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HANSARDChinese Police Stations in the UKMy Lords the advance of autocracy in China since 2012 has been vertiginous. We have seen the creation of a panopticon state where face recognition and location technology are…20 Apr 2023HANSARDCPTPP: Conclusion of NegotiationsI congratulate and thank my noble friend the Minister for enlivening this Eeyore-ish mood with some Tigger-ish enthusiasm. The benefits of CPTPP seem to be obvious to the lengthy…19 Apr 2023HANSARDShark Fins BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch. I am very grateful to her for introducing this Bill in such a measured and comprehensive…24 Mar 2023HANSARDWorker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) BillMy Lords, what was the freedom that we really felt the loss of during the pandemic and the associated lockdowns? I suggest that it was above all the freedom of association and…24 Mar 2023HANSARDImported BeefMy Lords, will my noble friend the Minister confirm that all beef sold here has to meet the same standards, whether it is imported or domestic? Will he further confirm that no…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEuropean Structural and Investment Funds and the European Agricultural Guarantee FundMy Lords, will my noble friend the Minister confirm that we now have the advantage of being able to start with an identified need and then look for how to fund it rather than, as…21 Mar 2023HANSARDCouncil of Europe: Death PenaltyMy Lords, given that the rights adumbrated in the ECHR are anticipated—predated, sometimes, by centuries—by the laws of this country, what does my noble friend the Minister fear…20 Mar 2023HANSARDDevolved Budget for Wales: InflationMy Lords, inflation did not come as some act of God; it was caused by paying people for two years to stay home and printing money to cover the difference. Is it not odd that those…15 Mar 2023HANSARDEU Settlement SchemeRomania has exactly the same scheme as we do. The Commission has not begun enforcement proceedings. Will my noble friend the Minister press for a measure of symmetry in the…13 Mar 2023HANSARDEU Settlement SchemeMy Lords, some people will always blame Britain and never Brussels. One of the reasons that this case came to court is because we have the independent monitoring authority, run by…13 Mar 2023HANSARDGreen InvestmentMy Lords, there is a grotesque misnomer here. The Inflation Reduction Act will in fact raise trade barriers, push up prices and thus increase inflation. Worst of all, like the…07 Mar 2023HANSARDOfficial Controls (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023My Lords, I find it rather odd that no one has responded to the opening point from the noble Lord, Lord Dodds of Duncairn, about the propriety of transferring these powers from…01 Mar 2023HANSARDHorizonMy Lords, of the world’s top 20 universities, four are in the United Kingdom, most of the others are in other anglosphere countries, and none is in the European Union. Instead of…23 Feb 2023HANSARDFootball Governance White PaperMy Lords, the three Front Benches were unanimous on the excellence of our football. The noble Lord, Lord Bassam of Brighton, used the phrase “envy of the world”—a phrase that is…23 Feb 2023HANSARDProtocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: Supreme Court JudgmentMy Lords, the Acts of Union were our country’s foundational charter. If the United Kingdom had a national day analogous to the independence days of other countries, it would…09 Feb 2023HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, it is an immense privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Browne of Ladyton. I always learn a great deal from him in the field of geostrategy and defence. In fact, I am…09 Feb 2023HANSARDTurkey: Earthquake ReliefMy Lords, some years ago, I worked in a refugee camp along the Euphrates, very close to the epicentre. It is impossible not to be moved by the brisk, unfussy and uncomplaining way…06 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I think I detect a certain limp and enervated air in the Chamber, largely as a result of the length of this debate—I am the 57th and last of the scheduled Back-Bench…06 Feb 2023HANSARDIreland/Northern Ireland Protocol: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (European Affairs Committee Sub-Committee Report)My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Weir, whom I first encountered some 30 years ago when he was running the Young Unionists. His was a strong and true voice…20 Jan 2023HANSARDExcess Deaths in Private HomesMy Lords, some of these numbers plainly reflect the diagnoses and the treatments that did not happen during the pandemic, as my noble friend the Minister has suggested. Given that…10 Jan 2023