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HANSARDChild Labour and Artisanal Cobalt Mining in the DRCThe Minister has asserted that we are a world leader in modern slavery work. That may have been the case, but can he explain, then, why there was such a hiatus between the…30 Nov 2023HANSARDJustification Decision (Scientific Age Imaging) Regulations 2023My Lords—27 Nov 2023HANSARDJustification Decision (Scientific Age Imaging) Regulations 2023My Lords, as the Minister has not risen, I first declare my interest as the chair of the General Dental Council. I want to make two very brief points, which I do not think have…27 Nov 2023HANSARDJustification Decision (Scientific Age Imaging) Regulations 2023Radiologists should be properly registered. Will that be carried out by people who are professionally registered? If they are professionally registered, are they carrying this out…27 Nov 2023HANSARDPolicing of Marches and DemonstrationsMy Lords, I refer to my policing interests in the register. There were clearly images of people on those marches over the weekend doing appalling things. I hope the Metropolitan…13 Nov 2023HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Operational IndependenceMy Lords, I refer to my policing interests in the register. The tone of what the Home Secretary has said implies that she thinks that she should have received a request from the…09 Nov 2023HANSARDNational Cyber Security CentreMy Lords, of course, I refer to my interests in the register. I suspect that the excellent schemes that the Minister has outlined are very useful but that they do not address the…16 Oct 2023HANSARDG20 SummitMy Lords, we are all grateful to the Leader of the House for repeating the Statement. In the Statement, the Prime Minister said that “we are leading action to tackle climate…12 Sept 2023HANSARDG20 SummitI appreciate this is not correct procedure, but the Minister is putting words in my mouth. I did not say that there was no commitment. What I said was that apparently the UN…12 Sept 2023HANSARDUK Government Resilience FrameworkMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for that assurance. Could she tell the House with regard to that statement, against each of the various risks outlined in the latest…04 Sept 2023HANSARDUK Government Resilience FrameworkMy Lords, I refer to my role as chair of the National Preparedness Commission, and beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper.04 Sept 2023HANSARDUK Government Resilience FrameworkMy Lords, at the risk of all the nice words about me being rescinded, could I follow up the question of the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, on public engagement? As I am sure the noble…04 Sept 2023HANSARDElectoral Commission: Data BreachesMy Lords, I feel that the noble Baroness speaking on behalf of the Government is being slightly complacent about all of this. We of course welcome the fact that the Electoral…04 Sept 2023HANSARDUK Government Resilience FrameworkTo ask His Majesty’s Government, further to the commitment in their UK Government Resilience Framework , published in December 2022, when they expect to publish the Annual…04 Sept 2023HANSARDRhodes Wildfires: Repatriation of HolidaymakersOn the point of the Question, is it not the case that many people who travel on holiday to places such as Rhodes and many other destinations do not go via tour operators but book…25 Jul 2023HANSARDContest: UK Strategy for Countering Terrorism 2023My Lords, I refer to my interests in the register. The Contest review says that the Government are intending full implementation of the recommendations of the independent review…24 Jul 2023HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, could I be reminded of what the Companion says about the normal finishing times for business in this House? Is it not the case that the way that this is being structured…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI appreciate that the noble Lord is put in a difficult position, but all the Chief Whip said was that this is usual. When was the last occasion that this had to happen in the way…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, has the noble Lord, Lord Harlech, seen paragraph 3.1 of the Companion ? In case he has not—I know he is very new to this House—it states: “It is a firm convention”— not…17 Jul 2023HANSARDArrangement of BusinessOn Monday?12 Jul 2023