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HANSARDBritish SteelMy Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. Like the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, I am disappointed by the absence of any actual information. Clearly, there is no…21 May 2019HANSARDApprenticeshipsI thank the Minister for his Answer. We should all congratulate the people participating in these apprenticeships, but there are still not enough of them. Today, two dozen…13 May 2019HANSARDApprenticeshipsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people are currently registered as undertaking (1) Intermediate, (2) Advanced, (3) Higher, and (4) Degree apprenticeships.13 May 2019HANSARDGender Pay GapsMy Lords, in her initial Answer, the Minister talked about holding businesses to account. Can she set out what sanctions the Government have to hold businesses to account and what…08 May 2019HANSARDClimate EmergencyMy Lords, returning to the agricultural issue, one way of reducing the climate change impact of agriculture is to grow fewer crops. We could do that by reducing waste. Tony…07 May 2019HANSARDCorporate GovernanceMy Lords, the Minister has talked about openness. I know that the CMA has reported back on the auditing business and I would not expect him to comment on the Government’s response…29 Apr 2019HANSARDBusinesses: TechnologyMy Lords, will the Minister focus on the scale-up part of the Question? The British Business Bank is there to help the scale-up process. I understand that it loans about £2.5…10 Apr 2019HANSARDAir PollutionMy Lords, that answer is interesting, because it is older cars—as the Minister and the noble Lord pointed out—that are the trouble. Sadly, it is the poorest people and smallest…08 Apr 2019HANSARDEmployment: AutomationI thank the Minister for his Answer, which looks at the benefits—and there certainly are benefits from automation—but there are also risks, not only in gender terms but also in…01 Apr 2019HANSARDEmployment: AutomationTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the analysis by the Office for National Statistics, published on 25 March, that nearly 1.5 million jobs may be at…01 Apr 2019HANSARDEconomy: Productivity MeasurementMy Lords, without bringing the analysis down, it is a fraction; it comes down to that in the end. The denominator is something that the Government like to talk about a lot.…28 Mar 2019HANSARDREACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I declare my interests as in the register, but everybody in this Chamber has an interest because chemicals touch every part of everybody’s lives in this country. That is…26 Mar 2019HANSARDREACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019To leave out from “that” to the end and to insert “this House declines to approve the draft Regulations because Her Majesty’s Government has provided insufficient information on…26 Mar 2019HANSARDREACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I was not implying that there was something wrong with the trade association. My point was that it is wrong to hide behind that statement and not acknowledge that there are…26 Mar 2019HANSARDREACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response. He should not apologise for going to length. This is an important issue and it could shape the future regulation of a very…26 Mar 2019HANSARDNutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019On a point of order, when the noble Baroness turns away from the microphone, we cannot hear what she is saying.21 Mar 2019HANSARDChemicals (Health and Safety) and Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That brings me back to the point I made in my speech: there are 488 chemicals to be reassessed if we follow the European Union’s work programme on this. In addition, it will be an…21 Mar 2019HANSARDChemicals (Health and Safety) and Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this statutory instrument; quite clearly it covers some important ground, albeit in a compendium of different issues. I am not sure…21 Mar 2019HANSARDChemicals (Health and Safety) and Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Just to be clear, is 120 extra people the total number expected to be taken on to cover all the post-Brexit requirement? Is the £3.3 million not new money but money that has been…21 Mar 2019HANSARDChemicals (Health and Safety) and Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I apologise for rising again, but I thought the Minister said that it is perfectly reasonable for the Government to expect that in some cases, if the European Union safety…21 Mar 2019