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HANSARDDefence Policy (International Relations and Defence Committee Report)My Lords, it is an honour and a pleasure to be at the end of the Back-Bench contributions to this very important debate and to have listened to the extremely powerful speeches and…30 Jun 2023HANSARDUK Economy: Growth, Inflation and ProductivityMy Lords, we heard just now a very authoritative speech by my noble friend Lord Lamont about inflation, which, obviously, is much too high and is a real disease. I think…29 Jun 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillMy Lords, I, too, support this amendment, so powerfully moved by the noble Lord, Lord Faulks, and supported by the noble Lord, Lord Butler. I realise that behind the amendment is…26 Jun 2023HANSARDIndustrial StrategyMy Lords, does my noble friend agree that a key component of a successful industrial strategy and growth is massive investment, both from foreign sources, on the scale we used to…20 Jun 2023HANSARDUkraine: Ministry of Defence StrategyMy Lords, in any review of strategy will my noble friend and the whole Government bear in mind very carefully the role of China in this situation? China is of course a country…15 Jun 2023HANSARDClimate: Behaviour Change (Environment and Climate Change Committee Report)My Lords, this is a very interesting report about people’s motives and communications, from a very distinguished committee, which many of us have read with great interest. My only…07 Jun 2023HANSARDScottish Government: ExpenditureMy Lords, I acknowledge the death of Lord Morris KG, who was a remarkable Member of this House. Could it be that we are getting to the time when there is a need to revisit the…06 Jun 2023HANSARDG7 SummitMy Lords, many issues were covered in the G7 and in the Statement. Does my noble friend the Minister care to reflect on one of them, which is mentioned only briefly in the…24 May 2023HANSARDFormer Chief Constables: Gross MisconductMy Lords, behind all this is the question of Operation Conifer, in which the reputation of a former Prime Minister and statesman was deeply and horribly smeared by the lies of a…22 May 2023HANSARDHGVs: Charging and RefuellingMy Lords, can we pause and reflect for a moment on the implications of this situation? As has already been suggested, would not a fleet of HGVs all topping up with electricity add…22 May 2023HANSARDCOP 28Regardless of the status of whoever represents us at COP 28, will the Minister make sure that the Government understand and explain to the public that while we are getting on very…17 May 2023HANSARDUkraine: CeasefireMy Lords, has my noble friend noticed that the Chinese are seeking to play an increasingly active part in possible peacemaking in Ukraine? What is the Government’s view on that?15 May 2023HANSARDAutomotive Manufacturing Sector: SupportHas my noble friend noticed that Honda, which has given up manufacturing in this country, now proposes to import a low-cost EV made in China? Many are forecasting a tidal wave of…15 May 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillMy Lords, I strenuously support this amendment spoken to by my noble friend Lord Faulks, supported by my noble friend Lord Godson, and for two specific and extremely important…11 May 2023HANSARDForeign PolicyMy Lords, I feel privileged to speak in the concluding stages of this excellent debate. I am lucky to be here at all, because by some quirk or hiccup I got left off the speakers’…03 May 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Net Zero StrategyMy Lords, have the Government really taken on board, in pursuing this admirable goal of NZ, the absolutely colossal increase in electricity from renewable sources—presumably wind…03 May 2023HANSARDUkraineWill my noble friend use her influence to see whether, in future Ukraine Statements, we could learn a little more about the state of internal morale inside Russia in the face of…02 May 2023HANSARDSudanMy Lords, does my noble friend have anything in his brief he could share with us on the presence and role of the Russians in this situation? He has confirmed that it is already…26 Apr 2023HANSARDUK Undersea Infrastructure: Hostile ActivityMy Lords, if, as is reported in the newspapers today, the plan is now to turn the whole north Atlantic into one gigantic system of wind farms on an international basis, the effect…25 Apr 2023HANSARDAzerbaijan: Khojaly MassacreMy Lords, we must remember that Baku is one of the pivotal points of oil and gas transmission through central Asia. While oil and gas may be on the way out between now and 2050,…17 Apr 2023