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HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]Who makes the decision?09 Nov 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, I first apologise for arriving a tad late; I was at the Economic Affairs Select Committee and had to sprint down the Committee Corridor when I saw the Bill coming up.…09 Nov 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]It is more about having to draw attention to the fact that they believe that they are within the law. I cannot imagine that the department will have enough resources to…09 Nov 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, I think no one has had a bigger headache on this list than the Minister himself and the department, but it was a headache, frankly, of their own making. I am with the…09 Nov 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]On the subject of Amendment 11, I have full sympathy with the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Lansley. If my noble friend Lord Purvis were to speak, he would remind the…09 Nov 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]On that note, in the event that I happened to be the chief executive of a regulator that was not on that list, it would help to know what the process was by which one sought to…09 Nov 2021HANSARDNet-zero Emissions Target: Fossil Fuel Extraction ProjectsIn reply to my noble friend, the Minister set up a false dichotomy. I will answer his question: we do not want the oil to come from Surrey. However, Surrey County Council has…03 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget StatementMy Lords, first, I want to congratulate the House authorities on making this room as comfortable as it could be, but this debate really should have been in the Chamber and not the…03 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillI do not wish to labour the property point, but if ARIA is not doing research then I do not understand why it would own research equipment. Sorry, I am confused.02 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillMy Lords, this debate has benefited from all the speakers knowing what they are talking about—I think this is the point at which that ends. It is a difficult debate to seek to…02 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth Incentives SchemeMy Lords, in giving his answer, the Minister failed to answer one of the questions from my noble friend Lord Scriven on school sport. So perhaps we can give the Minister a second…28 Oct 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) BillMy Lords, as the Minister said, this Bill entered the other place a year ago. It has variously been urgent, in the long grass, urgent again and now quite close to passing. I will…26 Oct 2021HANSARDPrivate Equity TakeoversMy Lords, I am sure that the Minister is aware of the acronym ESG, which stands for environmental and social governance—an important way of making sure that businesses behave…21 Oct 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) BillMy Lords, there are many merits to the plans, set out by the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, in Amendment 10, for the Secretary of State to publish a long-term strategy on…19 Oct 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, and the noble Lord, Lord Alton, in supporting Amendment 8. The Government have talked a good game on…19 Oct 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) BillMy Lords, it was remiss of me not to welcome the Minister formally; I have welcomed him personally, but not formally. Also, it was helpful that he was the Whip during the process…19 Oct 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) BillMy Lords, Amendment 1 applies the affirmative procedure to the regulations made under new Section 105B in Clause 1. It requires secondary legislation to be laid in Parliament in…19 Oct 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) BillMy Lords, veterans of the National Security and Investment Bill—I am not sure there are any—will recognise this amendment: it is exactly the same argument that was put forward…19 Oct 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) Bill19 Oct 2021HANSARDTelecommunications (Security) BillI thank the Minister, and perhaps I am pre-empting what he is about to say, but it seems that, although he has clearly said the answer that I predicted—“not necessary”—the fact…19 Oct 2021