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HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I listened carefully to what the Minister said. I will not respond in detail and this is not the place, save to say that you do not have to be an expert or a regular…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I am disappointed that the Minister did not adequately engage on the issues that I raised. For example, he mentioned biodiversity as being a matter, but that is not…11 Feb 2025HANSARDLocal Government: Electoral QuotasTo ask His Majesty’s Government, as part of the local government reorganisation set out in the English Devolution White Paper published in December 2024 (CP 1218), whether they…11 Feb 2025HANSARDProcurement Act 2023 (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2025My Lords, I was the leader of a local council in south Norfolk for about 17 years. I ran the council as a business—after all, I did not like paying council tax any more than…10 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill06 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, since the Great Reform Act of 1832, local authorities have been an integral part of our nation. Joseph Chamberlain unleashed the powers of municipal entrepreneurialism…06 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, so often councils and other organisations indulge in special pleading for an exceptional case here or a particular need there. This small debate on my Amendment 70 has…06 Feb 2025HANSARDClimate Change: Support for FarmersMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Framlingham has reminded us of the many different members of the brassica family, which include tenderstem and sprouting varieties of broccoli,…23 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to my Amendment 113. I have previously tabled amendments to the Bill on land, and now I return to the sea, which well fits someone whose territorial…22 Jan 2025HANSARDRestoration and Renewal: Annual Progress ReportI am grateful to the Senior Deputy Speaker for allowing me to slip into the gap. I was not planning to speak, but I do so after the challenge from the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett,…16 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillAlthough I do of course wish to be associated with those remarks.15 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill13 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly in support of my noble friend Lord Hamilton of Epsom on carbon accounting. He said that he does not know very much about oilseed rape, but I do.…13 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, Amendments 67, 73, 104 and 105 on the Marshalled List stand in my name. This is the first set of amendments I have brought to your Lordships’ House and, on that basis,…13 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 85G and 85H in my name. In this week of all weeks, when temperatures have dropped to minus 20 in parts of our nation and we are down to less…13 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, we have had a good debate that has explored the tensions between food and energy security in the context of the national interest. It has recognised the tensions between…13 Jan 2025HANSARDRural EconomyMy Lords, I rise to speak as a council member of the Royal Norfolk Show, which is much better than the other ones that have been mentioned. This is a debate about growing the…19 Dec 2024HANSARDProvisional Local Government Finance SettlementMy Lords, I have sat on the Local Government Association’s resources panel for at least the last dozen years—it might be more—so I am fairly well acquainted with some of these…19 Dec 2024HANSARDBuilding HomesMy Lords, you cannot live in a planning permission and you cannot wish new homes magically into existence. All the encouragement in the world will not help if builders cannot find…17 Dec 2024