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HANSARDChannel Tunnel Infrastructure: ReliabilityMy Lords, it is rather curious that we have a situation where many providers would like to join in and provide services to the continent through the tunnel. However, I am…06 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, before I make my few remarks, I also congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady White, on her most excellent maiden speech. I declare my interest as a trustee and a director…18 Dec 2025HANSARDTechnology Adoption ReviewMy Lords, it is really encouraging to hear in the report about AI adoption hubs set regionally around the country. I would like to ask the Minister about AI literacy, which is…15 Dec 2025HANSARDJudicial Appointments Commission (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, I hope not to detain the Committee for very long. I declare my interest as a solicitor of the senior courts of England and Wales—a professional qualification that fills…08 Dec 2025HANSARDData Adequacy Status: EU Data Protection StandardsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the European Commission’s decision of 24 June to extend the United Kingdom’s data adequacy status until 27…04 Dec 2025HANSARDData Adequacy Status: EU Data Protection StandardsMy Lords, I am very pleased with that reply from the Minister. What I am mostly concerned about is the loss of the provisions relating to law enforcement, particularly the…04 Dec 2025HANSARDGateway 3 New-build ApplicationsMy Lords, there are great concerns about the standards being applied in the building industry nowadays. We no longer have Walker Morris standards to guide us, but, having had many…03 Dec 2025HANSARDRoad Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, I know there are a lot of colleagues from Northern Ireland present. Before we hear the elaboration here, I would just like to get some clarification, if I may, from the…25 Nov 2025HANSARDRoad Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2025I apologise for interrupting the Minister. I am looking at the Explanatory Memorandum for these regulations. Let me just read out paragraph 5.12, which says: “Type approval…25 Nov 2025HANSARDRoad Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2025My apologies.25 Nov 2025HANSARDBroadcasting (Regional Programme-making and Original Productions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025This is important. If we simply talk about “regional” output, it could all be just in Hertfordshire, which would have no effect whatever on the north-east of England, Yorkshire,…18 Nov 2025HANSARDBroadcasting (Regional Programme-making and Original Productions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, in preparing for what will, in general, be a very short contribution—with one or two questions for the Minister —I went back to 1955 and the establishment of ITV in…18 Nov 2025HANSARDOverseas Musicians Touring in the UKMy Lords, while I very much welcome this initiative from the Government, and it is overdue in many respects post Brexit, I have some concerns about reports that appear to be…11 Nov 2025HANSARDYouth Mobility SchemeMy Lords, it is very encouraging to hear that the Government are moving forward with what is so important: bringing young people together, particularly around Europe. An event…29 Oct 2025HANSARDMBRRACE-UK Report 2025My Lords, there are considerable concerns in Leeds about the maternity services in the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, including that the investigations that are now beginning…23 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly. I cannot match the eloquence of other speakers, or the length of their speeches for that matter, but I want to support my noble friend Lady…20 Oct 2025HANSARDAviation Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, following on from my noble friend Lady Foster, I will touch on the second point she raised, because it is relevant. We have a situation where the CAA’s delegation and…15 Oct 2025HANSARDRefugee Family Reunion SchemeMy Lords, safe and legal routes have always included working with the United Nations on its various programmes. I had the honour of organising the Bosnian one in the 1990s.…14 Oct 2025HANSARDNational Health Service RegulationsMy Lords, there are concerns about the use of physician associates in many general practices. They are not of course doctors but are now on the front line of giving advice and…16 Sept 2025HANSARDHovercraft (Application of Enactments) (Amendment) Order 2025My Lords, I shall intervene reasonably briefly on this matter and, in doing so, I declare my interest not as someone who has captained or flown a hovercraft but as a holder of a…10 Sept 2025