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HANSARDUkraine: Depleted UraniumMy Lords, we should be very grateful for the intervention from the Front Bench opposite. I strongly reinforce what my noble friend Lord Forsyth said about losing all sense of…30 Mar 2023HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) BillMy Lords, I offer my congratulations to the Minister for skilfully conducting the debates on this important Bill, which I think will lead to much greater things in our future. I…20 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget StatementMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Willetts. Like him, I was pleased to hear the maiden speech of the noble Baroness, Lady Moyo. I confess that I am a fan…16 Mar 2023HANSARDUK Car Production Since 2016My Lords, with growing Chinese competition in car manufacturing—in fact, China is dominating the EV market altogether—there are obviously even worse challenges to come. But would…14 Mar 2023HANSARDScottish Government: Ultra Vires ExpenditureMy Lords, I do not quite know how this Question got on to Scottish foreign policy. Will my noble friend bear in mind that although foreign policy is a reserved matter and not…09 Mar 2023HANSARDGreen InvestmentMy Lords, is this so-called Inflation Reduction Act not in fact an outright protectionist measure, very much pointing the wrong way for those of us who want freer trade worldwide?…07 Mar 2023HANSARDDomestic Heat Pumps: Budget UnderspendMy Lords, I declare an energy interest, as in the register. Further to this and the last Question, do the Government accept that, with their full commitment to future renewables,…28 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolMy Lords, I am a big admirer of Northern Ireland and its people, having served there for some years. Does my noble friend agree that those who argue that they now want Northern…28 Feb 2023HANSARDGeorgia: Imprisonment of Mikhail SaakashviliMy Lords, is this not really all about Russia trying to re-exert control in that area by using familiar methods of undermining stable government to do so? Is it not rather the…27 Feb 2023HANSARDRestoration and Renewal Programme BoardMy Lords, what should go in a museum is not the building but the methods by which we try to hold an enormous Executive to account. That requires a totally different approach…22 Feb 2023HANSARDCivil Service: Digital SkillsMy Lords, just to balance the argument on efficient digital government, we need to be quite careful, do we not, that we do not all end up, in communicating with officialdom,…20 Feb 2023HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, I am absolutely delighted to follow the maiden speech of my noble and long-standing friend Lord Soames, which contained much wisdom, as we have just heard. It was a very…09 Feb 2023HANSARDPrepayment Energy MetersMy Lords, there is a degree of urgency to lowering the price of gas so that the poorest people in greatest difficulty, with or without meters, can pay. It just so happens that the…08 Feb 2023HANSARDCost of Not Zero in 2022 (Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit Report)My Lords, I echo the words of the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, about the restoration of a department for energy, among other things. I declare an interest as once having been…08 Feb 2023HANSARDCarrier Strike GroupCould my noble friend arrange with his colleagues for us to have a full report of the lessons from the last carrier strike group deployment, which I think ended in December, in…06 Feb 2023HANSARDPolice Misconduct CasesMy Lords, it is now almost two and a half years since the Independent Office for Police Conduct found sufficient evidence for there to be a misconduct hearing. I see that the…06 Feb 2023HANSARDIMF Economic OutlookMy Lords, we ought to add a bit of balance to this discussion and note that the report ended with a comment that Britain was “on the right track”—not that we should place too much…31 Jan 2023HANSARDManufacturing Post BrexitWhen we look to supporting manufacturing industries, is not the immediate question what we are all going to do in the face of rising American protectionism and subsidies,…26 Jan 2023HANSARDWagner Group: Sanctions RegimeMy Lords, I am sure that my noble friend will appreciate the strength of feeling she has heard from the interventions so far. I think we are coming across our old friend…26 Jan 2023HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) BillMy Lords, I am going to focus on Amendment 5 as well, regarding the impact issue. I agree very much with the conclusion of the noble Lord, Lord Kerr, who has just spoken, but—I…23 Jan 2023