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22 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, Amendment 251A stands in my name. I draw the Committee’s attention to the interests I have disclosed in the register. I chair the operating company that runs London…10 Jun 2025HANSARDMetropolitan Police: CriminalityMy Lords, can the Minister tell us how many more criminal prosecutions are pending against serving Metropolitan Police officers?01 Feb 2023HANSARDSecondary Legislation Scrutiny CommitteeMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, in moving his Motion so ably, has spoken for all of us on the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee and I hope for…31 Jan 2023HANSARDDemocracy Denied (DPRRC Report)My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the speech of my noble friend Lord Hendy, and to hear the maiden speech of my noble friend Lord Prentis. I have been a member of the…12 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I want briefly to speak in support of my noble friends’ Amendments 8 and 9, which touch on some important issues that we ought to debate in this House. To their credit,…05 Sept 2022HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation etc.) (Revocation) (England) Regulations 2022My Lords, I have some sympathy with the arguments that the noble Baroness has just made, but I think this is probably not the time to have a general debate about the Government’s…17 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020My Lords, I hope that the measure we are discussing today will have the effect that the Minister and the Government intend—that it will limit the spread of the coronavirus in our…06 Oct 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendment 68. I put my name to it and raised the issue at Second Reading in the Chamber. We have had a long debate this afternoon, and I think…02 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I hear what the Minister is saying and am very grateful for the thoroughness with which he is responding to these issues, but will pension scheme members have any direct legal…02 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to my Amendments 23, 24, 25 and 26. It was clear at Second Reading and has been again today that most Members of your Lordships’ House accept the need for…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]24 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, the provisions in the Bill dealing with the authorisation of CDCs are based on the equivalent provisions of the 2015 Act. We all know that those provisions have not been…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her response but something is still not clear to me. She says that there is a continuing power on the Pensions Regulator’s part to vet…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.24 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]The noble Lord, Lord Vaux, has drawn attention to an important issue. The wording of Clause 15, which deals with communication requirements that the Pensions Regulator has to be…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I hear what the Minister says about prosecuting authorities but can he turn his remarks to the subject of why in those circumstances the Secretary of State should be considered a…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]Where will that be set out? If the Secretary of State will not prosecute in those circumstances, how will that be made clear?24 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Kirkhope, with whose remarks I am mostly in full agreement. This is a necessary Bill, and I am delighted that we…28 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 2, I shall speak also to Amendments 22 to 28. The withdrawal agreement requires the United Kingdom to establish a new independent body to monitor the…20 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill20 Jan 2020