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HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020Balderdash. Twaddle. Gobbledygook. Piffle. Oops, I am sorry, my Lords, I misspoke. I do not want to talk about the content of this order but about its communication, or rather…06 Oct 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate and particularly those who have spoken twice. I will make one point. The Minister expressed her support for the…15 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, this is a pretty odd grouping, is it not? You have one amendment on the links between constituencies, one on Devon and Cornwall, and one on Wales. It would have been…15 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillThank you.15 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, Brecon and Radnorshire, let me count the ways I love thee. It was quite a tie to come up to the House to be able to present my case for the constituency in person this…15 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies Bill15 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillI will just, if I may, correct the Minister on a minor point. She listed among the Scottish Members present my noble friend Lord Grocott. As he was born in Watford, educated at…10 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, I was thrilled when in introducing this debate my noble friend Lord Hain thanked my noble friend Lord Grocott for participating as an Englishman but did not thank me.…10 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, I think the noble Lord, Lord True, had only just entered the House, in 2010, when we did the 2011 Bill late into the night, night after night. I do not know how that…10 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, first, I want to refute the calumny that I am participating in this debate only to go down in parliamentary history as one who was present at the first-ever hybrid Grand…08 Sept 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, I am amazed to hear that the noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, can do from north to south in the Brecon and Radnorshire constituency, where I live, in an hour and a half.…27 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Orchestras and Cultural VenuesMy Lords, the whole House will welcome the positive things said by the Minister about her department’s work, but if she puts herself in the shoes of working musicians—not working…01 Jul 2020HANSARDClimate ChangeMy Lords, I, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Browne, for bringing the report to us. It has certainly led to a fruitful debate. I was also grateful that he brought in two of the…06 Feb 2020HANSARDCairncross ReviewMy Lords, my favourite newspapers are the Racing Post and the Brecon and Radnor Express . How do I love thee, Brecon and Radnor ? Let me give an example. Not so long ago, there…06 Feb 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I entirely agree with the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth—it is not very often that I say that—on the importance of social care and many of the points he made on the subject.…09 Jan 2020HANSARDBrexitMy Lords, I rise in my place, but my heart is not here. My heart is with the hundreds of thousands of our fellow citizens currently marching through the streets of London in…19 Oct 2019HANSARDReview of Investigative and Scrutiny Committees (Liaison Committee Report)Madam Chair, my Lords, it is a sweet courtesy in this House to thank the mover of a Motion. I want to go beyond that in thanking the noble Lord, Lord McFall, and his colleagues…03 Oct 2019HANSARDCensus (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Bill [HL]My Lords, as one would expect, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, has made an extraordinarily powerful case. I really think that the Minister, as well as restating his case,…04 Jun 2019HANSARDBrexit: Movement of People in the Cultural Sector (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Black, I come at this topic from a music background. As he kindly mentioned, I was chair of the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance; I…15 May 2019HANSARDCensus (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am a facts geek. I chair the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Statistics with Kelvin Hopkins in the Commons and am vice-chair of Full Fact, the fact-checking charity,…13 May 2019