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HANSARDPort Talbot SteelworksMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her question. In addition to the £100 million funding for the Port Talbot transition board, £15 million is being put towards the…01 May 2024HANSARDPort Talbot SteelworksMy Lords, that is exactly what we are doing. I find it quite staggering that the Green Party fails to recognise that moving to electric arc furnaces will reduce carbon emissions…01 May 2024HANSARDPort Talbot SteelworksMy Lords, with kind agreement from the usual channels and with the leave of the House, I will read in the form of a Statement the Answer given in the Commons by my right…01 May 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, for their amendments to Schedule 15 to the Bill, which sets out the…24 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillThe noble Baroness asks a fair question. A major thing is being proposed, so it is best that we work with our DWP colleagues, and I commit to writing to the noble Baroness and the…24 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as someone who has been through the paper death registration process and grant of probate, which has something to do with why I am in your…24 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, my noble friend makes a good point. I can promise all Members that there will be thematic meetings between Committee and Report.22 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to make my first foray at the Dispatch Box on this Bill in what has been an interesting Committee stage thus far. I thank my noble friend Lord Lucas and…22 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillI take the noble Lord’s point. We are working with industry and will continue to do so. For the benefit of the Committee, we are, as I said, happy to write and explain the points…22 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, for tabling Amendment 208A and the noble Lord, Lord Leong, for moving it. This amendment would insert new…22 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillI thank noble Lords for those further points requesting clarification. On how we have come to this decision, I am happy to write to all noble Lords in the Committee. The noble…22 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillI thank both noble Lords for their interventions. On the point from the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, there is a trifecta of decision-making between the Secretary of State, the ICO and…22 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, just for clarification, because a number of questions were raised, if the Committee feels that it would like to hear more from the Minister, it can. It is for the mood…27 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, I think we should try to let the Minister make a little progress and see whether some of these questions are answered.27 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillThe noble Lord missed the start of the debate.27 Mar 2024HANSARDUkraine: Arms and Ammunition CostsMy Lords, Operation Interflex and all training for Ukrainian armed service personnel are key components of our support for their fight. The UK continues to deliver a major…26 Mar 2024HANSARDUkraine: Arms and Ammunition CostsMy Lords, I declare my interest as a serving Army reservist. The £7.1 billion that we have committed since February 2022 covers a broad range of military support to Ukraine. This…26 Mar 2024HANSARDUkraine: Arms and Ammunition CostsMy Lords, this goes back to my point about how defence is engaging with industry to replenish stockpiles as soon as possible. The noble Lord is absolutely right in one respect:…26 Mar 2024HANSARDUkraine: Arms and Ammunition CostsI take my noble friend’s point, as I do the noble and gallant Lord’s. I assure the House that dialogue is ongoing, all the time.26 Mar 2024HANSARDUkraine: Arms and Ammunition CostsThere was a broad range of topics in the noble Lord’s questions. First, it is not for us to comment on US domestic affairs. The United States is our closest ally, and we will work…26 Mar 2024