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HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, especially on climate change and environmental issues. In October, the Institute for Fiscal Studies summed up the…13 Nov 2023HANSARDProtocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: Follow-up Report (European Affairs Committee)My Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Jay, for his exceptional chairing of a group of us that is, to say the least, politically diverse, if not a right handful. My thanks…11 Sept 2023HANSARDBeyond Digital (COVID-19 Committee Report)I am very grateful. I apologise for intervening. I put my name down but am not able to speak, because I cannot stay until the end. I pay tribute to the work that the noble…06 Sept 2023HANSARDBeyond Digital (COVID-19 Committee Report)My Lords, I just want to notify the Committee that I am not able to speak because I cannot stay until the end. I should have been taken off the speakers’ list, as I was told had…06 Sept 2023HANSARDZimbabwe: ElectionMy Lords, after all the major concerns about the Zimbabwean elections raised by observer missions, and the arrest yesterday of human rights lawyers, can the Minister ensure that…05 Sept 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI am grateful to the Minister for accepting this intervention and I thank him for his generous remarks earlier. The point that he has not so far made, and which I hope he will…05 Sept 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillLeave out from “20” to end and insert “, do disagree with the Commons in their Amendments 20A and 20B, and do propose Amendments 20C, 20D and 20E in lieu—05 Sept 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Caine, for his generosity. It is true that, having clearly been uncomfortable with the Bill from the outset—a Bill imposed from elsewhere in…05 Sept 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillMy Lords, I want to thank especially the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan, the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Eames, and my noble friend Lady Ritchie, for their fulsome support…05 Sept 2023HANSARDInternational Anti-corruption CourtTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of proposals for an International Anti-Corruption Court.06 Jul 2023HANSARDGross Domestic Product: Wales and the UKMy Lords, if the positive economic figures that the Minister cited for Wales are correct, is that because we have a Welsh Labour Government?06 Jul 2023HANSARDInternational Anti-corruption CourtMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply, but it is very disappointing. Money laundering represents over 5% of global GDP, or $2 trillion each year, yet there is no effective…06 Jul 2023HANSARDCorruptionMy Lords, in that case, why has the UK slumped to its lowest ever score in Transparency International’s latest global corruption index, falling sharply to number 73—a 10-place…26 Apr 2023HANSARDCorruptionTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the United Kingdom’s record in combating corruption.26 Apr 2023HANSARDYoung Female Racing DriversMy Lords, is not the problem that initiatives around women’s participation in motorsport begin far too late, when all the best racing drivers start in karting at six or seven…18 Apr 2023HANSARDWindsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord’s last point. I congratulated the Prime Minister on the Windsor Framework when it was discussed the other week, and I repeat now that I think…29 Mar 2023HANSARDWindsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023I am very grateful to the noble Lord for giving way; I will be brief. I would like to put on record, as I think he knows, that I have consistently said that the democratic deficit…29 Mar 2023HANSARDCharitable Sector: Food ProvisionMy Lords, why do half the NHS trusts in England have food banks for their staff?27 Mar 2023HANSARDUK Car Production Since 2016I give a warm welcome to the Minister.14 Mar 2023HANSARDUK Car Production Since 2016To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of car production in the United Kingdom since 2016.14 Mar 2023