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HANSARDWater Companies: Private OwnershipI thank the noble Baroness for her question and indeed her interest in this area and the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. I do not think anybody in your Lordships’ House would…29 Oct 2025HANSARDWater Companies: Private OwnershipI thank my noble friend for that question. I will have to write to her about whether that fine has been paid. We have been very clear through the Water (Special Measures) Act and…29 Oct 2025HANSARDWater Companies: Private OwnershipThe noble Lord will be aware there is a high bar for the use of a special administration regime but we have made our preparations and are ready for all eventualities, including…29 Oct 2025HANSARDWater Companies: Private OwnershipI can only repeat what I have already said. It is very simply the case that we are absolutely continuing the regime and approach of the previous Government, but we have done more.…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlant-based DietI am sure that I could fill up the whole of Question Time trying to address all those questions. I thank the noble Baroness for her interest and for the work that she undertook…28 Oct 2025HANSARDPlant-based DietMy Lords, we know that a diet based predominantly on fruit, vegetables and higher-fibre starchy foods but also containing some protein, such as beans, pulses, meat, fish or eggs,…28 Oct 2025HANSARDPlant-based DietI thank my noble friend for that question. As she suggests, the farming road map is part of a package of land-based strategies being published by Defra, which will include the…28 Oct 2025HANSARDPlant-based DietI thank the noble Lord for his question and his observations. Speaking personally, I find that we are eating far more of a varied diet at home, and indeed often plant-based and…28 Oct 2025HANSARDPlant-based DietThe important thing to say to the noble Earl is that it is about empowering people via the food strategy to have more and better options so that they can make better choices. That…28 Oct 2025HANSARDPlant-based DietI thank the noble Lord for his question. He is right: it is important that we are able to support not just bees but the bee farming industry to ensure that that is a sustainable…28 Oct 2025HANSARDPlant-based DietI thank my noble friend for that question. The Eatwell Guide , the UK’s dietary guidelines and, indeed, the EAT- Lancet diet have shared principles and a shared understanding of…28 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have participated in this short but worthwhile debate. I am particularly grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Davies of Gower and Lord…28 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI remind noble Lords that concluding speeches to press or withdraw an amendment should be brief and should not be subject to intervention. That is a normal courtesy of the House,…28 Oct 2025HANSARDPlant-based DietI thank the noble Baroness, but I point out that the UK’s dietary guidelines, as depicted in the Eatwell Guide , to which I referred in my Answer, already recommend a diet that is…28 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillTo be clear, I was not talking about schemes that were set up for specific groups of people in specific situations, such as those from Hong Kong, Ukraine or Afghanistan, which the…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Murray of Blidworth and Lord Faulks, for their Amendments 203F and 203G, which seek to introduce mandatory publication of immigration and…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMembers of the public or any interested parties can apply to have decisions of the First-tier Tribunal published, and it is the case that that can be decided by members of the…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Coussins, supported by the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, the noble Lord, Lord Hogan-Howe, and, to an extent, the noble Lords, Lord…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI thank the noble Lord. Indeed, that was what I was getting at. I am not entirely sure how easy or practical it is to make an assessment of the upgrade to professional services…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, this has been an extensive and wide-ranging debate—certainly for the last day in Committee. None the less, I shall try to address the major points raised in the debate…13 Oct 2025