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HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolMy Lords—28 Feb 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I did not speak on the previous group of amendments, but I endorse everything that my noble friend Lord Forsyth and the consensus of speakers said on that issue. I also…20 Feb 2023HANSARDProtocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: Supreme Court JudgmentMy Lords, up to half of all goods and produce exported across the border from Northern Ireland to the Republic are produced in Northern Ireland, and therefore cannot be validated…09 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the very witty speech from the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge. Whenever I negotiated laws in Brussels, my ministerial brief usually…06 Feb 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, this has been a fascinating and valuable debate, the highlight of which was obviously the agreement between my noble friend Lady Noakes and the noble Baroness, Lady…01 Feb 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill01 Feb 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I rise to address the amendments in this group standing in my name and those of my noble friends Lord Moylan, who is currently speaking on the Online Safety Bill, and…01 Feb 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I have good news for the noble Baroness, because those issues were covered in Shale Gas Extraction in the UK: A Review of Hydraulic Fracturing , produced by the Royal Society and…16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]What is the mechanism by which those babies are born with low health when they are near a well?16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I have not read the report, but I will read it. I have read similar reports, and almost all rely on the statistical phenomenon that random events are as likely to be bunched…16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I was touched by the concern expressed by the noble Baroness for giving people in the fossil fuel industry certainty about the future. I used to be an analyst in the City,…16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]Steel.16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]Would the noble Lord remind the Committee that that coal mine will not produce power—all the pledges that he has just talked about concern the use of coal to produce power—but…16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]Will the noble Baroness give way?16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I shall speak to Amendment 226 and say a few words about Amendment 223 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, and, by implication, Amendment 227 to which the noble…16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]So, had the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, got her amendment in first, the noble Lord would have signed it. It is interesting to know that the Liberal Democrats are against any new…16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]May I pursue the point? When I have made it and made my own case, I look forward to the noble Baroness demolishing it. We will continue to use gas, albeit in reducing amounts, for…16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]If that the best argument against the thesis I put forward, I know I am on strong ground. The noble Baroness says that we might end up with cheap fuel and the oil companies losing…16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I think that is a rather different set of arguments. My point is that we can approach net zero by reducing demand and let supply find its own level, with or without incentives.…16 Jan 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I begin by paying tribute to my noble friend Lord Lawson. As his researcher in my spare time before I entered Parliament, then his PPS for four years, then his Economic…10 Jan 2023