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HANSARDMinisterial Code: BreachesMy Lords, the undignified whinge in front of television cameras by the former Permanent Secretary at the Home Office certainly shows that he is no Sir Humphrey Appleby. What…02 Mar 2020HANSARDTerrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillMy Lords, I do not welcome the Bill but I support it, because it is needed to protect our national security from the deadly threat posed by convicted terrorists who, if released…24 Feb 2020HANSARDOperation MidlandMy Lords, do the Government not realise that it is not acceptable to this House or to the country that Sir Edward Heath’s reputation should be trashed and no attempt made to have…03 Feb 2020HANSARDFacial Recognition SurveillanceMy Lords, the lamentable decline in security on our streets and elsewhere makes it essential that every modern technique to increase security is used. Will the Minister agree to a…27 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I think the whole the House will regard those comments as unworthy of a great political party and quite inappropriate when we are discussing serious things today.07 Jan 2020HANSARDHong KongMy Lords, I refer the House to my entry in the register of interests. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Alton, on introducing this debate. He has long been a beacon of morality…24 Oct 2019HANSARDNeighbourhood Services: Government SupportIs the noble Lord satisfied that there is space in Lambeth to provide housing for 28,000 more people? It is all very well to say that we have to provide housing for people who…24 Oct 2019HANSARDBrexit: PreparationsMy Lords, does my noble friend agree that for Northern Ireland to be outside the single market when Great Britain is inside it in no way infringes the constitutional position of…08 Oct 2019HANSARDBrexit: NegotiationsMy Lords, I have spent quite a lot of my life observing and taking the temperature of the House of Commons. Does my noble friend agree that the change today was quite remarkable?…03 Oct 2019HANSARDInternational Climate ActionMy Lords, I have a practical suggestion for how we can save the Amazon rainforest and similar areas. The international community, through the IMF and the World Bank, should take…26 Sept 2019HANSARDIranMy Lords, my noble friend referred rightly to the Iranian “regime”. Does he agree that that is the right word to use, given that Iran is run by a tripartite outfit? On the one…25 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thought that the noble Lord, Lord Harris, would have realised that we were trying to make clear the implications of the guillotine Motion which we are discussing, which is an…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, my noble friend Lord True asked me to speak to this amendment; it is an interesting amendment to speak to. The amendment relates particularly to the 17.4 million people…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy noble friend referred to the Lords Spiritual. That is quite interesting, because I noted this morning that the learned judge in Scotland in dismissing the case said that this…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseYes, indeed. Of course, all that is what caused David Cameron to call a referendum in the first place. One must realise that when we voted to leave the EU, the Commission was…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI very much echo what my noble friend says. It is a disgrace that the closure Motion is constantly moved, and on one occasion—after the brilliant speech of the noble Baroness,…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am afraid I do not agree at all. If the noble and learned Lord is proposing to move the closure of my speech, let him go ahead and do so. I wish to make my own speech, and I do…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBiodiversity Duty: Public AuthoritiesMy Lords, does my noble friend agree that one problem is that the big developers can outgun the planners, and the planners are not always of very good quality? For example, in the…22 Jul 2019HANSARDImmigration Staff: RecruitmentTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review the recruitment processes of (1) UK Visas and Immigration and (2) the Border Force.18 Jul 2019HANSARDImmigration Staff: RecruitmentMy Lords, some 50 Home Office officials, nearly all from the immigration side of the Home Office, have been sent to prison over the past 12 years for abuses of public office, yet…18 Jul 2019