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HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillI would like to assist the noble Lord, Lord Davies, on multiple employments. For an employer faced with an employee with multiple employments, which is not uncommon, it has no…24 Feb 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillMy Lords, I normally do not support measures that carve out certain sectors from others in the normal weft and weave of enterprises in the country, but I support this one,…24 Feb 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillMy Lords, I support a number of the amendments within this group. Obviously, the one that catches my eye the most is the one in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, which…24 Feb 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillIs the Minister’s understanding of the Bill that the £2,000 threshold will be in the entirety of a single employee or across each employment? At the moment, with NI regulations…24 Feb 2026HANSARDElectric Vehicles: TransitionMy Lords, I refer to my interests as the director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation. Figures show that UK car production has reduced to its lowest level since the 1950s, yet…11 Feb 2026HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillMy Lords, I am the director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, so the House might believe that I am immediately against all this sort of thing, but that would not actually…10 Feb 2026HANSARDGovernment Website: Registering a DeathMy Lords, perhaps I could bring to the House my recent experience. My father passed away on 21 December, which is, dare I say, a challenging time of year, given that the nation…10 Feb 2026HANSARDThink Tanks: FundingMy Lords, I am the director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation—one of those institutions that occupies an address in Tufton Street. I can declare most absolutely that the…04 Feb 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI apologise to the Committee for not being fully engaged today. I have appointments elsewhere, and my father’s funeral was yesterday. I remember during the Covid period Ministers…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThere is a big issue here. Other states around the world which have had assisted dying for some time have differences of view. In Oregon, which has had assisted dying since 1997,…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will speak for just a couple of seconds as I am very mindful of time. I support Amendments 24 and 458 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson. We have…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will just come back on that, if I may. I would also say that the wording in the amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, is insufficient, because it is…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, too often we have vague legislation that comes out of our Houses of Parliament, with phrases such as “shall have regard to”. I remember that the Speaker’s Counsel…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI raise a mirror to the noble and learned Lord regarding his comments in 2021 during the passage of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. His view was very clearly that…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, the debate on this matter this morning has been enlightening from all sides, with many with many distinctive speeches that will stay with me, including that of the noble…21 Nov 2025HANSARDSouth Western RailwayMy Lords, I am delighted that my noble friend Lord Strathcarron has opened up this debate about privatisation. I have been the first to admit that previous privatisation was on a…20 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I am in favour of the amendments from my noble friend Lady Coffey. This has been a fascinating debate about the issues that we have with the devolution settlements…14 Nov 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, it has been a fascinating debate, and I support the amendments in the names of the noble Lords, Lord Cameron and Lord Jackson. This is the type of debate that we need to…03 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I support these amendments in the names of my noble friend Lord Murray and others, which concern substituting the age of 21. I do so not because I think 21 is the…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Jamieson was quicker to his feet than I was. I will make a few comments on Amendment 87F, standing in the name of my noble friend Lady Coffey. I…22 Oct 2025