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HANSARDTata Steel: Port TalbotI thank the noble Lord for a point well made. The Welsh Government and the UK Government are working together on a transformational transition board. Forgive me for not having the…19 Sept 2023HANSARDTata Steel: Port TalbotAgain, I appreciate very much the questions on this extremely sensitive and complex area. It is not the Government who run Port Talbot steelworks or Tata Steel, so I am not able…19 Sept 2023HANSARDTata Steel: Port TalbotI am very grateful to the noble Lord for giving me an opportunity to repeat myself, because I thought that I was quite clear that I am not able, at the Dispatch Box, to make…19 Sept 2023HANSARDTata Steel: Port TalbotI thank the noble Lord for his questions. On the last point particularly, we are very aware of the need to ensure that our carbon border pricing mechanisms are properly…19 Sept 2023HANSARDTata Steel: Port TalbotMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord for his comments. I am afraid that I was not entirely clear on some of the points he made, but, as I understood it, he was looking…19 Sept 2023HANSARDTata Steel: Port TalbotI am very grateful to the noble Lord for his points. I think it would be very unfair to suggest that at any point the Government or myself—I would say this personally—are somehow…19 Sept 2023HANSARDTata Steel: Port TalbotI apologise. The noble Baroness, Lady Chapman, asked whether we would guarantee to make virgin steel strategically important. It is not my place at this Dispatch Box to make such…19 Sept 2023HANSARDTata Steel: Port TalbotApologies, my Lord. I think I have the opportunity now to respond to the two opening speeches and then I will answer questions one at a time, if I have the order correct. I…19 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThat this House do disagree with the Commons in their Amendment 23A and do propose Amendments 23B and 23C in lieu—11 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I shall also speak to Motions B, C, D and D1. I thank noble Lords for their extraordinarily high level of constructive input over the last few days as we have come to…11 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI am told that I should continue, and we will hear from my noble friend at a later stage—which I welcome and look forward to greatly. Motion B is a technical Motion that allows…11 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI thank noble Lords for their contributions, including the noble Baroness, Lady Blake, for her extremely helpful and supportive comments about the overall debate. In her…11 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 56 and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 56A, 56B and 56C in lieu.11 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 115, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 115A.11 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 117, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 117A.11 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI beg to move.11 Sept 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThat the Bill now be read a third time.04 Jul 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, following the expedited passage of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022, my noble friend Lord Callanan assured the devolved Governments that they…04 Jul 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill04 Jul 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I will now speak briefly to the government amendments, which deliver on the undertakings I made on Report, first in response to concerns raised about the robustness of…04 Jul 2023