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HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, we come to a group that contains just one amendment in my name, Amendment 36, which touches on the issue of higher education. We will, at a later stage, deal with the…09 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, I can be brief. I do not think my noble friend really replied to Amendment 88, so I think that we will return to this on Report. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.09 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, the speed and scale of the vaccine rollout is indeed a remarkable achievement and reflects great credit to all involved. The House will have noted the publication this…04 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill02 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, I am particularly grateful that the Government agreed to group my amendment with their technical amendments, Amendments 12, 37 and 75. I do not propose to refer to…02 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, like other noble Lords, I spoke at Second Reading and referred to this question. Together with the noble Lord, Lord Truscott, I took the view that there were inherent…02 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, I am glad to follow the noble Lords, who presented a compelling case that mergers of companies should not be sought to be unwound after five years. However, that is not…02 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, we are grateful to my noble friend Lord Leigh of Hurley for his amendment, which is a helpful exploration of this issue. I rather enjoyed the way he introduced it as…02 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have participated in this short debate. It is quite helpful just to focus on the question of making a statement because, if one…02 Mar 2021HANSARDEducation Return and Awarding Qualifications in 2021My Lords, I should declare an interest, in that I have one child taking A-levels and one taking GCSEs this year. So far as they are concerned, I trust their teachers; I think they…01 Mar 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Motion A1 would insert Amendment 1D in lieu—it is on page 4 of the Marshalled List—which would do two things. It would require a debate on draft negotiating objectives in…23 Feb 2021HANSARDTrade BillI am grateful to my noble friend the Minister and to other colleagues who have spoken in this short debate. As the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, said, good will has…23 Feb 2021HANSARDTrade BillAt end insert “, and do propose Amendment 1D in lieu—23 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Surplus Vaccine DosesMy Lords, I join in applauding the Government’s leadership in its support for the COVAX facility, but does the Minister recognise that only today the World Health Organization’s…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccines DeploymentMy Lords, I want to ask my noble friend about the Moderna vaccine. I understand that we have 17 million doses on order, the first batches of which are likely to arrive in the…11 Feb 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, I am glad to have the opportunity to contribute to what is already an interesting debate. I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for his introduction because it…04 Feb 2021HANSARDTrade BillMoved by At end insert “and do propose Amendment 1B in lieu—02 Feb 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have participated in this debate, which illustrated the issues well. I am grateful in particular to my noble friend Lord Caithness…02 Feb 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, it is Groundhog Day and we are debating the Trade Bill. We have nearly concluded it, I hope, but it is in fact more than four years since we first debated the original…02 Feb 2021HANSARDSocial Care Funding (EAC Report)I am pleased to follow the noble Lord, Lord Campbell. It is an abject failure on the part of our political system that the reform of social care funding has not been achieved to…28 Jan 2021