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HANSARDElections BillWhen I listed the people and groups who were going to oppose the Bill, I should have included the noble Lord, Lord Cormack, and some of his Back-Bench colleagues. I apologise for…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillWill the noble Baroness give way?10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillThe noble Baroness said that we had a functioning electoral system before we had the Electoral Commission. The commission was a move to improve it, just as votes for women was a…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillFollowing on from my noble friend, I have only been in this House for 16 years, so I am a relative newcomer compared with some Members, but I have sat through lots of Committee…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI look forward to the evidence being put forward about postal vote fraud. I have certainly not seen a lot of it around where I vote; I have not seen any intimidation at all.…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI agree completely with what my noble friend has just said. I was saying that there are different ways of dealing with this, rather than in this huge omnibus Bill which deals with…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMay I take up the point that the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, raised earlier? We are now about to agree—or otherwise—more than 100 amendments, after 42 minutes’ debate. Those…10 Mar 2022HANSARDTrade Talks with India, Greenland and IsraelMy Lords, could the Minister and any of his colleagues who have contacts with the Government of India suggest they take a more robust attitude in relation to the Russian invasion…09 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillI am not sure why my noble friend is so surprised that the Liberal Democrats have moved this amendment. They are always looking in two directions, and this is absolutely typical…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillMy Lords, as well as of course supporting the amendments spoken to by my noble friend Lady Wilcox, I support the amendments spoken to by the noble Lord, Lord Vaux. In fact, he is…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillOh, no.08 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillIt seems to have been relatively stable in Scotland.08 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillWhat about Portugal?08 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillIs it not the case, when we are dealing with the disposal of waste, that more than 90% of it is already there, coming from the old Magnox reactors, and the new nuclear reactors…08 Mar 2022HANSARDBus Improvement PlansIs not all this bidding for money a bit demeaning for local authorities? Would it not be much better to give them powers over all transport in their areas to get on with the job,…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillIt was just that you were wrong.08 Mar 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsMy Lords, the Government have taken significant action in relation to sanctions. The Minister, personally, has been significantly helpful in relation to this. However, there is…03 Mar 2022HANSARDGlobal WarmingMy Lords, the Minister mentioned the Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill. He will be aware from an intervention that I made previously that many of us are concerned that the Scottish…03 Mar 2022HANSARDCrypto CurrenciesIn one part of the United Kingdom, the Scottish National Party cannot make up its mind even on the existing currency and—if it were, unfortunately, to move towards…28 Feb 2022HANSARDRussia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022I thank the Minister for his, as usual, comprehensive and very helpful response. While I am tempted by the suggestion from the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Newnham, to press this…24 Feb 2022