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HANSARDCovid-19: International ResponseMy Lords, Covid-19 has now spread to every continent in the world except Antarctica. With the number of reported global cases rising to more than 4.7 million, including 244,000…18 May 2020HANSARDHousing for the HomelessMy Lords, if we thought rough sleeping was bad before Covid-19, we can rest assured that it will be a lot worse when we soon enter one of the toughest economic downturns our…14 May 2020HANSARDFood Supply and SecurityI start by thanking the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, for taking me back to my student days in Dundee and reminding me of the fruit picking I did across Tayside. The shortage…14 May 2020HANSARDHousing and Construction SectorI welcome the Minister to his first Oral Questions. With the biggest economic crisis about to hit the UK, what plans have the Government put in place to ensure that the…14 May 2020HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, the Virtual Proceedings on the repeat of the Urgent Question will now commence. I will call the Statement and the Minister will repeat the Statement in the usual way.…13 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Economic PackageMy Lords, the time allotted for the Statement is now up. Today’s Virtual Proceedings are complete and are adjourned. Good night.13 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Economic PackageI remind all noble Lords to please ask brief questions.13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 14. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to speak after the Minister should email the clerk during the debate. It would be…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]As no further speakers have indicated that they wish to intervene on this amendment, I call Lord Foulkes.13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 7. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to speak after the Minister should email the clerk during the debate. It would be…13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]One speaker has indicated that they wish to come in on the amendment.13 May 2020HANSARDPrivate International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill [HL]My Lords, the Virtual Committee will now resume. We come to the group beginning with Amendment 3. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to speak after the Minister should email…13 May 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillMy Lords, there is an error in the Marshalled List. “Schedule 29” before Amendment 14 should instead read “After Schedule 29”.25 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillMy Lords, paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 2 were omitted from the Bill by mistake. The correction was published yesterday. The question is that Schedule 2, as corrected, be the…25 Mar 2020HANSARDHorizon Accounting SystemI thank the Minister for that Answer. In the debates we have had in this House on Horizon and the Post Office case, across all sides of the House we have been shocked when we have…25 Mar 2020HANSARDHorizon Accounting SystemTo ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the judgment in Bates v Post Office [2019] EWHC 3408 on 16 December 2019, what steps they are taking to ensure that the directors…25 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Support for the Self-employedMy Lords, I thank the Minister for reading that Answer, which was quite scant on detail. In response to this pandemic, Norway immediately committed to paying the self-employed 80%…24 Mar 2020HANSARDAutomatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2020My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introduction and echo the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones. Again, I will raise a number of issues so if the Minister would…23 Mar 2020HANSARDJustices of the Peace and Authorised Court and Tribunal Staff (Costs) Regulations 2020I echo the thanks of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, to the Minister for his detailed introduction. As he said, these are technical rules. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord…23 Mar 2020HANSARDJudicial Pensions and Fee-Paid Judges’ Pension Schemes (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2020I echo the thanks to the Minister for his detailed explanation, and I support and share the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones. We understand the need for these…23 Mar 2020