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HANSARDGreat British Nuclear: Modular ReactorsMy Lords, will my noble friend the Minister please consider how we might give good news to those sites in north-west Wales, principally the Wylfa plant in Ynys Môn—Anglesey—now…02 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords ReformMy Lords, the debate is the better for hearing the noble Baroness, Lady Sanderson. I thought the Leader of the House made a very well- judged and apposite speech. The villainous…12 Nov 2024HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryMy Lords, it is good to hear the compassionate remarks of the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge. I thank the Minister for her committed and comprehensive speech and wish her well in…15 Oct 2024HANSARDForeign Direct Investment to the UKMy Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Harrington, and it is always instructive to hear the noble Lord, Lord Bilimoria. I want to see more foreign direct investment and see it…10 Sept 2024HANSARDCarbon Dioxide Transport and Storage Revenue Support (Directions and Counterparty) Regulations 2024My Lords, I thank the Minister for his explanatory and informative remarks, for these regulations are complexities for the uninitiated in these deceptively thinly paged dual sets…13 May 2024HANSARDFinancial Services Act 2021 (Overseas Funds Regime and Recognition of Parts of Schemes) (Amendment and Modification) Regulations 2024My Lords, the Minister is clearly up to speed on these detailed matters, as I know my noble friend Lord Livermore is—but I am not. I recollect that, when I was in another place,…23 Jan 2024HANSARDLocal Government Finance Act 1988 (Prescription of Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers) (England) Regulations 2023My Lords, I thank the Minister for her helpful and brisk exposition, and I will not delay for mischief or malice these regulations that come to the Committee. It is the settled…23 Jan 2024HANSARDCivil Nuclear Road MapMy Lords, the Minister will know of the great contribution made to the generation of nuclear power by the plants of Trawsfynydd, in the magnificent landscape of old Meirionnydd,…15 Jan 2024HANSARDAviation (Consumers) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I thank the Minister for his competent and helpful introduction. Complex and dense though these regulations may be, I see no reason not to support them. To what degree…06 Dec 2023HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the always insightful noble Viscount, Lord Waverley. On rail, huge interest has been shown in north Wales in the Prime Minister’s conference…13 Nov 2023HANSARDMayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner Elections, Recall Petitions and Referendums (Ballot Secrecy, Candidates and Undue Influence) Regulations 2023The first referendum was lost; the second was won. In the Marcher area on Sundays, you would see thirsty men queuing for a bus from Wales to Chester.18 Oct 2023HANSARDMayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner Elections, Recall Petitions and Referendums (Ballot Secrecy, Candidates and Undue Influence) Regulations 2023My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Mott, for his helpful and detailed introduction. Paragraph 2.1 on page 1 of the Explanatory Memorandum reflects the complexities of modern…18 Oct 2023HANSARDDecarbonisationMy Lords, does the Minister acknowledge that, while we need green policies, there is a major problem concerning the British steel industry? Successive Governments have imposed…13 Jul 2023HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Electronic Collars) (England) Regulations 2023My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introduction. I acknowledge his confident sign- posting of where the regulation takes us. It is clearly a very welcome regulation; there are…13 Jun 2023HANSARDEuropean Structural and Investment Funds and the European Agricultural Guarantee FundMy Lords, will the Minister acknowledge that, in recent times, Wales has lost a great foundation industry, which was mining? It provided tens of thousands of jobs and created some…21 Mar 2023HANSARDMedical Devices and Blood Safety and Quality (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I thank the Minister for his concern and his introduction on the very important matter of blood. Much detail is given by the department in the papers that we have,…20 Mar 2023HANSARDMesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I thank the Minister for his thoughtful and succinct introduction. It is always instructive to hear the noble Lords, Lord Alton and Lord Wigley, with their committed and…06 Mar 2023HANSARDPensions Appeal Tribunals (Late Appeal) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for her incisive and always-informed remarks. At paragraph 7.3 of the Explanatory Memorandum, the word “consistent” is used. A consistent approach…17 Jan 2023HANSARDBereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for the context in which he placed the order, which was so persuasively itemised, and the department for the detail given in the Explanatory…17 Jan 2023HANSARDPensions Appeal Tribunals (Late Appeal) (Amendment) Regulations 2022I am grateful for the Minister’s remarks. I admire the way she does her business. I simply want to say that I rise often in this Committee as a point of principle, rather than to…17 Jan 2023