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HANSARDCarbon Dioxide Transport and Storage (Determination of Turnover for Penalties) Regulations 2024That the Grand Committee do consider the Carbon Dioxide Transport and Storage (Determination of Turnover for Penalties) Regulations 2024.28 Oct 2024HANSARDCarbon Dioxide Transport and Storage (Determination of Turnover for Penalties) Regulations 2024My Lords, these regulations, which were laid before the House on 30 July, are technical but, we believe, necessary. They are part of the implementation of the economic regulation…28 Oct 2024HANSARDClimate AgendaMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Lilley, for instituting a very interesting debate and to all noble Lords who have spoken in it. I welcome the noble Lord, Lord…24 Oct 2024HANSARDEV Strategy: (ECC Committee Report)My Lords, there has been a bit of chuntering so I should explain that the Clock was wrong; the noble Lord has not taken more than 15 minutes.16 Oct 2024HANSARDEV Strategy: (ECC Committee Report)My Lords, it is a great pleasure to respond to what has been an excellent debate. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, for her opening speech and the many members of the…16 Oct 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I will try to do better in the future.18 Jul 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, it is a great honour for me to open our six-day debate on the gracious Speech. I start by thanking my predecessor at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, the…18 Jul 2024HANSARDInflammatory Bowel DiseaseMy Lords, the Minister mentioned variation in care. He will be aware that over half a million people in the UK suffer from IBD and that the actual quality of care is very varied…20 May 2024HANSARDInflammatory Bowel DiseaseTo ask His Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to improve awareness of, and services for people with, inflammatory bowel disease.20 May 2024HANSARDNHS: Long-term SustainabilityMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Patel, for opening the debate, and very much welcome my noble friend Lady Ramsey on the occasion of her maiden speech. The…18 Apr 2024HANSARDMidwives: BullyingMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister. As he says, all NHS trusts have those robust policies. The problem is that they are not coming out into practice. This report describes…16 Apr 2024HANSARDMidwives: BullyingTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of bullying of students and newly qualified midwives in the NHS on (1) retention of staff, and (2) the…16 Apr 2024HANSARDStroke TreatmentMy Lords, to follow on from the encouraging intervention of the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, the Minister will know that, in 2010, London centralised hyperacute services into a…27 Mar 2024HANSARDSodium Valproate and Pelvic MeshMy Lords, can I remind the noble Lord that, of course, it was not a matter of months since this first recommendation came? The noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege, recommended a…25 Mar 2024HANSARDSexual and Reproductive HealthcareMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness on her contribution and fully endorse what she has to say. We clearly have a crisis in sexual and reproductive healthcare. I refer the…19 Mar 2024HANSARDExtremism Definition and Community EngagementMy Lords, I too believe that this is very important. Clearly it is right that the Government look fully at the risk of extremism. I worry about the definition and some potential…19 Mar 2024HANSARDWest Midlands Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024My Lords, the noble and learned Baroness has put an important question to the Minister, and I thank my noble friend Lord Bach for fighting on with this case with such…13 Mar 2024HANSARDPrioritising Early Childhood: Academy of Medical Sciences ReportTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the report of the Academy of Medical Sciences Prioritising early childhood to promote the nation’s health,…11 Mar 2024HANSARDPrioritising Early Childhood: Academy of Medical Sciences ReportMy Lords, I pay tribute to my noble friend Lord McAvoy, who was an incredible parliamentary servant in both Houses over many years. I thank the Minister, but he will be aware that…11 Mar 2024HANSARDSchools (Mental Health Professionals) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a great pleasure to wind up for the Opposition. I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Storey, that this has been an incredibly well-informed debate. We are all…01 Mar 2024