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HANSARDCoronavirus BillMy Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Bates. We all owe a massive debt to the brave and skilled workers who are battling this crisis, including a close…24 Mar 2020HANSARDBudget StatementMy Lords, I agree with what the noble Lords, Lord O’Neill and Lord Lamont, said, but by spending an extra £350 billion to deal with the dire consequences of the coronavirus and…18 Mar 2020HANSARDBudget StatementI do not believe in a magic money tree. I believe in Keynesian, investment-driven economics, which is what we should have been doing for the past 10 years instead of this…18 Mar 2020HANSARDAnti-terrorism PolicyMy Lords, does the Minister agree that we have seen an unprecedented convergence of anti-Semitic attacks, Islamophobic attacks and racist attacks? Never before in our history have…17 Mar 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Negotiations (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, without any scrutiny apart from the excellent report from the European Union Committee, since the election the Government have been rushing to an extreme hard Brexit…16 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, can I press the Minister on the question of financial support? In 2013, a parliamentary report stated that taxpayer outlays direct to the banks were £133 billion. People…16 Mar 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Negotiations (European Union Committee Report)I very much welcome the committee’s intention to look at Northern Ireland. For some time, the Government said of the Irish border that it would all be all right on the night and…16 Mar 2020HANSARDSub-postmasters: CompensationWhat lessons have the Government drawn from this? This is a public corporation that has acted in an authoritarian way to trash the reputations of pillars of the community—people…05 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, we always welcome the contributions of the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham. I say that we all do but I am not sure that that is always the case with his Front Bench,…28 Jan 2020HANSARDSanctionsMy Lords, I welcome the Minister’s statement; it is considerable progress on the exchange we had late last year. But it is important that the Government deter international crime…23 Jan 2020HANSARDSanctionsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what proposals they have for legislation providing similar powers to United States government sanctions.23 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, I support the excellent speech of my noble friend Lady Ritchie of Downpatrick. I remind the House that I spoke at some length and in detail in Committee last Tuesday, so…20 Jan 2020HANSARDNorthern Ireland Executive FormationI echo the congratulations that I made fulsomely in my speech during the withdrawal Bill on Tuesday evening. Is this executive joint board a form of conditional devolution? I do…16 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, I congratulate the Minister on a beautiful response to the question put by the noble Lord, Lord Teverson. I must say that the skill with which he did it was admirable. I…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI am grateful. As always, the Minister is very helpful. We have a dilemma here. At the moment, we are intending to retable the amendments and we will have to decide what we want…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill14 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, at the request of my noble friend Lady Ritchie of Downpatrick, who has to attend a funeral tomorrow, I wish to move Amendment 13 and speak to Amendments 14, 16, 17 and…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, this Bill opens the way for a Singapore-upon-Thames race to the bottom by deliberately removing the level playing field provisions designed to prevent the UK…13 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I too congratulate my noble friend Lady Blower on an excellent speech and look forward to her regular critiques of this Government’s dreadful schools funding record. In…09 Jan 2020HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019: Section 3(5)My Lords, there is no question that the deep divisions over Brexit have poisoned the process of resurrecting devolved government in Northern Ireland. I want, therefore, to make…07 Jan 2020