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HANSARDDomestic Premises (Energy Performance) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am pleased to introduce this relatively simple Bill. I look forward to hearing from noble Lords speaking in the debate. The Bill is simple: it requires the Government…07 Feb 2020HANSARDDomestic Premises (Energy Performance) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this interesting and informative debate. Inevitably, many of the issues raised are in a sense outwith the Bill, but will…07 Feb 2020HANSARDBBC: TV Licence EvasionMy Lords, in her speech earlier today, the Secretary of State said that many people thought it wrong that you can be imprisoned for not paying the TV licence, and its enforcement…05 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Snape, who has intimate knowledge of Birmingham. He has raised issues which I am sure the organising committee and the…03 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]Can the noble Lord check with the Minister in reference to the report being produced by the accessibility forum team? My understanding is that it will now not come until 31 March…03 Feb 2020HANSARDApprenticeship LevyMy Lords, further to the question of the noble Lord, Lord Grade, I am sure the Minister is aware that the vital creative industries currently have 70,000 vacancies, so they…28 Jan 2020HANSARDTV Licence Fee EnforcementMy Lords, I too welcome the Secretary of State. Will she confirm that the terms of the current BBC charter specifically rule out any change to the BBC’s mission or public purposes…23 Jan 2020HANSARDGift VouchersMy Lords, although unexpired and unused, my One4all gift card that was originally worth £40 is now worth only £25.60. I discovered in the small print that each month after 18…22 Jan 2020HANSARDShared Rural NetworkMy Lords, on these Benches, we welcome the Statement in so far as it goes, but we also note that it is not yet a done deal. I had the privilege to chair your Lordships’ Rural…28 Oct 2019HANSARDRural Economy (Rural Economy Committee Report)My Lords, given the current political turmoil, it is tempting to confine my remarks to just one of the issues in our report that will have a huge impact on the rural economy,…08 Oct 2019HANSARDRural Economy (Rural Economy Committee Report)My Lords, no one can doubt the passion and enthusiasm of the Minister, and I suspect that he and the committee are far closer than the Government’s response would suggest. Indeed,…08 Oct 2019HANSARDRural Economy (Rural Economy Committee Report)That this House takes note of the Report from the Select Committee on the Rural Economy Time for a strategy for the rural economy (HL Paper 330).08 Oct 2019HANSARDRoad SafetyMy Lords, part of the remit of the Air Accidents Investigation Branch is to improve air safety by making use of lessons learned from air accident investigations. There are similar…23 Jul 2019HANSARDGambling: Children in AfricaMy Lords, as the Minister has already explained, holding a UK gambling licence requires relevant companies to comply with relevant legislation in all the other countries in which…17 Jul 2019HANSARDProblem GamblingMy Lords, I too thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. I am a member of your Lordships’ Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry Committee. It is, however, my…02 Jul 2019HANSARDTheatre MarketMy Lords, I cannot promise that, but I will begin by congratulating my noble friend Lord Glasgow not only on securing this debate but, as the noble Baroness, Lady Wilcox, said, on…11 Jun 2019HANSARDCreative Industries: Apprenticeship LevyOn behalf of my noble friend Lady Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury and at her request, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in her name on the Order Paper.04 Jun 2019HANSARDCreative Industries: Apprenticeship LevyI thank the Minister for the response, but it is widely accepted that for the creative industries, the apprenticeship levy is simply not fit for purpose. New figures now show that…04 Jun 2019HANSARDMuseums and GalleriesMy Lords, since 2012 the museums and schools programme has enabled nearly half a million schoolchildren from highly deprived areas to access museums and benefit from the…23 May 2019HANSARDElectronic Communications (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, as the Prime Minister traipses around European capitals, seeking to get an extension and, I hope, prevent a no-deal Brexit, I very much hope that today’s relatively…09 Apr 2019