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HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I have Amendment 41A in this group. We discussed this issue in Committee. I said, “If the Government want to go down the route of keeping in Clause 16(5), why don’t they…15 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I am very uncertain how the wording of this amendment works. Is a regulation the whole package of regulations that is submitted to this House or each individual…15 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for replying to my amendments and for his offer of a meeting, which I will certainly accept when issued. The Government are missing some…11 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I also have a pair of amendments in this group. I am patron of a charity called JobsAware, which specialises in dealing with fraudulent job advertisements. It is an…11 May 2023HANSARDDirect Payments to Farmers (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2023My Lords, I have two short questions for my noble friend the Minister. First, will he really support what my noble friend Lord Caithness said and up the hand-holding? When I…28 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I very much hope that my noble friend will reflect. As he started his remarks, I was buoyed with confidence that the Government had taken on board the sheer difficulty…27 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I have not heard Amendments 191A and 191B extensively discussed; it is possible that I zoned out earlier. I have two points. First, proposed new subsection (5) in…22 Mar 2023HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, what the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, has just said emphasises the main point I wish to make: that this applies to students just as much as to academics. The…21 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, the Government are taking huge powers in the Bill to abolish EU legislation and are asking us to believe the promises they have made; for instance, on environmental law,…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I am much more a supporter of this bit of Bill than some, but even I am astonished by Clause 15(5), which seems to introduce uncertainty and immense delays in the…06 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I am sad that the Government have chosen not to address the points made by this Committee concerning democracy and the proper role of this House in reviewing…02 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I will give my noble friend the Minister a couple of thoughts to take away.28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillWe are in Committee, and anyone who wants to leave may leave, but I wish to speak. I will say two things. I recommend my Amendment 134A for the Minister’s attention, as a way to…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillIn the context of some of the arguments advanced by my noble friend, has he considered extending the principle embodied in Clause 15(5), which says that, in particular subject…23 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, to my mind, the missions are one of the crucial parts of the Bill and I want them to be effective. They are supposed to be targeted and measurable and have a clear…17 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I wonder whether rounds one to three of the green heat network fund are throwing some light on the potential for expansion in this sector. Are the Government viewing…19 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, my noble friend has been very helpful, but I am none the less fairly disappointed by the replies he has been able to give. To illustrate, I live in Eastbourne and, if…19 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I am delighted that my noble friend is so optimistic and shares the Climate Change Committee’s optimism about the future of heat networks. Will he therefore encourage…19 Dec 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, I am thoroughly with the spirit of this amendment. I have a child currently at university and I know that it is about not just the speaker, but the effect this has on…07 Dec 2022HANSARDNet-zero Emissions: Behaviour ChangeMy Lords, I too have the happy duty of being a member of the Environment and Climate Change Committee. I congratulate both my colleague on that committee, the right reverend…20 Oct 2022