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HANSARDDraft Statutory Guidance on the Meaning of “Significant Influence or Control”My Lords, I am also in football paradise because my club, Birmingham City, after 30 years actually has very decent owners. Seeing the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, reminds me that…02 Dec 2025HANSARDWest Midlands Police: Maccabi Tel Aviv FansMy Lords, this was a disgraceful decision. First, can the Minister tell me why it is going to take HMI five months to come back with a review? It cannot take that long. Secondly,…26 Nov 2025HANSARDWales: Further DevolutionDoes my noble friend agree that testimony to the working relationship between the UK Government and Wales is the decision about the SMR development at Wylfa, which is welcome and…25 Nov 2025HANSARDNHS: Wheelchair ServicesMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend, but does she recognise that the work by the Wheelchair Alliance and the All-Party Group for Wheelchairs Users would suggest that, if…24 Nov 2025HANSARDNHS: Wheelchair ServicesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the provision of wheelchair services by the NHS and social care authorities.24 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe Companion states that in Committee we are entitled to speak more than once, and I think it is more helpful to do it this way. I am the 11th amendment in this group that the…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I have a few amendments in this group. My Amendment 118 seeks to introduce “an independent financial review and background check on close relatives before eligibility…21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—21 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI thank the noble Lord for giving way, because he is clearly trying to be constructive in taking us forward. Is not the real problem that a Private Member’s Bill is just not…21 Nov 2025HANSARDDyscalculiaMy Lords, given the current pressures on SEND, I understand why the Government are wary of another classification and assessment, which would be very difficult to meet. I ask the…17 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillIn making that last point, does the noble Lord accept that, in essence, we need to be given more days in Committee so that we can go through this Bill in detail but do so in the…14 Nov 2025HANSARDAirport ExpansionMy Lords, rather than discouraging air travel, surely the aim of the Government should be to encourage sustainable aviation. Can my noble friend the Minister say a little more…11 Nov 2025HANSARDEnergy Market ReformsMy Lords, does my noble friend the Minister agree that, alongside decarbonisation, one way to reduce prices for many people would be to encourage them to use flexible electricity?…04 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will make a couple of comments. Clearly, my noble friend the Minister will no doubt say that this is outwith the intention and focus of this legislation. I sympathise…03 Nov 2025HANSARDOffshore Oil and Gas: Venting and FlaringMy Lords, on the issue of net zero and the North Sea, can my noble friend remind the party opposite that in the last period of their Government, the CBI showed that the green…28 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am sure my noble friend will respond to this interesting amendment by saying that there are some technical issues that the Government need to reflect upon, and that…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillDoes my noble friend recollect that we left an economy growing by 2%; they crashed it with their ludicrous austerity drive in 2010?27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI am very grateful to my noble friend. I say to the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, first, that the person to whom she referred has not in fact advised me on this amendment.…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I was at a conference yesterday, and the Telegraph reported on it. The headline is not my authorship.17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillIf my noble friend would let me correct a point, I did not mention bats at all; I mentioned my experience of Hinkley Point C, which is very different.17 Sept 2025