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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, it is beyond a joy to be here at this hour with some of my closest friends. I could not think of anything better to be doing right now. It is slightly ironic that what I…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am genuinely always grateful when the Minister speaks at the Dispatch Box, as well as to all those who spoke in this group. It has been a good, illuminating…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, if my noble friend Lord Banner is doing reverse declarations, I should probably just check; I think I have made them at this stage, but just in case, I declare that I am…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 138 but first, if I may, I will join in the love-in from the previous group for the noble Lord, Lord Khan, who was momentarily with us. I…09 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I am conscious that this has been a long group already, and I know that the Government Whips will be staring at me with glaring eyes. I did not intend to speak in this…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI suppose that was a slight defect of the Bill, but that ship has sailed. The crucial point, which I will come back to—and I respect the noble Lord enormously—is that the Rwanda…03 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am conscious that the hour is late and already the two Chief Whips are conspiring to tell us that we need to rattle through.24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillExactly—that is just what my Chief Whip says. I am grateful to the Minister and everyone who has participated. I obviously cannot do justice to what my noble friend Lady Coffey…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, yet again I have the two Chief Whips staring at me. I will be brief, but also, I hope, very cheery—this will be a cheery discussion.24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI am grateful to the Minister and everyone who participated in the debate; it started on a high then slowly descended. I have said many times in this Chamber that I massively…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, the Minister said in the last group that he was running out of energy, so I reassure him that he is not hallucinating: I am not my noble friend Lady Coffey. However, I…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill24 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my good friend, and I pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, for bringing forward this amendment, which I proudly support. I…16 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I declare that I am on the boards of Peers for the Planet and the Conservative Environment Network. I also chair the Built Environment Select Committee—although the…25 Jun 2025HANSARDHigh Streets (Built Environment Committee Report)My Lords, it is an absolute pleasure for me, as the new chairman of the Built Environment Committee, to open this debate on the importance of the high street. In doing so, I put…13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 127 from my noble friend Lady Penn. I declare an interest—which I am increasingly discovering to be a growing financial interest—in the form of my…13 May 2025HANSARDHigh Streets (Built Environment Committee Report)That this House takes note of the Report from the Built Environment Committee High Streets: Life Beyond Retail? (HL Paper 42).13 May 2025