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HANSARDElectronic Trade Documents Bill [HL]I will say a few words on Clause 1. On a previous occasion, I drew attention to my interest as a vice-chair of the trade and investment all-party group, which is supported by the…20 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI think we largely agree on the role of government in determining what the missions and metrics should be, but can my noble friend explain why the principle applied to the…20 Feb 2023HANSARDRwanda: Memorandum of UnderstandingCan I press my noble friend on one point? Does he agree that the Government could have chosen to lay a memorandum of understanding under CRaG even if not required to do so, and…06 Feb 2023HANSARDRwanda: Memorandum of UnderstandingMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, on securing this debate and, indeed, on her persistence in doing so. I think the committee, of which I was then a member,…06 Feb 2023HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) BillWell, obviously, if we were in the course of further discussions through the Joint Committee arrangements on the free trade agreements to modify the agreements so as to reduce the…23 Jan 2023HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) BillMy Lords, three important issues arise from the limited number of amendments here, and I want to say something about each of them. I shall start with the last amendment, Amendment…23 Jan 2023HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) BillMy noble friend simply makes the point that the Government should implement the legislation that exists. We have no need to change the legislation to ban the import of hormone-fed…23 Jan 2023HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) BillMy Lords, it may be that I am not paying sufficiently close attention, but it struck me as rather odd that the starting point was a discussion of the advice that was given to the…23 Jan 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness. It was also a pleasure to listen to two excellent maiden speeches, not least that of my noble friend Lord Jackson of…17 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresMy Lords, one of the lessons we learned, sometimes very painfully, during the earlier stages of the pandemic was the importance of working with, and often through, local…10 Jan 2023HANSARDTrade (Australia and New Zealand) BillMy Lords, I am glad to follow my noble friend for these purposes, the noble Earl, Lord Sandwich, as we are fellow members of the International Agreements Committee. I ask noble…09 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Industrial Action: Government PreparationsMy noble friend referred to the NHS Pay Review Body. As Secretary of State, I thought it was rather important that I did not determine the pay of nurses, for example; the pay…13 Dec 2022HANSARDHealth Promotion Bill [HL]My Lords, I am glad to follow the noble Lord and to welcome his Bill, not only because I agree with its content but because it affords us an important opportunity to discuss how…02 Dec 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I am glad to follow the noble Lord, Lord Fox, who has asked some interesting questions to which I will be interested to hear the answers. I suspect the answer is that if…30 Nov 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]Anyway, I am on my feet not to try to answer the noble Lord’s question but to explain Amendment 167. Those present in Committee will recall that debate. There was some degree of…30 Nov 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I have no amendment in this group, but I want to refer to government Amendment 34. I entirely agree with the proposition that the Bill enables public procurement to be…28 Nov 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My noble friend used the important word “security” in relation to security contracts, but surely Clause 11 and the procurement objectives apply to security contracts that exceed…28 Nov 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend, not least because she referred to Amendment 169 in her helpful introduction to these amendments on utilities. Happily, we have…28 Nov 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I am glad to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Worthington. I signed her Amendment 42 and I thoroughly agree with it. Indeed, I agree with all the points she made,…28 Nov 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 46 does not in any sense pre-empt Amendment 47, since Amendment 47 adds specific text to the Bill relating to the Environment Act, the Climate Change Act, the…28 Nov 2022