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HANSARDFarming and Food ProductionMy Lords, does my noble friend the Minister acknowledge the very real contribution to the farming industry of the upland farmers, not least cefn gwlad in the lovely land of Wales,…10 Jun 2026HANSARDSteel SectorMy Lord, can my noble friend the Minister indicate what further helpful measures there may be for this beleaguered industry in terms of energy costs? Green taxes, which are…23 Apr 2026HANSARDUK Steel StrategyI ask, for Wales, if the Minister can help.23 Mar 2026HANSARDUK Steel StrategyMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her Statement, delivered persuasively and helpfully. What good news might be given for the steelworkers of Wales? We once had a mighty industry,…23 Mar 2026HANSARDWarm Home Discount (England and Wales) Regulations 2026My Lords, it is always instructive to follow the noble Baroness. I thank the Minister for his shrewd analytical introduction and his insight. Tangentially, for me, it conjured up…23 Mar 2026HANSARDWarm Home Discount (England and Wales) Regulations 2026Did I hear the Minister answer the question on paragraph 5.3 of the Explanatory Memorandum about automated data matching and privacy?23 Mar 2026HANSARDWarm Home Discount (England and Wales) Regulations 2026Shall there be an answer to the question about paragraph 5.3 of the Explanatory Memorandum? I am not sure I heard my noble friend answer that.23 Mar 2026HANSARDIndustrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2026My Lords, I thank my noble friend for her helpful and informative remarks. Skills and training are crucial for Britain, struggling to keep her place in a very competitive global…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2026I thank the Minister for her masterly summation of these most welcome regulations, yet again—some of us here are the usual suspects in debate—for having some little insight as to…02 Mar 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Prudential Regulation of Credit Institutions) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025My Lords, surely these instruments must be welcomed, and surely we all want a smarter regulatory framework. I thank the Minister for his helpful and concise outlining of the…08 Dec 2025HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Communications Data) (Relevant Public Authorities and Designated Senior Officers) Regulations 2025My Lords, I thank the Minister for his informed and expert introduction to these timely regulations. When he and I were serving in another place, we were contiguous neighbours; I…01 Jul 2025HANSARDFair Dealing Obligations (Pigs) Regulations 2025My Lords, it is always instructive to follow the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh. I thank the Minister for her persuasive, well-informed introduction. I do not quite know how George…12 May 2025HANSARDWhiplash Injury (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, it is good to follow the noble Lord, Lord Marks, and his committed statement. I thank the Minister for his helpful and thoughtful introduction. I rise on the principle…06 May 2025HANSARDLegal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Legal Aid: Domestic Abuse) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025My Lords, time is of the essence, so I will be brief. I thank the Minister for his compassionate introduction. He has been so good as to indicate, unasked and informatively, where…06 May 2025HANSARDLegal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Legal Aid: Domestic Abuse) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025I thank the Minister for his geographic exactitude. When I think upon the names he mentioned, not much of north Wales is left out.06 May 2025HANSARDLicensing Act 2003 (Victory in Europe Day Licensing Hours) Order 2025My Lords, I thank the Minister for his helpful and instructive introduction and wish well the aims of this order. Saturday’s great London parade ending at the palace was a…06 May 2025HANSARDNational Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, it is instructive to follow the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, who has a professorial exactitude that excites considerable interest in someone such as me. I thank the Minister…17 Mar 2025HANSARDPneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, I thank the Minister for her introductory exposition of these regulations, which one can only support wholeheartedly. There could be no more caring and compassionate…03 Mar 2025HANSARDRegistrar (Identity Verification and Authorised Corporate Service Providers) Regulations 2024My Lords, I rise on the principle that the Executive should be accountable. I shall be brief. I thank the Minister for shedding some light on these dense and complicated…13 Jan 2025HANSARDRecognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) (Extension to Switzerland etc.) Regulations 2024My Lords, I thank the Minister for his informative remarks, made in the most clear and precise tones imaginable. I acknowledge also my appreciation of the manner in which these…17 Dec 2024