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HANSARDEmergency Services NetworkMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper and draw attention to my interests in the register.24 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Secure MarshalsMy Lords, this is the latest flight of fantasy from No. 10, designed to distract attention from the manifold failures of the response to the coronavirus: the lockdown that came…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, the noble Lord has responded rather testily to a number of your Lordships in providing answers. In particular, he failed to answer the substantive question from my noble…10 Sept 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020My Lords, as ever, we are grateful to the Minister for introducing these regulations. They are, of course, an urgent measure and I do not disagree with their urgency, but what is…03 Sept 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020I would have finished in the time you took to make that intervention. If we saw this in some other jurisdiction we would say that it reeks of corruption, stinks of cronyism or, at…03 Sept 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) Regulations 2020My Lords, these regulations relate to Leicester, but they are a template for what will arise in other places; indeed, yesterday we had the news from Oldham. My first question to…29 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, the Bill effectively supersedes the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 and, as such, as I think the noble Lord, Lord Dobbs, is admitting, is an…27 Jul 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020My Lords, for us to move safely from lockdown, there must be effective testing, tracking and tracing. We are told today that the Government are abandoning self-testing…24 Jul 2020HANSARDIntelligence and Security Committee: Russia ReportThe Minister must understand that he does himself and the Government no favours by continuing to disrespect the House in the manner with which he answers—or fails to…22 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, this is a slightly strange group of amendments. We have talked about microbreweries and so on, but most of the debate has focused on Amendment 52 in the name of the…20 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Earl the Minister for bringing forward these amendments. No comment has yet been made in this discussion about Amendment 21, but I welcome the…20 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: PrisonersTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made towards the implementation of the recommendations in the report by the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody…16 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: PrisonersMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that reply. The IAP report said that early release was important to protect life. We were told that 4,000 prisoners would be released;…16 Jul 2020HANSARDIndependent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety ReviewWe have heard some of this before. Thirty-four years ago, I submitted to the then Secretary of State—now our Lord Speaker—a patients’ charter prepared by the association of CHCs,…15 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson. I wonder what she might have said had she mentioned the Government’s proposals on electric scooters in…13 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, I draw the attention of the House to my interests in the register and apologise to the Committee for not having been able to speak at Second Reading. I welcome and…13 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy lords, I have put my name to Amendments 15, 16 19, 22 and 23. The Bill allows applications for a pavement licence, and it says that they are deemed to have been approved if the…13 Jul 2020HANSARDPort Examination Codes of Practice and National Security Determinations Guidance Regulations 2020My Lords, I draw attention to my interests as set out in the register. The Government have responded to concerns raised in your Lordships’ House about the safeguards accorded to…10 Jul 2020HANSARDBanks: Internet Transfers of CashMy Lords, I declare my interests as chair of the independent reference group of the National Crime Agency. Suspicious activity reports are an essential tool in combating financial…09 Jul 2020HANSARDSentencing Bill [HL]My Lords, five years ago, the review I conducted for the then Minister for Prisons into the self-inflicted deaths of 87 young prisoners was published. I want to use—perhaps some…25 Jun 2020