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HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]Thank you.10 Jul 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]She is also under a misunderstanding. I was very proud to chair the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. If she had done her homework, she would have seen that I led the…10 Jul 2025HANSARDSubsidy Control (Subsidies and Schemes of Interest or Particular Interest) (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing these regulations. It was in January 2023, under the previous Conservative Government, that the UK subsidy control regime was…07 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to this amendment and, frankly, to express a degree of disbelief that such a proposal should have been made. With due respect to the noble Baroness, I do…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I shall speak to amendments 310, 311, 312 and 319. If I may start with Amendment 311, I stress that productivity is vital for growth. The Government’s own impact…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, this has been such an important debate. We have been throwing statistics around the Chamber as if they had just been invented. The very latest statistic that I have in…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillWe were subject to parliamentary scrutiny each and every day of the 18 years that we were in power. It was good that this accountability to Parliament was treasured by those in…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillIs that not exactly why we need to measure the impact? That is what this debate has been all about. The Minister has done my job for me, but he has not accepted any of the…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI have many, many—24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy noble friend is quite right. I was going to make a rejoinder by demonstrating that, with Margaret Thatcher assessing, when you proposed a piece of legislation, you had to make…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Palmer of Childs Hill and Lord Carter of Haslemere, for their amendments in this group. As the noble Lord, Lord Palmer, commented, it gives…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillIf this is the last time the Minister is going to speak, I should point out that he started off by telling us about the road map, which his noble friend promised we would see…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I rise to move Amendment 324A and to speak to Amendments 324B and 324C on behalf of my noble friend Lady Coffey; I will also speak to my opposition to Clause 151…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I welcome the opportunity to pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Norton of Louth. He is not only a great author and academic, but he is regarded as a world authority on…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her response to the concerns that I raised during this debate. However, I remain unconvinced by the Government’s justification for these…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill18 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 271ZZA, I will also speak to Amendments 274 and 278, standing in my name. Clause 91 requires the Secretary of State to set out a plan for enforcing…18 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, this has been a very significant debate, because I believe it is the first time I have heard from the Government Front Bench an acceptance that the Opposition will…18 Jun 2025