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HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 14 in this group. I owe the Committee an apology for not adding an explanatory statement, but essentially this is a probing amendment. The…05 Mar 2020HANSARDFlood ResponseDoes the Minister not agree that a good place to start would be to have a simple, blanket moratorium on constructing houses and other sorts of buildings in areas proven to flood?…10 Feb 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL]My Lords, as a number of noble Lords have commented, it was my privilege and pleasure five years ago to chair the House of Lords committee on the workings of the Extradition Act…04 Feb 2020HANSARDDirect Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) BillMy Lords, like a number of other contributors to this debate, I must begin by declaring my interests in the register. I farm in Cumbria, both in the uplands and on the lower…29 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy Lords, Brexit is the end of an epoch. I sense a certain sense of solemnity hanging over the House this evening which I do not find here all that often. Tonight is of course a…13 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, like most Members of your Lordships’ House, I have a life away from here—in my case, as intimated in the register, 300 miles north in Cumbria. Being unable either to…09 Jan 2020HANSARDShared Rural NetworkMy Lords, I declare an interest as chairman of the Cumbrian local enterprise organisation, which probably contains a lot of tops of mountains. The area will probably be, according…28 Oct 2019HANSARDVocational Education and TrainingMy Lords, I rise to speak in the gap to make a short comment from my own perspective as chairman of the Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership and, as a result, a member of the…28 Oct 2019HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, my remarks this afternoon are based on those I was going to give the House in the debate last week on the report by the noble Lord, Lord Foster, on the rural economy.…17 Oct 2019HANSARDUpdate to ParliamentThe noble Baroness the Leader of the House said—and I paraphrase—that the Prime Minister disagreed with the decision of the Supreme Court. That being the case, it seems to me that…25 Sept 2019HANSARDDevolution: English CitiesMy Lords, like other speakers I begin by congratulating my noble friend on his report, not only for what he concludes but for the way in which he has described the journey he made…17 Jul 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillMy Lords, at the outset of my remarks I ought to explain to the House that I am president of the Ancient Monuments Society, one of the national amenity societies. Like the noble…08 Jul 2019HANSARDBoards of Public Bodies: RepresentationDoes the Minister think that people under 45 are young people?24 Jun 2019HANSARDBoards of Public Bodies: RepresentationMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow my Cumbrian neighbour, the noble Lord, Lord Judd. I must preface my remarks by saying that, according to analysis I carried out—on the…24 Jun 2019HANSARDRegulating in a Digital World (Communications Committee Report)My Lords, like other speakers, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Gilbert, and his committee on this useful report. I say at the outset that I am a director and trustee of Full…12 Jun 2019HANSARDBrexit: Movement of People in the Cultural Sector (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, this report, the Government’s response to it and the eloquent introduction by the noble Lord, Lord Jay, all focus on a significant aspect of the debate about Brexit…15 May 2019HANSARDFurther Developments in Discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European UnionMy Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register and I shall begin as the noble Lord, Lord Horam, did, with the proposition with which we can all concur: we are in a…11 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political DeclarationMy Lords, as ever, it is a pleasure to follow my Cumbrian neighbour and friend, the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, even though I do not imagine he would necessarily describe me as…14 Jan 2019