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HANSARDMetropolitan Police: MisconductMy Lords—19 Oct 2022HANSARDMetropolitan Police: MisconductMy Lords, I refer to my interests in the register in respect of policing. We are grateful, of course, to the Minister for explaining the complicated arrangements for the…19 Oct 2022HANSARDHer Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIMy Lords—10 Sept 2022HANSARDHer Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIMy Lords, I am sorry for that slightly unseemly moment. There have been many fine tributes and I am sure that there will be many more from all corners of the House. That reflects…10 Sept 2022HANSARDHeatwave ResponseMy Lords, I refer to my interests in the register. The Minister has several times referred to the importance of local resilience forums. He has been asked in the past what their…21 Jul 2022HANSARDEmergency Services Mobile Communications ProgrammeMy Lords, I refer to my interests in the register and beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper.20 Jul 2022HANSARDEmergency Services Mobile Communications ProgrammeMy Lords, the noble Lord opposite talked about the importance of text in this, but what is actually crucial in an emergency situation is voice communication at the point…20 Jul 2022HANSARDEmergency Services Mobile Communications ProgrammeMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that Answer. The original business case said that the cost of the programme would be £5 billion. We are now talking about £11.3 billion…20 Jul 2022HANSARDEmergency Services Mobile Communications ProgrammeTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their current estimate of the total cost of the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme; how this compares with the original…20 Jul 2022HANSARDExtreme Heat PreparednessMy Lords, I refer to my interests in the register. Can the Minister confirm that the Civil Contingencies Secretariat in the Cabinet Office has been operating 30% under strength…19 Jul 2022HANSARDMoney Laundering Regulations: Politically Exposed PersonsMy Lords, this has been going on for at least a decade, to my knowledge, so the Government are moving with extraordinary sloth. First, can we have a guarantee that this review…05 Jul 2022HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeMy Lords, I think we have reached that stage in the debate when everything has been said but not everyone has yet said it. However, I want to make one substantive point and one…05 Jul 2022HANSARDRail Dispute: Michael Ford QCMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for that reply, as she clearly accepts the legal advice obtained by the Trades Union Congress on this point. However, it gives the…29 Jun 2022HANSARDRail Dispute: Michael Ford QCTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the legal opinion from Michael Ford QC on the legal powers of the Secretary of State for Transport in respect of…29 Jun 2022HANSARDTransport for London: FundingMy Lords, is it not a fact that it is the Government who have been playing political games with TfL’s budget, as they do in so many other areas? They are playing games by…23 Jun 2022HANSARDRyanair: Afrikaans Language TestMy Lords, I am not sure the Minister answered my noble friend Lord Tunnicliffe’s question very satisfactorily. He asked what the Government are able to do under those…09 Jun 2022HANSARDUkraine: Defence RelationshipsMy Lords, the whole House is grateful—09 Jun 2022HANSARDUkraine: Defence RelationshipsThat is a slightly strange intervention, given that the noble Baroness, Lady Meyer, was well under time. The whole House is grateful to my noble friend Lord Liddle for his, if I…09 Jun 2022HANSARDNHS Dental ServicesMy Lords, I declare my interest as chair of the General Dental Council. The noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, has correctly highlighted the importance of the negotiations on the…24 May 2022HANSARDRestoration and Renewal: Location of House of Lords ChamberMy Lords, the Minister has been admirably clear—as mud—about the constitutional position so far as this is concerned. I think that he accepted the point of the noble Lord, Lord…16 May 2022