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HANSARDFood Price Rises: Impact on Low-Income FamiliesMy Lords, does the Minister agree that the big problem is with processed food—the more processing, the higher the prices? Fresh food is another matter. The price of wheat this…25 May 2023HANSARDCorruptionMy Lords, can I remind my noble friend that there are in Hansard two Written Answers which list over 50 Home Office officials between 2005 and 2018 who were convicted of…26 Apr 2023HANSARDBus Industry SupportMy Lords, seeing as we are considering public money for buses, will the Government consider the case in urban areas for switching to lightweight trams, which last for 20 years…16 Mar 2023HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, I feel that this debate has begun to justify the generous tribute to your Lordships’ House paid by my noble friend Lord Soames in his powerful and memorable speech.…09 Feb 2023HANSARDManufacturing Post BrexitMy Lords, Britain has over the decades sadly lost its pre-eminent position in nuclear power. Has my noble friend noticed that Rolls-Royce has today announced a new nuclear academy…26 Jan 2023HANSARDManufacturing Post BrexitMy Lords—26 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, having not spoken at Second Reading, but having listened to the debate, I want to contribute one thought which I think follows rather well from what the noble Baroness,…16 Nov 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, does my noble friend agree that a just end to this wicked war will require the removal of Putin from power? This removal can come only from within Russia, but the date…01 Nov 2022HANSARDRoyal Navy: F35BMy Lords, does my noble friend agree that, as the present economic crisis was triggered, and indeed largely caused, by Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, additional military…08 Sept 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsMy Lords, President Putin has more than once suggested that he stands ready, if he thinks it necessary, to use nuclear weapons in pursuit of the Ukrainian war. Has it been made…04 Jul 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I declare an interest as the co-chair of the APPG for Egypt. I shall focus on two of the greatest threats to the world’s peace and security: Putin’s Russia and political…18 May 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I strongly support my noble friend Lady Stroud’s amendment for one simple, overriding reason. One of the big problems of handling the big numbers involved—125,000, as we…28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I support the amendments from the noble Lord, Lord Anderson. I think that the way this matter has been handled reflects extremely well on the flexibility and the…28 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, it seems to me that this debate reflects what we said yesterday in our debate and what some of us tried to say on Second Reading. There is an irreconcilable conflict and…03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillDoes my noble friend agree that there must be a limit to the resources available to deal with the increasing potential scale of this problem?03 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI will conclude—05 Jan 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I support the purpose of this Bill, which is important. It relates to three key responsibilities of any Government: the protection and defence of the nation, the…05 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I very much agree with the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, and other noble Lords who have spoken. It seems that there is a perfectly obvious, very serious penalty…08 Nov 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, if I may, in view of the fact that my noble friend rightly linked this important Bill with the coming COP 26 conference, I warn Her Majesty’s Government not to be…13 Oct 2021HANSARDAfghanistan: British Equipment and TrainingMy Lords, does the Minister accept the warning from the Times in its “remembering 9/11” leader on Saturday, which concluded: “America’s wars helped to radicalise a generation of…16 Sept 2021