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HANSARDPedicabs (London) Bill [HL]My Lords, I back up the call from the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, to try to persuade the Government to find a way to include e-bikes and e-scooters in the Bill. Like many of the…11 Dec 2023HANSARDPedicabs (London) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will pursue some of the issues I raised in the debate on a previous group of amendments about the safety of the lithium ion batteries that power many pedicabs,…11 Dec 2023HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]It is “Bath” with a short “a”.07 Dec 2023HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak very briefly. Like others, I will declare whether I spoke at Second Reading—the answer is that I did. I entirely agree with the Minister’s earlier remarks…07 Dec 2023HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, suggests that I should go into great detail explaining the whole issue of performers’ rights. I will disappoint him and other Members of…07 Dec 2023HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]I was not going to intervene, although I was tempted. The Minister is 100% right that this is incredibly complicated. There is the issue of a UK session musician who performs on…07 Dec 2023HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]I am sorry, but although it will report early next year, that will be after we have concluded all our deliberations on the Bill.07 Dec 2023HANSARDMopeds, Motorcycles and Powered Light Vehicle IndustryMy Lords, I welcome the Minister to his new role and congratulate the noble Baroness on securing this debate. Like her, I am certainly not a petrolhead but should declare that I…23 Nov 2023HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Marland, who, like a number of previous speakers, have thanked the new Foreign Secretary for posts to which he appointed…21 Nov 2023HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I regret that the time constraints make it impossible to comment on the many valuable contributions we have already heard, not least that from the noble Viscount, who is…14 Nov 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I shall speak briefly to Motion D, which relates to rural issues, and my concern about the absence of rural issues in the Bill. Indeed, at Second Reading I made…23 Oct 2023HANSARDHousing Crisis: Rural and Coastal CommunitiesMy Lords, I too congratulate the right reverend Prelate on securing this debate, which has highlighted our housing crisis, not least in affordable homes. Frankly, it is getting…24 Jul 2023HANSARDHousing Crisis: Rural and Coastal CommunitiesI apologise for interrupting, but before the Minister moves on, can she explain why the Government are thinking of introducing powers to enable local councils to control STLs but…24 Jul 2023HANSARDHousing Crisis: Rural and Coastal CommunitiesI apologise, as I know that time is very short, but short-term lets is one issue. I have already welcomed what the Government have done. However, there are a quarter of a million…24 Jul 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillTo save the House time later, I remind the Minister that rural-proofing is not about giving a list of good things you have done in rural areas. To quote the Government’s own…11 Jul 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I support the other amendments in this group, but I am particularly grateful to my noble friend Lord Shipley for pointing out that the “geographical disparities”…11 Jul 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill11 Jul 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I am enormously grateful to the Minister for promising to go and look for evidence that rural proofing of this Bill has taken place. But in the event that she is unable…11 Jul 2023HANSARDCreative Industries (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, I, too, serve on the Select Committee and pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell, for her chairmanship and her excellent speech. I will avoid making any comment…07 Jul 2023HANSARDE-scooters and E-bikes: Battery FiresTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have, if any, to address the number of fires caused by lithium-ion batteries in e-scooters and e-bikes.27 Jun 2023