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HANSARDEuropean UnionMy Lords, what role will the European Political Community, which is quite new, play in this new togetherness and reset?07 Oct 2024HANSARDElectronic Media: False InformationMy Lords, is not the reality that there has been a huge shift of global power in favour of the giant electronic platforms? I see that, for instance, the French have gone so far as…12 Sept 2024HANSARDLithium-ion Battery Safety Bill [HL]Forgive me for interrupting the noble Lord’s extremely interesting and important speech so early. Can I just ask at the outset whether this legislation proposal addresses the…06 Sept 2024HANSARDOnline Safety Legislation: Abuse on Social MediaMy Lords—05 Sept 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords: CompositionMy Lords, although the Minister is very good on these matters, she does not quite seem to understand that her party is dabbling with constitutional reform. Surely she, among many…05 Sept 2024HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, my concern is whether this project and the Bill fulfil the prime aim—the essential and vital aim—of keeping fresh the memory of the most satanic massacre in recorded…04 Sept 2024HANSARDGlobal Combat Air Programme International Government Organisation (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2024My Lords, I declare an interest as in the register. Behind this necessary and detailed order lies an enormous project, one of the biggest ever, which we are to undertake with…29 Jul 2024HANSARDCommonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will talk entirely about the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association part of the Bill. I declare my interest, having had a long-standing concern for and interest in all…29 Jul 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, the world is indeed, if not actually on fire, in a very dangerous state, as we have been reminded. Here, we have been told recently by those in authority that we must…25 Jul 2024HANSARDTempest Global Combat Air ProgrammeI declare my interests as in the register. Would the Minister agree that, recently, Japanese industry and its economy and the British economy have been getting on extremely well,…23 Jul 2024HANSARDRussia: SanctionsIt is of course true that the revenues for Russia from all fossil fuel exports are down considerably. However, against that, crude oil on the high seas is going up, for the simple…21 May 2024HANSARDArmed Forces: Land War ReadinessI apologise to the admiral; I am sure his time will come. Does my noble friend the Minister agree that the Government website details on our reserve situation are curiously…20 May 2024HANSARDArmed Forces: Land War ReadinessMy Lords—20 May 2024HANSARDCommonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as president of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Commonwealth. Like others, I am greatly looking forward to hearing the valedictory speech…17 May 2024HANSARDUkraine and GeorgiaMy Lords, the Russians clearly now have their eye on Kharkiv. The priority—that is, munitions—must be unwavering, despite the enormous amount we have already done and announced.…16 May 2024HANSARDElectricity: Cost-competitivenessMy Lords, following that last question, do the costs that the Minister gave include all the grid and system costs, as well as everything that has been referred to? Will the…16 May 2024HANSARDHome InsulationMy Lords, following on from that last question, my understanding is that, to have the all-electric, decarbonised, net-zero goal that we really want, we will have to produce and…14 May 2024HANSARDHydrogen EnergyMy Lords, my noble friend seems to have to answer every question on these matters these days, and he has another one coming. My understanding is that green hydrogen can be…14 May 2024HANSARDEnd of Custody Supervised Licence Scheme: ExtensionMy Lords, 50 years ago, when the prison population was about 40,000, some of us proposed radically—and, it was thought at the time, dangerously—that non-state or semi-state…13 May 2024HANSARDCarbon Budget Delivery Plan: High Court RulingMy Lords, is there not something a bit strange about this whole debate? I am sure that the High Court ruling was made correctly on the basis of all the evidence before it, but…08 May 2024