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HANSARDG7My Lords, the Minister struck a global approach when she was answering the questions earlier, which is quite right. Will she remind all those involved around her that it is not…20 Mar 2025HANSARDUkraine: UK PolicyMy Lords, I think we should listen quite carefully to some of the points that the noble Lord, Lord Skidelsky, made. I have some agreement with some of them, but I think he is…17 Mar 2025HANSARDUnited Kingdom: Global PositionMy Lords, I am grateful in advance to those who have kindly agreed to participate in this debate—at least, I hope I stay grateful when I hear them. I am especially looking forward…13 Mar 2025HANSARDUnited Kingdom: Global PositionMy Lords, I thank all who have spoken in this debate, including the Front Benches. It is, frankly, the kind of debate that one really needs to read rather than just pick up as it…13 Mar 2025HANSARDUnited Kingdom: Global PositionThat this House takes note of the United Kingdom’s global position.13 Mar 2025HANSARDUkraine (International Relations and Defence Committee Report)My Lords, I was not a member of this excellent committee, but I think that this is an absolutely admirable report that is amazingly timely, very important and, indeed, a wake-up…06 Mar 2025HANSARDUK Defence: Hypersonic MissilesWould the Minister agree that these hypersonic missiles are really the great-great grandchildren of the original V-2 after the Second World War—although obviously with far greater…03 Mar 2025HANSARDUK Defence: Hypersonic MissilesMy Lords—03 Mar 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I find the amendment extremely interesting. Perhaps I may just make a general point about the nature of such amendments and provisions outside this Bill. We see here a…25 Feb 2025HANSARDUS Steel Import TariffsMy Lords, the steel industry is paying much the highest electricity costs in the world, and unless we can get around that problem, we are not going to be selling steel anywhere.…13 Feb 2025HANSARDLondon Stock Exchange: Decline in UK FundsDoes the Minister know that Australian pension funds invest 80% in Australia? Thirty years ago in this country, it was 40%, and in earlier years it was 60% and 70%. It seems to me…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBritish CouncilMy Lords—13 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I have glad tidings for the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, regarding her concerns. There are between 23 million and 27 million homes in this country still using gas for…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI thank the noble Baroness for giving way. I do not want it to sound as though CCUS is the answer to everything, but surely the whole concept of carbon sinks, of trying to…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillThe Minister has been very clear, but at the moment it just still does not add up. At the moment about 6% of our electricity comes from nuclear—that is what it has shrunk to. We…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, the speech of the noble Baroness, Lady Liddell, was music to my ears. This really is the missing prince at the ball—the missing element in the whole strategy of reducing…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, as the noble Viscount, Lord Hanworth, pointed out, it is a bit odd if we think about it. Since we started on this Bill, the Prime Minister has been making some very…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChagos IslandsMy Lords, I am sure there are great complexities behind this issue which maybe we have not been fully briefed on. One curiosity is that the Chagos people do not feel great…06 Feb 2025HANSARDPension Fund ReliefsMy Lords, one way of making pension funds better able to support British industry would be to amalgamate many of the smaller ones and increase their efficiency. I think this idea…04 Feb 2025HANSARDFiscal Policy: Defence SpendingMy Lords, the Minister was speaking earlier this afternoon with perspicacity about the changing nature of warfare. Does he agree that when we talk of defence expenditure, we are…03 Feb 2025