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HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025I simply want to make what I hope is a helpful point to the House. In case noble Lords have not seen it, four individuals have now been charged with the alleged offences at Brize…03 Jul 2025HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025My Lords, I declare an interest as I had a recent trip to Israel, organised by Conservative Friends of Israel, to learn more about the consequences of the terrorist events of 7…03 Jul 2025HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025Of course I will take an intervention.03 Jul 2025HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025I am grateful to the noble Lord. The noble Baroness, Lady Fox, said I was making assumptions about what views people have about Israel or Palestine. I do not think I made any…03 Jul 2025HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025I am talking about this statutory instrument. I will not go back over historical cases. I am talking about this particular case and the noble Baroness’s amendment; otherwise, we…03 Jul 2025HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Communications Data) (Relevant Public Authorities and Designated Senior Officers) Regulations 2025I would be grateful if the Minister would allow me to probe this a bit further. To be clear, on the ambulance trust, given that the wide-ranging power for all ambulance trusts in…01 Jul 2025HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Communications Data) (Relevant Public Authorities and Designated Senior Officers) Regulations 2025My Lords, I will not detain noble Lords for long. I have three questions for the Minister. First, I want a little detail on the process that is undertaken by the department. Who…01 Jul 2025HANSARDG7 and NATO SummitsMy Lords, in his Statement, the Prime Minister linked economic security, national security and what he called social security. He said that welfare reform was urgent and that the…01 Jul 2025HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Communications Data) (Relevant Public Authorities and Designated Senior Officers) Regulations 2025I am grateful for that answer. I can certainly understand—and do not necessarily disagree with—a safety-first approach from the Minister. I have one further question: given that…01 Jul 2025HANSARDSelf-driving Vehicles: Disabled PassengersMy Lords, it was a great pleasure to get the Automated Vehicles Act on the statute book before the last election. It puts Britain in a globally leading position to get investment…19 Jun 2025HANSARDHS2 ResetWhen I was appointed to lead the Department for Transport, HS2 was already not in great shape, as is well known. I immediately implemented some changes to get a grip of the…19 Jun 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentMy Lords, earlier this week, when the Prime Minister was explaining the rationale for the Government’s change on the winter fuel payment, he said that because the economy was now…12 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I will briefly speak to this amendment. As a former Secretary of State for Transport, I have some knowledge of construction projects, the time they take and the reasons…11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I greatly respect the experience of the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, in reviewing terrorism legislation, but I think that on this particular issue he is wrong. I come to…11 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI have been listening very carefully to the Minister, and I completely accept what he is saying about his and the Government’s position on what he wants the learning centre to do,…11 Jun 2025HANSARDDriving Test DelaysMy Lords, having listened carefully to what the Minister said in response to my noble friend Lord Young, I will make two points. First, when we left office, we had reduced the…10 Jun 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentMy Lords, when the Chancellor was doing her various media interviews setting out the retreat on this policy, she rather unbelievably tried to suggest that it was done not because…10 Jun 2025HANSARDCrown Estate (Wales) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak briefly. I strongly support what my noble friend Lord Moynihan said about the complexity of the economic opportunities here. I was involved in some of those…06 Jun 2025HANSARDCrown Estate (Wales) Bill [HL]Yes, I am very happy to make that point, but it is still a significant sum of money. If you do what is normally done in these circumstances, which is to look at the cost versus…06 Jun 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian AidMy Lords, I draw attention to my declaration in the register of interests. I have recently returned from a visit to Israel last week that was organised and paid for by…04 Jun 2025