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HANSARDPlanning 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 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will present five bases of rejection to the Bill. The first is the evolution of the Bill in the other place, which we can hardly call Parliament at its best. It was…19 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Swire’s application that these things should be buried. I am the director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation; that is not relevant to…01 Sept 2025HANSARDMigrants: Hotel AccommodationMy Lords, I have a pal who has a fairly good-grade job. Many months ahead, he had booked four-star accommodation two days a week at a well-known hotel chain. He had a phone call…01 Jul 2025HANSARDIndependent Sentencing ReviewMy Lords, I sat as a magistrate for some 10 years and remain on the supplemental list. I have to say that it is a grave mistake to take away the ability, as a norm, to give out…02 Jun 2025HANSARDProsthetics for AmputeesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that amputees receive appropriate prosthetics at an appropriate time.01 May 2025HANSARDProsthetics for AmputeesMy Lords, I have declarations to make. These are TASKA hands, and they are on long-term loan from Steeper Group. Similar, Steeper Group paid for me to attend a prosthetics…01 May 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: EmissionsMy Lords, the House will note my directorship of the Global Warming Policy Foundation. For the diminishing number of people who still believe that diminishing Britain’s 0.8% of…23 Apr 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill)My Lords, I have not to date spoken on this Bill, but there are couple of matters which need to be aired regarding the history of charity. I am a director of a charity, and my…26 Mar 2025HANSARDHeathrow Airport Closure: Resilience and SecurityMy Lords, it has become apparent over the last couple of days that Heathrow had submitted evidence to the environment committee of the House of Commons regarding the overrating of…26 Mar 2025HANSARDLicensed Oil and Gas Fields: EmissionsMy Lords, I declare that I will become the director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation from next month. Have the Government assessed the amount of lost investment, lost jobs,…11 Mar 2025HANSARDCovid Counter-Fraud CommissionerMy Lords, I wish the Government well in their counter-fraud investigations into Covid, because public money is of course of the utmost importance, but there is a clear and present…05 Feb 2025HANSARDUK–China Economic and Financial Strategy DialogueMy Lords, does the Minister have any discomfiture at all about his Government going to China and begging for investment and trade while many parliamentarians in this Palace remain…04 Feb 2025HANSARDListed Historic BuildingsMy Lords, I refer the House to my interests in the register. I was also the chairman of the All-Party Group on Listed Properties for many years, a body that I wish to get back up…14 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I refer the House to my registered interests. I am an employer. I admire the noble Lord, Lord Livermore, for his patience and stamina at these debates on tax matters—and…06 Jan 2025HANSARDMigration and Border SecurityMy Lords, much has been made of the Syrian situation by many noble Lords this afternoon. Does this not open up a question as to what the asylum rules are really there for? We do…10 Dec 2024HANSARDG20 and COP 29 SummitsMy Lords, my noble friend Lord True asked a couple of questions. I know that time was short, so I am sure that the noble Baroness will be grateful to be asked the questions once…25 Nov 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I am particularly grateful to be in this place and very lucky because, just over a year ago, my luck had sincerely run out. I have to give thanks to my dear wife, now…18 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsThank you, Mr Speaker. This is an emotional day for me, and if you will indulge me, I will say a few thanks, because a few are due. Apologies are due, actually, as I have caused…22 May 2024HANSARDDraft Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) Regulations 2023First time for everything.11 Sept 2023