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HANSARDTrade BillAny potential drop in imported food product standards will directly affect public health. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, for her wide-ranging perspective on food, and…06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade Bill06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade BillI wish to thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, especially the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, who said that she finds this amendment extraordinary. I would merely…06 Jan 2021HANSARDGreen Homes Grant SchemeWith the initial plan for the Green Homes Grant to last only nine months now extended a further 12 months until March 2022, there must be doubts about the ambition of this scheme…06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade Bill06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade BillI thank the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, for initiating this group of amendments, and the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, for her support. This opening amendment is on…06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade BillI beg to move.06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade Bill06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade BillI thank the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, for joining with me in this group of amendments and leading with Amendment 26A on labelling. I have added my name to this amendment as a…06 Jan 2021HANSARDEnergy White PaperMy Lords, for those watching on catch-up TV, this is the Government’s White Paper introduced in the Commons on Monday. I start by congratulating the Minister on bringing forward…16 Dec 2020HANSARDClimate ChangeGiven the Committee on Climate Change’s recommended target of a 78% emissions cut by 2035 in its report on the sixth carbon budget, can the Minister confirm whether the Government…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCarbon-neutral HomesPoint 7 in this scatter-gun 10-point environment plan identifies another two missing strategies: the national retrofit strategy and the fuel poverty strategy. What assessment have…10 Dec 2020HANSARDHeat and Building StrategyThe number of unpublished plans, statutes and White Papers will soon outnumber the scattergun 10-point environment plan. With most buildings being heated by gas, solutions to a…08 Dec 2020HANSARDTrade BillI thank the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, for her introduction to this group of amendments on the Trade and Agriculture Commission. We very much see this as unfinished business…07 Dec 2020HANSARDTrade BillI thank the Minister for his extensive explanations behind his amendments, although, obviously, I will look carefully at Hansard later, and we may further follow up aspects of…07 Dec 2020HANSARDEcodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020I thank the Minister for his careful explanation of the order before the Committee. As he says, it does a number of things while basically transposing the EU ecodesign and energy…01 Dec 2020HANSARDHydrogen SectorLast week’s announcement of the scattergun 10-point plan as a global template for delivering net-zero emissions, amounting to only £500 million for low-carbon hydrogen production…30 Nov 2020HANSARDFossil Fuels: BusinessMy Lords, now in its fourth year of monitoring, the Transition Pathway Initiative reports that companies make progress rather slowly and that only 18% are aligned with even the…19 Nov 2020HANSARDCOP 26My Lords, under the Paris Agreement, the nationally determined contributions outlining the UK’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have focused on announcements to end…18 Nov 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for his introduction to this group of amendments and for the letter dated 3 November explaining the Commons amendments to your Lordships’ House, where the…12 Nov 2020