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HANSARDHovercraft (Application of Enactments) (Amendment) Order 2025I am sorry to interrupt the Minister mid flow. He very kindly suggested that he would write to me. I know that the maritime regulations are narrow, as he said, in that, according…10 Sept 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillI am very pleased to support the noble Lord, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, and my name is on this amendment. I would just like to say to my noble friend Lord Davies that I was indeed…08 Sept 2025HANSARDCivil Service: InternsMy Lords, previous Government Ministers made a point of making sure that the diversity which has been referred to included moving Civil Service departments to different regions of…02 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumMy Lords, I declare an interest as a former Immigration Minister in this country and say that I sympathise with anybody who has to conduct the business of immigration,…02 Sept 2025HANSARDIndependent Water CommissionMy Lords—23 Jul 2025HANSARDIndependent Water CommissionMy Lords, I declare an interest as a former water company director—one involved in clean water only, not wastewater. In the speech made on Monday by the Secretary of State, he…23 Jul 2025HANSARDTax on Imports under £135My Lords, this imprecision is not helping. In answer to my noble friend Lord Bridges and the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, there was an attempt by the Minister to indicate what modest…14 Jul 2025HANSARDTransport Act 2000 (Air Traffic Services) (Prescribed Terms) Regulations 2025My Lords, in the new spirit in the House of declarations of interests, I declare mine at the outset. I do so as a private pilot, a former director of Newcastle airport and the…14 Jul 2025HANSARDPrisons: Mothers and BabiesMy Lords, there is a great difficulty here in that the penalties have to be applied equally to men and women despite their circumstances, which might be different. Is the Minister…07 Jul 2025HANSARDGrangemouth Oil Refinery Closure: Job LossesMy Lords, there is a certain irony in all this and in discussing net zero, because next door to the Grangemouth oil refinery is the Alexander Dennis bus company, which produces…03 Jul 2025HANSARDPlastic PollutionMy Lords, plastic pollution starts with packaging. Will the Minister therefore join me in commending the British retail sector, which has done so much, particularly recently, to…01 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning: Energy Efficiency and Fire SafetyMy Lords, the issue of sustainable energy concerns us all, particularly with the advent of a large number of applications for solar farms. Is the Minister aware that, on fire…23 Jun 2025HANSARDRivers and Estuaries: Derelict BoatsMy Lords, this is a very serious matter. I think of the history of the River Hull, for instance, where the dredging authorities, in order to keep the flows going and avoid…19 Jun 2025HANSARDOnline Abuse: Protection for ChildrenMy Lords, is the Minister not concerned that in present and projected legislation for online content the responsibility of those who provide the source of this material is out of…11 Jun 2025HANSARDParking (Code of Practice) Act 2019Oh dear. Following the success of my good friend the right honourable Sir Greg Knight in securing the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019, we still do not have an actual code in…04 Jun 2025HANSARDParking (Code of Practice) Act 2019To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in implementing a code of practice under the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019.04 Jun 2025HANSARDParking (Code of Practice) Act 2019In begging leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, I declare my interest as the legislator responsible for the Private Member’s Bill that became the…04 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, I speak on this Bill as someone who has spent much of my political life focused on home affairs, justice and border security, including as a former Immigration Minister…02 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Transport: Expansion and ElectrificationMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Hendy, very kindly joined me in congratulating the Harrogate Bus Company on its full electrification programme. I ask the Minister: what more can be…19 May 2025HANSARDBBC Sounds: Access from AbroadMy Lords, many of us in this House may just about be old enough to remember the shortwave broadcasts coming from Hungary in 1956 when it was invaded by the Russians. One of the…14 May 2025