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HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, while I do not support every detail of Amendment 82 and tend to prefer Amendment 85, the amendment in the name of my noble friend Lord Cameron of Dillington makes a very…28 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott. I am going to speak about something a bit different and refer back to Amendment 41A, in the name of the…23 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Patel. I too wish to support all the amendments in this group, but I shall particularly mention Amendments 45 and 46, in…22 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I wish principally to support Amendments 12 and 31, in the name of my noble and right reverend friend Lord Harries of Pentregarth, which are about trees. Before I say…21 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Rooker. Words matter; so too does the meaning that we give to them. That is especially so where targets are being set…21 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]I am very grateful for that invitation but before I get to the amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, I support what the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, has said in…09 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 27, which is principally in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter of Kentish Town. There is a lot to be said in this particularly…09 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, the Minister assured the House earlier this afternoon that the autonomy of the regulators would be respected. I am sure we all take the Minister’s assurance at face…09 Jun 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure for a lawyer to follow a speech by an actuary. My concern is about the way the Bill will affect the legal profession in Scotland. I must declare an…25 May 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords: Remote Participation and Hybrid SittingsMy Lords, I start with some of the things which I believe have worked really well and should be on the list of things we should retain. Number one on my list is the listing of…20 May 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, there are two sentences in the gracious Speech on which I should like to comment. The first is: “Legislation will be introduced to … restore the balance of power between…18 May 2021HANSARDAbortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021My Lords, this is an emotional issue, but I wish to express my own concern about the constitutional implications of these regulations. To go back to the beginning, the legislation…28 Apr 2021HANSARDWhiplash Injury Regulations 2021My Lords, I spoke in favour of what is now Section 3 of the Civil Liability Act 2018 when it was before the House three years ago—and I have not changed my mind. It seemed to me…26 Apr 2021HANSARDConduct CommitteeMy Lords, I must begin by declaring an interest, although compared with some others it is a relatively insignificant one. When I left the Supreme Court in the summer of 2013 and…20 Apr 2021HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) BillMy Lords, it is my pleasant task, on behalf of these Benches, to thank the Minister for the gracious way in which he has conducted this Bill. We have had no Divisions. The Bill…20 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I understand that this may be quite a short debate, but I should like to say a few words by way of introduction, to explain again why I am unhappy with Clause 12. I…13 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this short debate, and especially to the Minister for her kind words and generous concession, which has solved…13 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I add my support to Amendment 1, to which I have put my name. As a former prosecutor, I do not think that the task it sets the prosecutor is likely to be all that…13 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I offer my support for this amendment for all the reasons given by my noble friend Lord Dannatt. I thought that it would be right for me as a lawyer to ask myself…13 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill13 Apr 2021