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HANSARDHuawei: UK’s 5G NetworkMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baroness for repeating the Answer to the Urgent Question given in the other place. She will be aware, as we all are, that there has been…27 Jan 2020HANSARDSport and Recreational FacilitiesMy Lords, I need not issue the welcome a second time. The Olympic Games are the starting point for my question, but I refer to those that took place here in 2012. I declare my…23 Jan 2020HANSARDDigital InclusionMy Lords, I offer my words of welcome to the noble Baroness. The last time that we were in the same place, she was on the receiving end of a 25-minute sermon from me; I promise…23 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, some of the speeches have painted on a large canvas. I would like to focus on the amendment itself. I am reminded of a discussion here yesterday about the…21 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, the debate has been eloquent and emotion has played its part. I must begin by paying yet another tribute, for the second time today, to the noble Lord, Lord Kerr, who…21 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, I cannot really think that that is how things will play out. Yesterday I heard that an agreement had been made, meaning that there would be no vote that evening. On the…21 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, your Lordships are being spared a long speech from me simply because the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, has made it for me. I want to focus on Amendment 29. When we…15 Jan 2020HANSARDNuclear WeaponsMy Lords, few people in this House are as familiar with these enormously complex and demanding projects as my noble friend who put the Question. His record in that area is…14 Jan 2020HANSARDFootball Association and Bet365My Lords, I can only say that I am flabbergasted by all that this imports and how it impacts upon us. Goaded by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Albans, the question of…09 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I express my gratitude to the noble Baroness for the wide-ranging announcements in the speech she just delivered. I rise with some trepidation and no little sense of…09 Jan 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I echo what has been said and warmly second the list of thanks that was offered so well—especially as I was included in it. In addition to those listed, I thank my noble…23 Oct 2019HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, when I hear the noble Baroness speak like that, I want her contribution to end with the word “Discuss”, that we might form ourselves into a seminar and take the subject…22 Oct 2019HANSARDFootball: RacismMy Lords, I am grateful for that response. What contrasting images, on two successive days, between typhoon-struck Japan on the rugby field and these disgraceful exhibitions of…15 Oct 2019HANSARDAge Appropriate Design CodeMy Lords, the noble Baroness has given us the critical path for what we now expect to happen. Enormous claims have been made for the verification code in question. There have been…30 Sept 2019HANSARDSaudi Arabia: Arms Export LicencesMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for repeating that Answer to the Question raised in the other place. I welcome the fact that, in the particular crisis that we are…26 Sept 2019HANSARDGovernment of Wales Act 2006 (Amendment) Order 2019My Lords, I must add my voice to others who welcome the Minister to her position. We note that the gangway is wide enough for even the longest swords not to reach each other, so I…09 Sept 2019HANSARDHurricane DorianMy Lords, we have heard of admirable amounts offered by way of support to the victims of this terrible storm. However, perhaps I may ask a question about the modalities for…09 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseHaving heard an identical speech many times in the course of this evening, I wonder whether the noble Lord could speak to his amendment so that we may hear the substance? It seems…04 Sept 2019HANSARDProfessional FootballMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness and welcome her to her present responsibilities—living proof, if one needs it, that the profits of capitalism and social awareness and…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]I am glad to have that intervention, which does not affect what I want to say in the slightest. The thin-end-of-the-wedge argument interests me. I was once an academic. I do not…24 Jul 2019