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HANSARDUkraine: Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power PlantMy Lords, I refer to my interest as chair of the National Preparedness Commission. I am not sure that the Minister answered the supplementary question from the right reverend…06 Jul 2023HANSARDNHS Long-term Workforce PlanI refer to my interest as chair of the General Dental Council. I welcome not only the whole document but the specific commitment within it to increase the number of dental…04 Jul 2023HANSARDMental Health In-patient Services: Improving SafetyMy Lords, I will follow on from the point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge. Until 2015, I chaired the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody, which covered the…03 Jul 2023HANSARDE-scooters and E-bikes: Battery FiresMy Lords, the Minister will recognise that lithium-ion batteries are used in a variety of products and not just e-scooters. What steps are the UK Government taking to ensure that…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEmergency CommunicationsMy Lords, I refer to my interests in the register, in particular that I chair the National Preparedness Commission. As we understand it, this was a failure of the 999 system…26 Jun 2023HANSARDNottingham IncidentMy Lords, I refer to my policing interests in the register. This was a tragic and appalling incident. As everyone has said, our sympathies are with all those who have been…15 Jun 2023HANSARDFootball Matches: ViolenceMy Lords, could the Minister tell us what arrangements he is making to ensure that football clubs pay the proper costs of policing the matches, both inside and outside the…14 Jun 2023HANSARDPublic Order Act 1986 (Serious Disruption to the Life of the Community) Regulations 2023I am sorry to interrupt my noble friend in full flow, but I am shocked by what he is saying. Can he just confirm that this change to the Explanatory Memorandum was therefore…13 Jun 2023HANSARDIranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsThe Minister has evaded the questions from the noble Lords, Lord Walney and Lord Pickles, and from my noble friend. There is clearly a huge row going on in Government— we all know…23 May 2023HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, clearly, the whole House is behind the support that the Government are showing for the Government of Ukraine against the illegal attack from Russia. But clearly, the…15 May 2023HANSARDCoronation: PolicingThe Minister corrects the figure. I am sure I listened, but it does not really matter. My point remains this: one of those who was arrested was a 59 year-old woman volunteering…11 May 2023HANSARDCoronation: PolicingTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the policing arrangements during the Coronation weekend.11 May 2023HANSARDCoronation: PolicingMy Lords, I refer to my policing interests in the register and beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper—which of course was submitted before the…11 May 2023HANSARDCoronation: PolicingMy Lords, I would want to be associated with precisely that tribute, as I think would all the Members who spoke yesterday in the UQ. I think the Minister said to us yesterday that…11 May 2023HANSARDEmergency Alert System: FujitsuMy Lords, I declare my interests in the register and the fact that I have been campaigning for these emergency alerts to happen for a number of years. I think the first alerts…19 Apr 2023HANSARDHong Kong Military Veterans: SettlementMy Lords, obviously, this is a very welcome announcement. I note what the Minister said about the number of potential applications. We understand why the forms will not be…29 Mar 2023HANSARDPrisons: EducationMy Lords, when I conducted the review into self-inflicted deaths in prison some years ago, a very substantial issue arose about the cancellation of education sessions simply…23 Mar 2023HANSARDSecurity of Government DevicesMy Lords, I have been listening carefully to the Minister’s responses to the questions, and I am still not sure that I understand the logic for not including Ministers’ private…21 Mar 2023HANSARDBaroness Casey ReviewMy Lords, I refer to my policing interests in the register. I chaired the Metropolitan Police Authority some 20 years ago, and one of my members was the noble Baroness, Lady…21 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillThe noble Lord interrupted me before I sat down, although I regarded myself as having sat down. The noble Lord, Lord Anderson, is absolutely correct. The reason Section 44 was…14 Mar 2023