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HANSARDContracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025I am grateful to the noble Baroness for speaking in the way she did. I am a member of the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, which produced the report she referred to. I…23 Jun 2025HANSARDContracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025The alleged saving is compared with the current price, which is astonishingly high. It is a saving because the wholesale price of electricity all over is going down. The contracts…23 Jun 2025HANSARDGibraltarI agree with the noble Baroness. In fact, I agree with everything she has said, with one exception: she implied that negotiations started under Dominic Raab as Foreign Secretary.…17 Jun 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillThe core of the problem is that the learning centre is too cramped, small and poky. I do not think it should be underground, but the real problem is that it is too small to tell…11 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillIf I were to set our annual borders Bill debates to music, I would pick Stravinsky. It has become a rite of spring, with clashing discords from the Conservative Front Bench and…02 Jun 2025HANSARDGovernance of the Union (Constitution Committee Report)I have never been a member of the Constitution Committee; I have asked regularly to become a member and have regularly been rejected. It is my youth and exuberance, I think, that…28 Apr 2025HANSARDOne Hundred Year Partnership Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and UkraineMy Lords, I, too, thank the committee for its report and thank the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for his masterly introduction of it. I cannot live up to the advance billing that I was…22 Apr 2025HANSARDOne Hundred Year Partnership Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and UkraineIt is an investment in both liberty and the values in which we believe. It is also, if you want to look at it transactionally, an investment in a potentially strong economic…22 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel IndustryMy Lords, it is difficult—in fact, almost impossible—to appear more gracious than the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, but for once, I think I can. I thought it was extremely good…12 Apr 2025HANSARDUK Fishers: EU AgreementWill the Government remember the inshore fishermen, particularly the Scottish inshore fishermen, whose interest is rapid access to continental markets for their high-value…31 Mar 2025HANSARDUK Resettlement Scheme 2025It is obviously a bit early to say, but it is possible that positive developments in Syria, and possibly even in Sudan, may lead some who are here as asylum seekers to want to go…27 Mar 2025HANSARDConflict in GazaCould the Minister address the question raised by the noble Lord, Lord Purvis? Do we believe that the ceasefire is saveable? It looks dead; is it dead? Can it be resurrected? As I…24 Mar 2025HANSARDLocal Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) Order 2025We need a sense of perspective. I am a member of the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, which drew this statutory instrument to the attention of the House, primarily…24 Mar 2025HANSARDG7The Statement said that the G7 was “united behind an inclusive political transition in Syria”. I am not quite sure how we can help to bring that about until we again have an…20 Mar 2025HANSARDVictory in Europe and Japan: 80th AnniversariesMy Lords, I agree with the need to involve allies. I would like to say a word about the need to involve former enemies as well. My uncle was shell-shocked and injured at Kohima.…20 Mar 2025HANSARDVictory in Europe and Japan: 80th AnniversariesMy Lords—20 Mar 2025HANSARDVictory in Europe and Japan: 80th AnniversariesMy Lords—20 Mar 2025HANSARDVictory in Europe and Japan: 80th AnniversariesMy Lords—20 Mar 2025HANSARDUnited Kingdom: Global PositionI welcome the noble Lord, Lord Pitkeathley, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Howell, and I follow in every sense what the noble Lords, Lord Howard and Lord Waldegrave, have just said.…13 Mar 2025HANSARDUkraineI warmly welcome the tone of the Leader of the Opposition Benches tonight, and what the noble Baroness, Lady May, said. The Prime Minister’s measured public tone deserves…04 Mar 2025