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HANSARDElectric Vehicles: Impact on Household Energy BillsMy Lords, does my noble friend agree that if people will be spending 30 minutes charging their car, we would like them to do that where we would like them to be spending 30…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, may I press the Minister a bit further on the local nature of pollution, particularly air and water? To pick another example, phosphate in rivers can be a problem, but…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am very grateful for the support that I have received from my noble friend Lord Caithness and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd. I am also mostly…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I beg to move Amendment 15. The targets the Government intend to set will impose substantial costs and obligations on us, one way or another. Any costs imposed on a…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am very grateful for the support I have received from my noble friend Lord Caithness, and the noble Lords, Lord Wigley and Lord Krebs. I remain concerned. Perhaps it…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, my two amendments in this group are Amendments 9 and 57. Amendment 9 adds “connecting people with nature” to the priority areas in Clause 1(3), and Amendment 57 looks at…21 Jun 2021HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyMy Lords, is it now government policy that the interests of a male prisoner who wishes to be housed on the female estate should, in making a decision on that request, have exactly…21 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for his responses to my amendments, but if he wants an example of how a connection with nature could be measured, he need not look…21 Jun 2021HANSARDHousing: New DevelopmentsMy Lords, do the Government recognise the importance of place-making when it comes to building homes; that we are making communities for people to live in, not just houses; and…17 Jun 2021HANSARDOfsted Review of Sexual Abuse in Schools and CollegesMy Lords, I declare my interest as editor of The Good Schools Guide . A good pastoral system is effective and open, particularly with regard to communication within the school, so…17 Jun 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare an interest as a council member of City & Guilds. I am very much looking forward to Committee. It has been a pretty challenging Second Reading so far and I am…15 Jun 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords: Remote Participation and Hybrid SittingsMy Lords, I unstintingly join in the thanks that this House has given to the staff who have looked after us so well during this pandemic, producing a system that has enabled us to…20 May 2021HANSARDBiomass Electricity Subsidies: DeforestationInstead of razing American forests would it not be a better use of our subsidies to stimulate the development of a coppice harvesting service in the southern UK? Coppiced…20 May 2021HANSARDTransport Decarbonisation StrategyMy Lords, will my noble friend consider giving local communities much greater freedom to experiment with low-speed zones, road closures and other measures which might really…19 May 2021HANSARDRight-to-Work Checks for UK NationalsMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for what has the feeling of being, perhaps, an encouraging Answer. The online verification of right to work during Covid has been a huge success…18 May 2021HANSARDRight-to-Work Checks for UK NationalsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to end online right-to-work checks for United Kingdom nationals.18 May 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I congratulate the Government on the gracious Speech and am proud to be a supporter of a Government in such good form. I have two suggestions for advantages that we…12 May 2021HANSARDBiodiversityMy Lords, I join my noble friend Lord Carrington and the noble Earl, Lord Devon, in emphasising education, which is where Professor Dasgupta ends his report. Education is the…28 Apr 2021