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HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I very much welcome this Bill. As the chair of the cross-industry Enforcement Law Review Group, I will concentrate very much on Clause 34, which I and many others…28 Jan 2021HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Lists) (No. 2) BillMy Lords, I welcome both Bills. I completely support the noble Lord, Lord Thurlow, in what he said. When we are reforming the rating system, we absolutely need to follow the money…18 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Educational SettingsMy Lords, has the Department for Education established a working group to look at the opportunities for radical improvements to education and assessment that have been opened up…07 Jan 2021HANSARDAntique Firearms Regulations 2020My Lords, I congratulate the Government on the evidence base and proportionate response to the problems addressed in these regulations. I note that it implies a confidence in the…06 Jan 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I very much agree with what the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, said about the threat to disclose intimate images and with what the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin, said about…05 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020My Lords, I offer my unreserved congratulations to the Government, their scientists and the National Health Service on the signal success of getting to the point where the Oxford…30 Dec 2020HANSARDPublic Service Broadcasting OnlineMy Lords, I am absolutely delighted by the Minister’s answers. Does she share with me a sense that us all having access to a truthful public service broadcaster is an essential…09 Dec 2020HANSARDREACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I very much hope that, in rebuilding REACH to our own specifications, the Government will take advantage of all the innovation that has been taking place in the…08 Dec 2020HANSARDConvention on Biological DiversityMy Lords, the Ice Ages have left us with only 30-odd native trees of limited genetic variety, whereas a healthy temperate forest would have some 1,000 species. Does my noble…07 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionMy Lords, will my noble friend ask her ministry to make clear to the Treasury the damage done to UK business if HMRC does not tax international businesses effectively? About 10…03 Dec 2020HANSARDHigh Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) BillMy Lords, I am very lucky to be following my noble friend Lord Carrington because he said a great deal that I would have wished to say myself. A proper, healthy, temperate forest…30 Nov 2020HANSARDSpecial Educational NeedsDoes my noble friend agree that the enormous difference between local authorities in the rate of giving EHC plans, the huge variation in schools in the percentage of children…26 Nov 2020HANSARDCOP 26My Lords, as the original Question said, at the root of this there is a need to change our behaviours. Can the Minister tell me more about the Government’s plans to help us spend…18 Nov 2020HANSARDUN Convention on the Rights of the ChildMy Lords, since 1995, when more than 800 children gathered in the UK for the first United Nations pilgrims’ conference on the environment, the United Nations’ willingness to…16 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Lockdown: Economic SupportMy Lords, my noble friend the Minister will know that I have written to him about a local business that I am sure is not alone in that, since the beginning of lockdown, its…04 Nov 2020HANSARDQualificationsMy Lords, will my noble friend encourage the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education to be more supportive of qualifications embedded within apprenticeships, where…03 Nov 2020HANSARDEducation (Exemption from School and Further Education Institutions Inspections) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020My Lords, I declare my interest as editor of the Good Schools Guide . I congratulate the Government on their decision to bring forward this regulation. In a system with a lot of…29 Oct 2020HANSARDFree School MealsMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on holding to the principle that people should be responsible for looking after their own children. None the less, does she not recognise…27 Oct 2020HANSARDVAT Retail Export SchemeMy Lords, what research and monitoring will the Government undertake after 1 January so that they know what the effect of their decision has been? Does the Minister agree that…20 Oct 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) Regulations 2020My Lords, I am grateful to the Government for their efforts to reduce the spread of coronavirus and I am pleased to have avoided it myself so far. It has had a pretty severe…14 Oct 2020