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HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillDoes that mean that my noble friend thinks that we should have trophy laws for domestic animals?12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy Lords, I think that is a very helpful intervention. There are some noble Lords who think this is the manifesto commitment; I do not think it is. This goes significantly wider…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI am grateful to my noble friend for giving way. The noble Lord opposite makes a very interesting point. What the Government are doing today is passing socialist legislation,…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy Lords, I support this amendment. We have been told that the motivations behind this Bill are the manifesto commitment and public opinion. I am not particularly enthusiastic…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillWell, it was lovely to have that domestic entertainment, but the point I was trying to make is that we should not be basing serious legislation on rather dubious public opinion…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy Lords, I want to make a comment about this and ask a question of my noble friend on the Front Bench. The noble Earl is quite right that we should differentiate. This is a…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillIf we are all making confessions, I was not in the House of Commons and I never had a letter, but I had a bomb delivered to me in this House from the very nice animal rights…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy Lords, I wonder if my noble friend would be so awfully kind as to give way? What she is saying is very interesting, of course, but she is talking about canned hunting in South…16 Jun 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy Lords, it is always a privilege, and a very exciting one, to follow my noble friend Lord Hannan. I never know where his speeches are going to take us, but they never…16 Jun 2023HANSARDHereditary Peers By-electionMy Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, rightly points out, this is a very strange way of selecting people. That is because it was designed by the Labour Party when it was in…19 Oct 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]I start by thanking my noble friend Lord Herbert for taking the trouble to move his amendment today and giving us an opportunity to say a few words in the dying moments of the…13 Dec 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL]My Lords—03 Dec 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL]My Lords, the ostensible purpose of the Bill is to dispense with what are called the ridiculous and embarrassing by-elections of hereditary Peers. If they are ridiculous, which is…03 Dec 2021HANSARDExports to AfricaMy Lords, that was a tour de force from my noble friend, and I follow it with trepidation. In the run-up to this debate, I read an excellent article in the Law Society Gazette…28 Oct 2021HANSARDProcedure and PrivilegesMy Lords, we are ostensibly debating the report of the Procedure and Privileges Committee. Three subjects are on the front page of that report. I do not think that any noble Lord…25 Oct 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: FCDO UpdateI add my voice to the thanks expressed around the House and across the country to officials in the various departments—the Foreign Office, the Ministry of Defence and the Home…07 Sept 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, Clause 2 sets out the manner in which the animal sentience committee reports. In particular, Clause 2(2) sets out “whether, or to what extent, the government is having,…20 Jul 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 59 in this group. Clause 5(2) gives the Secretary of State the power to bring any invertebrate of any description within the meaning of…20 Jul 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, my noble friend Lord Forsyth’s Amendment 2 addresses the likely conflict between the proposed animal sentience committee and the existing Animal Welfare Committee by…06 Jul 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend the Minister for answering my Amendment 12. I am not sure that there really is an answer to it. We spent an earlier part of…06 Jul 2021