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HANSARDEuropean Union: TradeMy Lords, now that we have talked about the Second World War, it should remind us that the whole development of the EU, and the Common Market before it, was based on very close…30 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as an adviser to a company deeply involved in the energy transition, particularly in some of the switching station construction, which, obviously,…22 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I have one question, prompted by my noble friend’s proposed amendment, about a major solar-based renewable project that was mentioned in White Papers under the previous…22 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI had actually finished but I spoke repeatedly to the environment amendment. I mentioned it six or seven times. I am not sure what the noble Earl’s motive is. I thought that ought…22 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanMy Lords, I am sure the Minister has noted that the Statement he has given us has a certain flavour of the 1960s about it, with the talk of harnessing the “white heat” of…16 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanI will finish my sentence. Unless that is done, we will not get the necessary electricity to drive through this revolution. Obviously one welcomes it, but there are many snags…16 Jan 2025HANSARDRules-based International OrderMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Northover, on getting this subject before your Lordships yet again. As she said at the end of her speech, absolutely correctly,…16 Jan 2025HANSARDSub-Saharan Africa: Diplomatic RelationshipsMy Lords, is it not a slight pity that so far in this exchange there has been no mention of the Commonwealth network? There are 22 Commonwealth countries south of the Sahara. They…14 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I declare an interest, as in the register, in connection with energy-related companies. I will raise two questions on Amendments 59 and 65 in this bunch of amendments…13 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, it must be maddening for the Minister that a Bill specifically designed to exclude investment in the nuclear sector keeps on dragging back to the nuclear sector. This is…13 Jan 2025HANSARDPublic Finances: Borrowing CostsMy Lords, the Minister will be aware—at least, I hope he is—that global Governments’ debt at present is running at about $95 trillion. That is expected to rise to $130 trillion in…09 Jan 2025HANSARDMultilateral Free TradeMy Lords, can the Minister bring us up to date with the latest developments on the critical minerals negotiations between the US and the UK? When they began, they seemed to have a…06 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Trenchard’s amendment to Amendment 56. He knows a great deal about the oncoming revolution in civil nuclear power, which does not seem to…17 Dec 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I was going to stand aside from this debate early in the process because of the mountain of expertise that is building up on all sides of this Committee against many…17 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic ProductivityMy Lords, in the 1970s, we attracted enormous increases in productivity by also attracting vast quantities of Japanese inward investment, which saved our motor industry. Now,…05 Dec 2024HANSARDChagos Islands: UK-US Defence RelationshipMy Lords, the noble Baroness makes a great deal of sense. However, in informal contacts that I have had with Chinese officials and diplomats, they have shown enormous interest in…05 Dec 2024HANSARDNorth-west SyriaMy Lords, we need to remember that Bashar al-Assad has been kept in power by Russia to do all his dreadful, bloody work over 20 years or thereabouts. I am not quite sure where HTS…03 Dec 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I approach this amendment, and many others that are coming, broadly with sympathy and understanding about the enormous complexities of what we are dealing with.…03 Dec 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Noakes. We cannot let this clause float by with a nod of the head, because it omits vital developments—as our debates have done—in the…03 Dec 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I am sorry to interrupt again—the Minister has been very patient—but can we be very clear on what he just said? Is he saying that GBE can involve itself and will be…03 Dec 2024