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HANSARDAmazonMy Lords, I am delighted to hear the replies of my noble friend, and that the Government now recognise that the likes of Amazon and Google are not our friends. They are entities…12 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration Skills Charge (Amendment) Regulations 2020My Lords, I congratulate the Government on continuing this series of regulations, and I encourage them to go further when they next have a chance. Among the people coming in and…07 Oct 2020HANSARDLifetime Skills Guarantee and Post-16 EducationMy Lords, I congratulate the Government on this Statement and on the commitment it exemplified. Will my noble friend confirm that within this policy we will be supporting the…06 Oct 2020HANSARDNet Zero ReviewMy Lords, will the Government commit to creating an open, shared resource, with all the data, conclusions, research and arguments generated as part of the Net Zero Review, so that…01 Oct 2020HANSARDElectric Scooter Trials and Traffic Signs (Coronavirus) Regulations and General Directions 2020My Lords, I congratulate the Government on taking the initiative to regulate electric scooters. They have arrived. Even in Eastbourne, we have people zooming around on them. We…29 Sept 2020HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyMy Lords, I declare my interest as a patron of Safe Ground. Do the Government recognise the value that can be brought to the management of women in the justice system by…29 Sept 2020HANSARDEmergency Services NetworkMy Lords, it looks as if this system is going to come on stream just at a time when the rest of us are moving on from 4G to 5G. Would it not be a good idea to start working now on…24 Sept 2020HANSARDEducation: A-level ResultsMy Lords, will the Government conduct research into the extraordinarily large difference between predicted grades and actual grades at A-level, so that we can understand why…23 Sept 2020HANSARDDevolution in EnglandMy Lords, will my noble friend look at the proposals in the Policy Exchange document No More Tiers , which proposes that power should reside in communities such as the one I live…22 Sept 2020HANSARDExaminations: A-level and GCSEMy Lords, I declare an interest, as my younger daughter will be taking A-levels next year. There is an extraordinary disconnect between predicted and actual A-level results. This…15 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend the Minister for his responses to my amendments in Committee, and for his kind words in the last group. I am equally grateful to…15 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I encourage the Government to be completely open with the data and research regarding this epidemic and to put it all on the GOV.UK website. When we opened up the data…10 Sept 2020HANSARDScience Research Funding in Universities (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Patel, and his committee on an excellent report, to which I would like to add some side notes about the importance of keeping a…09 Sept 2020HANSARDEU Trade AgreementMy Lords, was it ever envisaged that all goods passing from Great Britain to Northern Ireland should be subject to tariffs? Would that not undermine political agreement in…08 Sept 2020HANSARDSmall and Medium-sized Enterprises: Public Procurement ContractsMy Lords, could my noble friend please tell me what departments are doing to make sure that SMEs can get on the preferred list of companies—where departments use this—and that the…07 Sept 2020HANSARDSchools and Colleges: Qualification Results and Full OpeningMy Lords, I declare my interest as editor of the Good Schools Guide . We review tutoring companies, and private tutoring has been one of the great successes of independent…02 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I support what the noble Earl, Lord Devon, said about less than five years being far too short for average farm tenancies if we are to succeed with a comprehensive…21 Jul 2020HANSARDEmployment: Young PeopleMy Lords, when I come across organisations which believe that they can help with the Government’s efforts to provide careers support and guidance to those affected by Covid,…20 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 132 in my name. These plans are the fundamental basis for planning farming in this country. It is really not acceptable that the Government…16 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I apologise to the Minister if I did not hear her answer correctly, but I did not detect an answer to my Amendment 132. Surely it is not acceptable for the Government to…16 Jul 2020