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HANSARDStorm Bert: National PreparednessMy Lords, I refer to my interest as chair of the National Preparedness Commission. Given the need to mitigate surface water problems in all sorts of areas, what consideration is…28 Nov 2024HANSARDDrones: RAF BasesMy Lords, I think it is this side. I refer to my interests in the register as chair of the National Preparedness Commission. I too wanted to follow up the question from the noble…27 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS: Dentistry ProvisionMy Lords, I refer to my interests in the register as chair of the General Dental Council. I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for twice referring to the General Dental…25 Nov 2024HANSARDPolice ReformMy Lords, I refer to my policing interests in the register. Is it not the case that successive Governments have focused almost to the exclusion of all else on the question of…25 Nov 2024HANSARDG20 and COP 29 SummitsIs that an application to be ambassador?25 Nov 2024HANSARDSatellites: Adverse Effects on AstronomyMy Lords, I refer to my interests in the register as chair of the National Preparedness Commission. As an economy, we are increasingly reliant on positioning, navigation and…20 Nov 2024HANSARDPolice: Junior Cadet SchemesMy Lords, first, I declare my interest in that it was—I think—54 years ago that I was a volunteer police cadet.11 Nov 2024HANSARDPolice: Junior Cadet SchemesI would be grateful if the Minister, in expressing his commitment both to volunteer police cadets but also to the voluntary roles of special constables, could consider whether…11 Nov 2024HANSARDDefence Policy: DeterrenceMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Trefgarne, for giving us the opportunity to debate this important issue. I will talk about deterrence in the broadest sense. In so…31 Oct 2024HANSARDUnaccompanied Migrant ChildrenMy Lords, in response to the question from the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, my noble friend talked about the special arrangements put in place for Kent. Is it not almost…30 Oct 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityMy Lords, I am very pleased to hear the Minister’s Statement and his emphasis that prison is about not just punishment or public safety but rehabilitation. When I did a lot of…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice: Firearms OfficersMy Lords, I refer to my policing interests in the register. Of course, it is appropriate in any case where lethal force is used by the police that it is properly looked at,…22 Oct 2024HANSARDUK Economy: Capital Gains TaxMy Lords, there seems to be hilarity on the Benches opposite every time my noble friend refers to the £22 billion black hole. Could he perhaps remind the House of the grotesque…09 Oct 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 ReportMy Lords, I refer to my interests in the register on preparedness and resilience. There are a lot of parallels between this report and the report that we debated last week on the…09 Sept 2024HANSARDEmergency Alert ServiceTo ask His Majesty’s Government how many alerts have been sent using the Emergency Alert service since the national test in April 2023; and when the next national test of the…05 Sept 2024HANSARDEmergency Alert ServiceMy Lords, in begging leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, I refer to my interest as chair of the National Preparedness Commission.05 Sept 2024HANSARDEmergency Alert ServiceMy Lords, I am grateful for that Answer. I am sure that a further national test would be useful, both because there were one or two problems identified first time round and…05 Sept 2024HANSARDEmergency Alert ServiceMy Lords, if I might come back, following on from the noble and gallant Lord’s question, can my noble friend give us some indication as to how quickly a localised emergency alert…05 Sept 2024HANSARDCovid-19 InquiryMy Lords, I am delighted that the Government have found time for us to debate this very important first report from the Covid-19 inquiry chaired by the noble and learned Baroness,…03 Sept 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Stevens, particularly for the very apt and interesting comparison that he concluded with. I declare my role as chair of…25 Jul 2024