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HANSARDPedicabs (London) Bill [HL]Frankly, I have no idea what our policy is on this subject, but I am personally in favour of charges being related to costs. The noble Lord, Lord Strathcarron, made some valid…11 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipI will follow up on the question from the noble Lord, Lord Cormack. Setting aside the arguments about the law and human rights and all that, the basic justification for this…07 Dec 2023HANSARDLatin AmericaMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Hooper, on obtaining this debate; the interval since the last one has been unacceptably long. In her career, both here and as a…07 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipMy Lords, I return to the Minister’s reply to my question about numbers, because they are important in the question of whether this will be an effective deterrent. His answer was…07 Dec 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023As an amendment to the motion in the name of Lord Davies of Gower, at end to insert “but that this House regrets that the draft Regulations contain policy detail that was not…06 Dec 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023My Lords, it is a great honour for me to speak to this Motion. It marks my return to the Labour Front Bench, which I am delighted by. Alas, I feel a very personal interest in this…06 Dec 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023My Lords, I will test the opinion of the House on the amendment standing in my name but, before that, I thank the Minister for his carefully considered reply. I did not agree with…06 Dec 2023HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, I first make it clear that the Opposition—the Labour Party—support the principle of this measure, although as we have seen in this debate, there is a wide-ranging set of…28 Nov 2023HANSARDBirmingham Highways Infrastructure Private Finance InitiativeWill the Minister urge the Treasury to give some thought to the bigger picture on this question? Here we have Birmingham, one of the largest cities in the country and the centre…28 Nov 2023HANSARDRail FaresDoes the Minister recognise that as long ago as 2019 the Government accepted that there was chaos in the present rail fare structures about which something had to be done? The…27 Nov 2023HANSARDAir Travel: Disabled PassengersMy Lords, it is a pleasure to see the noble Lord, Lord Gascoigne, in his place fulfilling his duties as a Government Whip, having so recently been introduced to the House. We look…23 Nov 2023HANSARDMopeds, Motorcycles and Powered Light Vehicle IndustryMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie of Downpatrick, for her intelligent introduction to this brief debate. I agree with many of the points that have been made by…23 Nov 2023HANSARDLevelling UpI am so glad to see the noble Baroness in her new place. Do the Government agree with the analysis of Andrew Haldane, the former chief economist of the Bank of England and now…22 Nov 2023HANSARDPedicabs (London) Bill [HL]My Lords, I also welcome the promotion of the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Gower, to a ministerial position at the Department for Transport. He has spent his whole life in public…22 Nov 2023HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, never in the last 40 years has there existed a bigger gap between the grim realities of our present national economic situation and the fantasy world that the…13 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael/GazaMy Lords, there have been fine speeches in this debate, introduced by the Minister so excellently—I was very sorry that I was a few minutes late to his speech. There is also a lot…24 Oct 2023HANSARDUK-EU Relationship (European Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, this is an admirable report and I agree with virtually all its recommendations. It is a fine swansong for the period of the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull, as chair of the…20 Sept 2023HANSARDArmed ForcesMy Lords, I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Soames, for his excellent starting point for this debate, which many of us on this side of the House would wholly agree with in…07 Sept 2023HANSARDEU ProgrammesI welcome this deal. despite the fact that it is very late and overblown. We are glad to have it. I was chair of Lancaster University for seven and a half years, and the Horizon…07 Sept 2023HANSARDNuclear EnergyMy Lords, I cannot compete with many of the speakers in this debate in their degree of expertise and knowledge on this subject. It has been more like an adult education seminar…07 Sept 2023