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HANSARDCommon Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Wine) (Amendment, etc.) Regulations 2021My Lords, viticulture is one of our great prospects in this country. In the two years leading up to lockdown there was a 35% increase in the number of people employed by the…15 Apr 2021HANSARDGlobal Minimum Corporate Tax RateMy Lords, international tax competition is an important constraint on big government. You can raise the rate only to a certain point before the revenue and jobs begin to flee to…14 Apr 2021HANSARDFood WasteMy Lords, does the Minister agree that apps and charities are more effective in the redistribution of surplus food than any government policy, however well intentioned, can be?…24 Mar 2021HANSARDRenewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2021My Lords, looking around I see lots of former Members of the European Parliament. I think there are half a dozen speaking in this debate, including my noble friend the Minister,…23 Mar 2021HANSARDBritish Library Board (Power to Borrow) BillMy Lords, it is always a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley of Knighton. His works here, like his earlier works, put me in mind of Yeats’s phrase about…19 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget StatementMy Lords, I also congratulate noble Lords who have made their maiden speeches today. It is nice to see my old comrade, the noble Lord, Lord Khan of Burnley, opposite and my noble…12 Mar 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: Grace PeriodMy Lords, temporary derogations, waivers or exemptions are by definition not a long-term solution to the problems intrinsic in the protocol. Will my noble friend the Minister…10 Mar 2021HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioner Elections (Welsh Forms) Order 2021My Lords, it is a privilege to rise for the first time in this place among you. It can be somewhat unsettling arriving in the Palace of Westminster at the height of the lockdown…04 Mar 2021