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HANSARDClimate Risk ModelsMy Lords, it is important to recognise what models do: they look at the real world in practice, try to explain it in theory, and then try to predict the future using past and,…25 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 36, 38, 39, 40 and 41. I have been trying to understand the reason for the current government position. One issue that I have thought about,…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI apologise—I should have maybe intervened earlier but I did not want to join the barrage, as it were. When my noble friend the Minister writes to us, as he inevitably will, I…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I have not put my name to these amendments but I want to speak in favour of Amendments 16, 17 and others in this group. After the first day of Committee, which I sat…24 Jan 2024HANSARDCare Home StaffingMy Lords, my noble friend the Minister mentioned the importance of a career structure to encourage people to work in the care sector. On the question from the noble Baroness, Lady…18 Jan 2024HANSARDHealth: RSV ImmunisationMy Lords, a number of noble Lords referred to the fact that there were disparities between different communities in the take-up of previous vaccines. My noble friend the Minister…17 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold ReformMy Lords, I am sure that many noble Lords are grateful to my noble friend the Minister for saying that the Government are still committed to commonhold. She keeps saying how…11 Jan 2024HANSARDNatWest: Account Terminations and Branch ClosuresMy noble friend the Minister has explained that, now the SI has been laid, customers in future will be told why their accounts have been closed. Those customers will then want to…10 Jan 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the previous speakers, including my noble friend the Minister, the other Front-Benchers and the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron. I start by…19 Dec 2023HANSARDLoot Boxes in Video GamesMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Winston, referred to research at Loughborough University that focused on a sample of children from five to 17. Is my noble friend aware of research…13 Dec 2023HANSARDFormer Afghan Special Forces: DeportationMy Lords, the Minister mentioned that it is important to follow guidelines to make sure that applicants fall within them. If there are applicants who do not fall within the…12 Dec 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Phasing Out Fossil FuelsI am sure my noble friend the Minister will agree that we cannot just stop fossil fuels at the moment if we want to have a modern, digital economy with high-speed electric rail.…06 Dec 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Lansley. I do not say this because he is next to me and might heckle me, but because of some of the distinctions he…05 Dec 2023HANSARDDisabled Air PassengersMy Lords, in answer to previous questions, my noble friend the Minister referred to a meeting that our noble friend Lady Vere had with the industry and others. Can he tell us…04 Dec 2023HANSARDResidential Leasehold for FlatsMy noble friend mentioned there were complications in extending freehold to leaseholders in flats. She does not have to answer everything right now, but I wonder whether she could…30 Nov 2023HANSARDBattery and Hydrogen-powered AircraftMy Lords, although hydrogen can be a green fuel, it is important that we focus more on green hydrogen, which is created by electrolysis using renewable energy, rather than blue or…30 Nov 2023HANSARDNutrition for Growth Summit 2024My Lords, to coincide with last year’s Commonwealth Games, there was also the Commonwealth food futures 2022 summit, to discuss exactly these issues. Can the Minister tell us what…29 Nov 2023HANSARDBiomass Strategy 2023: Cross Sectoral Sustainability FrameworkMy Lords, so far my noble friend the Minister has talked a lot about wood pellets and other things, but can he enlighten us on the Government’s strategy on third and fourth…15 Nov 2023HANSARDSchools: Food StandardsMy Lords, although it is obviously important that we inform pupils and their families about eating less sugar and having healthier diets generally, are my noble friend the…15 Nov 2023HANSARDCertificate of Sponsorship: Foreign Health and Care WorkersAttracting social care staff to the social care sector, whether from the United Kingdom or from abroad, is important. Where there are cases of exploitation what advice can the…13 Nov 2023