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HANSARDLocal Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) Order 2025Does the noble Baroness accept that, under Section 7 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act—which governs local government reorganisation—it is a statutory…24 Mar 2025HANSARDLocal Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) Order 2025My Lords, it is a funny thing when the unelected House of Lords has to regret the cancellation of elections. Democracy is the foundation stone on which the fabric of our nation is…24 Mar 2025HANSARDFinance BillMy Lords, I want to reflect for a moment on the impossibility of achieving the economic growth our country needs when the family-owned businesses, which are some of our most…19 Mar 2025HANSARDCarbon Border TaxesTo ask His Majesty’s Government, further to the proposals by the European Union to exempt 80 per cent of eligible EU companies from new carbon border taxes, what plans they have…12 Mar 2025HANSARDCarbon Border TaxesMy Lords, the carbon border adjustment mechanism is a tariff by any other name. I am involved in an industry affected by CBAM, so I know more than most about the astonishingly…12 Mar 2025HANSARDCarbon Border TaxesI am just about to ask the question. The EU has worked out for itself that building a walled garden around the economy will damage its own competitiveness. The Prime Minister said…12 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, if what we have heard from the noble Baroness, Lady Brady, is true—UEFA would say that, wouldn’t they?11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I agree with my noble friend Lady Brady about the importance of a light-touch approach: not just the light touch in the way we do things today but the light touch in how…11 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to my substantial Amendment 45, together with the consequential Amendments 42, 43 and 44. I have followed the Bill closely from the stand—it has been…11 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to speak to Amendment 43 standing in my name on the Marshalled List. I know that it is late, but my purpose here is to probe whether the Government really…25 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I am conscious that it is late, and I do not sense any appetite to divide the House on this matter. I regret that the Government do not really appreciate the magnitude…25 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill25 Feb 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Local GovernmentMy Lords, the noble Lord referred to consistency between authorities. The average number of electors in a London borough is 173,000, and in a small unitary it is 237,000, but the…12 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I shall speak very briefly in support of the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, in her Amendment 13. It is said that when you are in a hole, stop…11 Feb 2025HANSARDLocal Government: Electoral QuotasMy Lords, 10 days ago, I had the pleasure of attending the Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum in Dorset, where I was delighted to see that one of the six core Chartist beliefs was equality…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly to my Amendment 53, which seeks to ensure that the voices of local people are heard when proposals are made or encouraged by GB Energy for renewable…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 51. Before I get into the substance of what I want to say, I want to say how proud I am that the Conservative Government passed the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I shall speak in support of my Amendments 50 and 52. They say that a nation is never more than three meals away from revolution. In the 80 years since we had to dig for…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, if I may correct the noble Earl, Lord Russell, I said that bad weather played a part but that a major contributory factor was the volume of land that was placed into…11 Feb 2025