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HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Live Facial RecognitionMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. As this dangerously invasive technology develops, taking us ever closer to a surveillance society, the Government continue to claim…16 Mar 2020HANSARDGambling Act 2005 (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2020I vowed I would not intervene, but on this I really must, because it is incumbent on the Government at least to define what they mean by “reasonable” in this context. For example,…09 Mar 2020HANSARDGambling Act 2005 (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2020I apologise profusely, but too often we hear from Ministers that decisions on taxation are a matter for the Treasury. I entirely accept that that is true, but there is a duty on,…09 Mar 2020HANSARDGambling Act 2005 (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2020My Lords, I apologise, but this is not quite as simple a statutory instrument as the Minister has said. There are a number of issues and questions that I want to put to her. I was…09 Mar 2020HANSARDBBC and Public Service BroadcastingOn that point, and very quickly, can the Minister confirm that, as the charter continues until 2027, the Government could change the quantum of the licence fee between 2022 and…05 Mar 2020HANSARDGambling Commission: Problem GamblingMy Lords, the NAO recognises that the Gambling Commission is a small body struggling to keep up with a fast-changing industry, but surely there are some things it could be doing.…05 Mar 2020HANSARDBBC and Public Service BroadcastingMy Lords, I congratulate the Labour Party on choosing this timely topic and the noble Lord, Lord Young, on introducing a powerful, well-informed and, as the noble Lord, Lord Judd,…05 Mar 2020HANSARDWuhan Coronavirus: TourismMy Lords, we have heard of the difficulties faced by the tourism industry being made worse by coronavirus. Does the noble Baroness accept that we could help the industry by doing…26 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]Before the Minister sits down, the one issue that she really has not addressed is the nature of the underwriting agreement between the Government and Birmingham City Council.…25 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 1, standing in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Addington. Before I begin, I congratulate the Minister on her prescience in predicting…25 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, is 100% right; schools must be involved in trying to ensure the sporting legacy that we desperately seek. There have been…25 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the disgracefully unpaid Minister for her very careful reflection on the comments made by other noble Lords, not least the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan. If the…25 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, in the spirit of wishing to move the Bill on quickly, I point out to your Lordships’ House that my amendment would simply delete the word “or” and insert the word “and”.…25 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]25 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to the debate. I join many of them in expressing my own excitement about the forthcoming Games. I put on record my praise…25 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]I entirely accept the noble Lord’s point and that a drafting change can be made, but does he not think it more sensible to adopt the approach proposed in the amendment tabled by…25 Feb 2020HANSARDHousing InsulationMy Lords, the Government already have ambitious targets for improving home energy efficiency, so 10 days ago I introduced a Bill simply to put those targets into legislation and…25 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]25 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]I am enormously grateful to the noble Lord. The entire House is looking forward to a later debate on future signage arrangements around Birmingham New Street station, which he is…25 Feb 2020HANSARDDomestic Premises (Energy Performance) Bill [HL]That the Bill be now read a second time.07 Feb 2020