAirports: DelaysMy Lords, is it not time that the Government took some action on behalf of the airline passengers? If we take the levelling-up strategy, for example, how can it be right that…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGender Pensions GapMy Lords, would my noble friend like to remind the House that pensions are not provided for by any fund and come out of taxation? The fact that the Government have been able to…27 Jun 2022HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeWe agree with that; we just want to know.22 Jun 2022