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HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, on her presentation of this amendment. It is an elegant composite of the discussions we had in Committee, and that is why…12 Oct 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, Amendments 2, 4 to 12 and 14 very much reflect amendments that I tabled in Committee, and in that regard, I am very pleased to see them reappearing with the Minister’s…12 Oct 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Kamall, has demonstrated a prodigious ability to outsource the responsibility for presenting the government amendments. We welcome the noble Lord,…12 Oct 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI realise that this is taking some time, but on a number of occasions the Minister has talked about the market “starting to settle”. Can he describe what settling a market is and…12 Oct 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I too welcome the Minister to his new role. I think DCMS will be at least as busy as his previous engagements, so we look forward to seeing him on his feet at the…12 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomy: The Growth Plan 2022My Lords, I too welcome the Minister to her new position. The current Prime Minister says that she is focusing on growth and, seemingly, she believes that almost the entire rest…10 Oct 2022HANSARDFour-Day Working WeekMy Lords, that is all well and good, but Jacob Rees-Mogg recently said that he wanted to crack down on flexitime, and he has also been very hard on working from home. I agree with…05 Sept 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, at the beginning of the Committee the Minister had a teaser with his announcement. It is very clear that he is not going to resign, because no Minister would put himself…06 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, very briefly, I thank the Minister for her clear statement. The subject of utilities has come up both on Monday and today, and we are beginning to get some clarity…06 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I appreciate the comment the Minister has just made. This is a straight question: under what circumstances would these thresholds be changing, other than the GPA change? This…06 Jul 2022HANSARDStrikes: Cover by Agency WorkersMy Lords, there is a huge workforce crisis across the United Kingdom and a shortage of people. Does the Minister not believe that, rather than using agencies to cross picket…05 Jul 2022HANSARDStrikes: Cover by Agency WorkersMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Woodley, mentioned the letter that the heads of the major agencies wrote to the Secretary of State. In that letter they said: “we can only see these…05 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for his apology at the beginning, which I believe to be sincere and heartfelt. I also thank him, I think, for his introduction of the first of these…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]Can I just point out that the grouping comes from the Government Whips’ Office? We could have extracted all our amendments, one by one, and created a larger number of groups but,…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, up to her final couple of sentences, I was going to recommend that the Minister listen very closely to the advice from the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes. This group of…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I sense that the Minister is winding. I have a quick question, which I think is best responded to by a letter. It is regarding international agreements and particularly telecoms,…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I am sure the Minister will pick up on the noble Earl’s Voltaire reference and tell us that we live in the best of all possible worlds. In my previous intervention, I…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]We can have more of you.04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for that. I do not think he answered the question my noble friend asked. Accepting that government Amendment 1 will now be withdrawn, will the government…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I will correct my speech. It has not even been received by all the interested parties, which makes it worse. Furthermore, to date, the Cabinet Office has not provided proper…04 Jul 2022