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HANSARDIndependent Water CommissionI know that the noble Baroness has taken a long interest in SUDS, and I want to reassure her and the House that the Government are strongly committed to improving the…12 Jan 2026HANSARDIndependent Water CommissionWhen we are delivering a once-in-a-generation reset of a system that has not been touched in, frankly, decades—in the last 14 years of the last Government—it is important that we…12 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for these amendments and for the probing and helpful debate that we have had on this group. I turn first to Amendment 7 in the name of my…12 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI could not have put it better myself. We have to be careful in regarding ESG as fashionable politics, inserting itself into a fashionable investment space. We have to be careful…12 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I, too, thank the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, for tabling these amendments. I cannot speak on behalf of the whole Committee, but I would say that it is most people’s…12 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI thank the noble Baroness for that intervention and clarification. I do not want to comment specifically on whether the scale of that investment would be market moving; I do not…12 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillThe backstop power relates to our earlier discussion on previous amendments. It would be used in extremis. The problem is that the noble Baroness is asking me to conject on what…12 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI am not sure whether I can provide much more clarity than I have done so far, so I would be very happy to write to the noble Baroness to spell that out. I realise that I have not…12 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, this Government are deeply concerned by the devastating impact online fraud can have on individual victims, both financially and emotionally. I am grateful to the noble…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI do not want to commit to any particular timescale. It probably ill behoves me to do so, but I will point out that, having published our response to the call for evidence a…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for speaking in this debate and raising these important issues. Turning first to Amendment 357, moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Doocey, I can…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Davies, for explaining the purpose of this amendment. He is right to highlight the importance of the issue that it raises. The Met…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI thank all noble Lords for speaking in this short but important debate, and raising these important issues. As we are discussing rail issues, I should first draw noble Lords’…07 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I beg to move that the House do now adjourn and, in doing so, wish everyone in the House, and all those working in the House, chag sameach, a very happy Christmas, a…18 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillAgain, I say to the noble Lord that I will make some progress and then he may come back at me again before I finally sit down. The fundamental purpose of the new offences is to…17 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI do not disagree with the proposition that the noble Lord makes. Of course, we are Parliament, but I suggest that we should legislate in a slightly more deliberative way than…17 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am certainly happy to defer to the noble Viscount’s legal experience and expertise. It is worth the Committee noting that distinction and I am grateful to him for making that…17 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillTo be clear, I was talking about evidence of causality rather than necessarily data on incidents. Let me make some progress, and maybe the noble Lord will be a little mollified by…17 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillIn response to the noble Viscount, and perhaps anticipating what the noble Lord, Lord Shinkwin, will say, we are of course happy to do that. We have had a fair bit of engagement…17 Dec 2025HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls StrategyMy Lords, I think it is the turn of the Cross Benches.17 Dec 2025