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HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillIncredibly briefly, I will speak to Amendment 46, which I have signed. The Government’s aim, Her Majesty’s loyal Opposition’s aim, and our aim is to speed up the rollout of…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillWithout labouring the point tonight, the Minister can perhaps pander to my curiosity and come back with the specific statutory instruments that are expected to implement this. As…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillAs I explained earlier, it is a probing amendment designed not to go into legislation but to get an answer, and the answer was not forthcoming. First, the code is designed to…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I remind the noble Earl that Amendment 44 deals explicitly with the safety issues. He might want to reconfigure those points when we get there. Taking the point from the…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI beg your Lordships’ pardon—the moving of the Statement on the Metropolitan Police was not communicated to several of us.29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, even more briefly, the Minister said in responding to the last group that the Government are clear that the cost of rent is too high and the purpose is to drive it down.…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI want to again apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Vaizey, for causing him not to be here—and I will of course pick up the cost of his cup of tea. He brought up the changed…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillBy extension, is the Minister expecting a slowdown again as the market gets used to these changes? Clearly, the Government expected a slowdown when they made the last set of…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillBriefly, if it is going so well, why are the Government changing everything? The Minister has just told us how well it is going, and now they are changing everything.29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, if there is an abiding theme in this group, it is transparent reporting and then using the data within those reports to make sensible decisions. Notwithstanding the…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillSorry to labour the point, but the Minister just introduced the concept of transitional provisions. Where are these transitional provisions made clear? How will we know what they…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI am sorry; I suddenly saw the look on your face and thought you were finished.29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, while we were debating the previous group, the Government seemed to be getting ready to embrace an influx of court cases by going from two judges to 100. The intention…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I shall not enter the zero-sum game debate we appear to be having. However, the really salient point I ask your Lordships, particularly the Minister, to focus on is the…29 Jun 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, I recognise it is unusual for a Member to bring forward a point of procedure but this is an unusual situation. The Procurement Bill started in your Lordships’ House and…28 Jun 2022HANSARDSocial Security (Additional Payments) BillMy Lords, I should first explain that my noble friends Lady Kramer and Lady Janke, who normally speak on these issues, are unable to attend today so your Lordships have me…27 Jun 2022HANSARDSocial Security (Additional Payments) BillI thank the Minister for giving way. I appreciate the spirited defence of the measures that the Minister has just made. I am assuming that the Prime Minister was fully aware of…27 Jun 2022HANSARDTransport for London: FundingMy Lords, the Minister knows that clouding this process is the absolutely appalling relationship between the Prime Minister and his successor as mayor. As a result, the absence of…23 Jun 2022HANSARDRoyal Navy: ShipsMy Lords, I am sure the Minister agrees that much has changed in the world since the OSS was first conceived and the contract let. Would the Minister concede that it is…22 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI am sorry to keep popping up; being a practical person, I will try to give the Minister a scenario and, if he cannot answer straightaway, he can write. I have bought a product…21 Jun 2022