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HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory: NegotiationsMy Lords, Mauritius was paid the then immense sum of £3 million in exchange for this agreement in 1965, and treated it as a final settlement. In 1972 it was then paid again, if…09 Oct 2024HANSARDAfrica: Commercial Opportunities and ExportsMy Lords, I declare my interest as the president of the Institute for Free Trade. I will begin where the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, finished. We need to see Africa as an…12 Sept 2024HANSARDTicket Sales: Dynamic PricingMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for confirming a moment ago that dynamic pricing is not illegal. Will she also take the opportunity to remind the House that when more…11 Sept 2024HANSARDSocial Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024My Lords, I will not detain the House for long, but I want to just say one thing. I may be the only person who speaks up for the Government Front Bench, for which I do not expect…11 Sept 2024HANSARDSupport for Infants and Parents etc (Information) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a great pleasure to be able to congratulate my noble friend Lord Farmer and my friend, the right honourable Dame Andrea Leadsom, formerly of another place, on this…06 Sept 2024HANSARDCovid-19 InquiryMy Lords, on 27 March 1913, the population of Columbus, Ohio, started running. Afterwards, nobody was exactly sure why or when. James Thurber, the comic novelist, was a schoolboy…03 Sept 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I also congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, and indeed all my Labour friends and colleagues. We are very…18 Jul 2024HANSARDPresident of Iran: DeathMy Lords, my noble friend the Minister just used the phrase “adhere to international norms and standards”, talking about internal elections. Can he think of any regime that has…22 May 2024HANSARDFolic Acid FortificationMy Lords, the consultation has revealed a lot of support within the industry—UK Flour Millers and the Craft Bakers Association and all my noble friend the Minister’s former…16 May 2024HANSARDIllegal Migration Act: Northern IrelandWill my noble friend the Minister follow through on the implications of what he just said? As the noble Lord, Lord Dodds, pointed out, the Windsor Framework was sold in this House…15 May 2024HANSARDInternational Health Regulations: AmendmentsMy Lords, on 14 January 2020 the World Health Organization declared that there was no evidence of person-to-person transmission of the Covid virus. It was parroting the line of…07 May 2024HANSARDBank of England (Economic Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, I think we just heard a flavour of why at least one former Prime Minister was in the habit of publicly saying that my noble friend Lord Moynihan was a far more reliable…02 May 2024HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccination: Coronary DiseaseMy Lords, may I ask my noble friend the Minister about the efficacy of the vaccine in preventing transmission? It does seem to be very good at keeping people out of hospital and…23 Apr 2024HANSARDUK-African Investment SummitMy Lords, some of your Lordships will remember the great tomato shortage of last year when our supermarket shelves were bereft of those crimson globes. What noble Lords may not…18 Apr 2024HANSARDMiddle East: Deployment of British Armed ForcesMy Lords, will my noble friend the Minister take this opportunity to thank and congratulate the RAF pilots who prevented needless loss of life in Israel over the weekend? Will he…17 Apr 2024HANSARDGas-fired Power StationsMy Lords, I wonder if my noble friend the Minister can enlarge slightly on the question posed to him by the noble Baroness on the Labour Front Bench about hydrogen adaptation. I…14 Mar 2024HANSARDZimbabwe: SanctionsMy Lords, I was impressed by my noble friend the Minister’s response to the noble Lord, Lord Oates. Sanctions must be a scalpel, not than a sledgehammer, but I wonder whether he…07 Mar 2024HANSARDAlternative Investment Fund Designation Bill [HL]My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Altmann on introducing this proportionate, timely and sensible measure. I also congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, on…01 Mar 2024HANSARDOverseas Territories: Tax Haven StatusMy Lords, has the Minister’s department carried out any assessment of how much higher tax rates would be in the rest of the world if there were not competition from these…26 Feb 2024HANSARDNational Minimum WageMy Lords, has my noble friend the Minister’s department made any assessment of whether these increases in the minimum wage, which go well above and beyond average wage increases,…21 Feb 2024