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HANSARDEmployee Car Ownership SchemesMy Lords, I welcome the Minister to his role. I seem to remember that being Investment Minister is an important part of government. One of our triumphs was that we succeeded in…08 Dec 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI apologise for delaying the Committee. I was not having a cigar, as was suggested; I just got caught in the slow lane in the Lobby. I shall come briefly to a conclusion. I ask…17 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI rise to speak in favour of the first amendment, proposed by my noble friends, and against the second amendment: Amendment 180. On actors and their ability to smoke on set, in my…17 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I will speak to the amendments relating to penalties around advertising. As is often the case with legislation—many of us on this side were Government Ministers, too—the…17 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I will briefly follow my noble friend’s comments. We are in danger, with an understandable zealotry to extinguish all types of access to all types of tobacco-related…17 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I am sorry, but we will have to wait a few more moments for the noble Baroness’s excellent speech, which I know is coming filled with logic and reason. I want briefly to…13 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I support the amendments from my noble friends Lord Udny-Lister and Lord Lansley. I do not know whether any noble Lords in this Committee saw the news item, a few weeks…11 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I will speak in favour of this group of amendments, especially my noble friend Lord’s Lindsay’s excellent amendments— I commend him on his first-class speech to the…11 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillIt is a very interesting statistic that 2.4% of 14 to 16 year-olds have tried cigars in the last 30 days. That does not sound quite right; maybe it did not come out right. I would…11 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI shall speak to my Amendments 135A and 136A, as noble Lords would imagine. I will be brief. I hope these will meet a sympathetic ear from the Minister, who has oozed…11 Nov 2025HANSARDNational Insurance: PartnershipsMy Lords, I think there may be a misunderstanding about what LLP structures are. Will the Minister agree with me on the importance of these structures, which enable people to pool…10 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I feel pretty humbled by the debate so far and by the many people who wrote to me; I thank them for doing so. I feel certain that the nation is looking to us here today…12 Sept 2025HANSARDMerck Research SiteWould the Minister follow up my noble friend’s comment—11 Sept 2025HANSARDMerck Research SiteI am sorry, but I was actually in the doorway, coming in. I would be grateful if I could ask the question, if that is possible. My noble friend Lord Markham raised an important…11 Sept 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I apologise for not having spoken at Second Reading, although I have been watching this debate with great interest. As chairman of the Conservative Party, I am delighted…10 Jun 2025HANSARDAutumn Budget 2024I thought that noble Lords opposite would be pleased. I could go on. There are so many other areas where the Government have driven a dagger into our economy that if your…11 Nov 2024HANSARDAutumn Budget 2024My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this debate. I am very much looking forward to hearing the noble Lord, Lord Booth-Smith, make his maiden speech in this debate, and…11 Nov 2024HANSARDWhistleblowersMy Lords, this is not just a situation facing the private sector; the public sector also has significant issues of whistleblowing. This year the Secretary of State for Health and…28 Oct 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a great privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Fox. He was highly eloquent—although I feel he got slightly stuck on the Peterborough ring road towards the end of…08 Oct 2024HANSARDAfrica: Commercial Opportunities and ExportsMy Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Northover. Like everybody else, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Popat, on instigating this debate. We have had a…12 Sept 2024