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HANSARDGreat British Nuclear: Modular ReactorsMy Lords, there is a puzzle here. If the world acknowledges that SMRs and like designs can be built far more quickly than the larger-gigawatt traditional nuclear power stations,…02 Dec 2024HANSARDGreat British Nuclear: Modular ReactorsMy Lords—02 Dec 2024HANSARDCOP 29My Lords, the Minister made it clear that a number of targets appear to be floating around, as my noble friend touched on when he opened the discussion. Is the 2030 target…28 Nov 2024HANSARDTaipei Representative Office in the United KingdomMy Lords, the Chinese say that, if necessary, they will surround and besiege the island of Taiwan in three hours. That is their estimate and they have positioned forces to do it.…25 Nov 2024HANSARDG20 and COP 29 SummitsIt was a comprehensive Statement, but it included wording about “a 2035 target to reduce all greenhouse gas emissions by at least 81% on 1990 levels”. I know a clean energy…25 Nov 2024HANSARDJailing of Hong Kong Pro-democracy ActivistsMy Lords, I do not think that this is a party point at all. It all seems a bit defensive. Has not the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, got a point? We find all the time the Chinese trying…20 Nov 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I declare my interests in energy-related companies, institutions and organisations, as in the register. I join most heartily in the comments made on the maiden speech we…18 Nov 2024HANSARDRenewable Energy: CostsMy Lords, I declare interests, both for past energy issues—I was at one stage the Secretary of State—and as an adviser to Mitsubishi Electric, which is one of the biggest…14 Nov 2024HANSARDChagos IslandsMy Lords, as the noble Baroness’s brief will probably be telling her, the Chinese are taking an immensely close interest in what is happening in the Chagos Islands and Mauritius.…14 Nov 2024HANSARDRenewable Energy: CostsMy Lords, in a very interesting speech, the Minister said just now that, in the next few months—those were his words—some decisions will be made on the smaller end of modular…14 Nov 2024HANSARDAutumn Budget 2024My Lords, like others, I welcome the maiden speech of my noble friend Lord Booth-Smith. It had the additional quality of supreme brevity, which is always welcome in these debates.…11 Nov 2024HANSARDCommand Paper Safeguarding the UnionDoes the noble Baroness agree that, even since the publication of this report last January, there has been considerable and important new thinking on trade facilitation of all…06 Nov 2024HANSARDChina: Human Rights and SanctionsMy Lords, I am sure that it is right to raise where Chinese behaviour is deplorable and to challenge China robustly, but should we not seek to switch the emphasis to a less…29 Oct 2024HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, it is worth remembering that this debate we are having is probably going on in parliaments across the world, and in every single one of them there will be different…25 Oct 2024HANSARDUK-US Co-operation on Using Atomic Energy for Mutual DefenceMy Lords, I congratulate the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, on not only the skill with which he introduced this debate but his patience and skill in presiding over the…23 Oct 2024HANSARDEducation Sector: Equality of OpportunityCould this mission to promote equal opportunity in schools include much greater encouragement of teaching financial literacy in schools, in line with several ideas put forward by…17 Oct 2024HANSARDRelations with EuropeMy Lords, I join with others in welcoming the presence of the noble Baroness, Lady Hodge, and her wisdom and authority, which are well known and will greatly reinforce our…10 Oct 2024HANSARDCombat Air CapabilityMy Lords, I did not quite hear the question from the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, on Japan, but does the Minister agree that the huge Tempest deal with Italy and Japan is very much…10 Oct 2024HANSARDSomalilandMy Lords, are we sure that we have got this completely right? I remember 10 years ago at the Foreign Office having to give exactly the same answers about this as the Minister has…10 Oct 2024HANSARDStrategic Defence ReviewMy Lords, it is a first-class idea that we should have this opportunity for import from your Lordships, with all the enormous experience here, into the review before it happens,…09 Oct 2024