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HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]My Lords, I apologise that I was required in other meetings for much of the afternoon; I look forward to reading many of the contributions. I did have the pleasure of hearing my…21 Nov 2023HANSARDNear-earth SatellitesMy Lords, my noble friend will be aware that from 1 January we are rejoining the Copernicus Programme. The Sentinel system for Copernicus of near-earth orbiting satellites…13 Nov 2023HANSARDEuropean Court of Human RightsMy Lords, I declare an interest in that John Howell was my Parliamentary Private Secretary and remains a good friend. Does my noble and learned friend agree that his nomination is…25 Oct 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I briefly intervene on this group to make two points, one on Motion F1 and one on Motion J1. I am prompted on Motion F1 by what the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, was asking…23 Oct 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I apologise for intervening before the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, has a chance to speak to Motion R1, but I have to disagree with my noble friend on this occasion.…23 Oct 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI apologise for interrupting the noble Baroness, but surely we discovered from the documentation that came with the statutory instrument last week that after the increase in fees,…23 Oct 2023HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I shall speak briefly on the Motion to approve this regulation. I welcome it and support it. I remind the House of my registered interest as chair of the Cambridgeshire…17 Oct 2023HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023Is it not to do with the removal of the “free go”, which I think is worth about £25 million in itself? However, the other changes, not just the fee changes, are the reason.17 Oct 2023HANSARDLocal Authorities: BudgetsCan my noble friend say whether the Government have received any proposals from His Majesty’s loyal Opposition on where additional funding for local government is to be provided…19 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I thoroughly agree with my noble friend Lady Harding of Winscombe about this. But this is not a fire-and-forget piece of legislation; in the levelling-up part, it has…18 Sept 2023HANSARDElectronic Trade Documents Act 2023My Lords, in reading the Act, my noble friend will have realised that reliable systems for authenticating electric trade documents is one of the central operational issues. Will…14 Sept 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I will contribute on Amendments 4A and 4B in particular. As noble Lords will recall, the structure of Amendment 4A, as an amendment in lieu of the Commons Amendment 4,…11 Sept 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]Before we proceed further in relation to Clause 12, will my noble friend confirm that the procurement objectives in Clause 12 relate to covered procurement only—that is,…11 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI am most grateful to all noble Lords who participated in this rather important debate. From my point of view, in considering whether strategic policies should be distinguished…06 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Young and the noble Lord, Lord Best —he is also my noble friend in this context—for introducing Amendment 195 so very well. I want…06 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI know that we are on Report but in response to that, it is exactly the structure that we have seen before. Essentially, in the five-year period between one local plan and the…06 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill06 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, in view of the lateness of the hour, I know that noble Lords will forgive me if I do not attempt to respond to the debate on several issues. I thank my noble friend for…06 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I reiterate at the outset that I have a registered interest as chair of the Cambridgeshire Development Forum. Amendments 193 and 194 introduce this group. We are…06 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill06 Sept 2023