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HANSARDRoyal Albert Hall Bill [HL]My Lords, I know the House is anxious to get on, so I will be pretty quick. It is normally good manners to namecheck your supporters. I hope that those who have spoken in support…29 Jan 2025HANSARDRoyal Albert Hall Bill [HL]29 Jan 2025HANSARDListed Investment Companies (Classification etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall say a word in support of the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, before we wave this Bill goodbye. The investment trust movement is a proven success story in this…13 Dec 2024HANSARDRule of LawMy Lords, I have been listening to some very high-level exchanges, including two extremely distinguished maiden speeches. I am one of the minority of non-lawyers participating in…26 Nov 2024HANSARDListed Investment Companies (Classification etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, the hour is late and the sun is setting. The umpire wishes to remove the bails and draw the stumps and then we can all go home, so I will be very brief indeed. I do not…15 Nov 2024HANSARDRoyal Albert Hall Bill [HL]My Lords, I had the pleasure of sitting and watching the noble Baroness’s committee in action over a lengthy period, and perhaps I may take up the story. I was not a member of the…10 Sept 2024HANSARDSpending Commitments to Local CouncilsMy Lords, what plans do the Government have to update the council tax bandings? They were last reviewed in 1991 so are now virtually meaningless.22 Jul 2024HANSARDKing’s Speech (4th Day)My Lords, I add my congratulations to the debutants on the Front and Back Benches on the series of very impressive maiden speeches we have heard today. I also do not want to fail…22 Jul 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I added my name to Amendments 138A, 143 and 144 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett. These amendments are concerned with DPPs—with people who have been…21 May 2024HANSARDUkraine: Small BoatsMy Lords, assuming that the seized boats are not going to Ukraine, could my noble friend tell the House how quickly they are destroyed?01 May 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I am sorry if I was not clear. I think I have spent some time discussing the issue of risk assessment and the way the risk is being weighed by various parties, various…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I want to say a few words after the bravura performances from the noble Lords, Lord Anderson of Ipswich and Lord Carlile of Berriew. I take a slightly different view.…22 Apr 2024HANSARDCredit Card InvoicesMy Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend for that Answer, and also for allowing me to brief her on what I felt was the problem, but I am afraid her Answer does not satisfy…26 Mar 2024HANSARDCredit Card InvoicesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have, if any, to require credit card issuers to provide a full description of goods or services provided on their customer invoices.26 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I wonder whether I could detain the Committee for one minute on Amendments 156 and 157. The background to this is my time as chairman of the Secondary Legislation…12 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 155 in this group. The principles behind and the purposes of the amendments we have been discussing have already been well forked over,…12 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I have Amendment 63 in this group, which is an updated and slightly amended version of Amendment 89A that I tabled in Committee. As the title of the proposed new clause…11 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI too enjoyed the vintage, bravura performance from the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, but let me move from the high constitutional principle to the practical implication of what he is…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I add my tribute to those already paid to Lord Cormack. My particular knowledge of him is that, when I was briefly a Member of the other place, my constituency abutted…04 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI could not disagree with that. I suspect that there are a whole host of issues behind habitual offending which we need to think about, of which drug addiction is one. People…31 Jan 2024