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HANSARDInequalityTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to reduce inequality in the United Kingdom.03 Oct 2019HANSARDHong Kong ProtestsI thank the noble Earl for his Answer. After four months of protest, today’s use of live rounds against protesters in Hong Kong marks a worrying escalation. I am sure that all…01 Oct 2019HANSARDHong Kong ProtestsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of reports that police have used live ammunition against protestors in Hong Kong.01 Oct 2019HANSARDHong Kong ProtestsPerhaps I may come back on one of the points made by the Minister in his response to my supplementary question. He said that the Foreign Secretary last spoke to Carrie Lam on 9…01 Oct 2019HANSARDHong Kong ProtestsMy Lords, I beg leave to ask a Question of which I have given private notice.01 Oct 2019HANSARDInsolvency (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No 2) Regulations 2019I just want to follow up on that and seek some clarification from the Minister. If, for some unknown reason, we do not exit the EU on 31 October, will we need to be back here…30 Sept 2019HANSARDInsolvency (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No 2) Regulations 2019My Lords, I thank the Minister for taking time before the discussion on the Floor of the House to go through some of the more technical detail of the SI. As he said, the…30 Sept 2019HANSARDInternational Climate ActionMy Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement that has just been given in the other place. Unfortunately, I was not able to get an advance copy of the Statement, so…26 Sept 2019HANSARDStatutory Auditors, Third Country Auditors and International Accounts Standards (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I thank the Minister for his introduction to this statutory instrument. Before I come to the substance of the policy in these regulations, I highlight the comments made by the…26 Sept 2019HANSARDGas Tariffs Code (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I join the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, in welcoming the Minister to the Dispatch Box. I am sure that in preparing for this SI, looking through the paperwork and the…26 Sept 2019HANSARDIranMy Lords, I welcome both the tone and, more importantly, the content of the Statement. It is in stark contrast to the previous Statement. I thank the Government Chief Whip for the…25 Sept 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillMy Lords, we welcome Amendment 6 from my noble friend Lord Blunkett, and strongly support his aim to specify in the Bill that the economic and other benefits of the parliamentary…03 Sept 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to support the comments and amendments—Amendments 2A, 2B and 16A—of my noble friend Lord Berkeley. The House was made particularly alive to the…22 Jul 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillMy Lords, I rise to support the amendments before us, especially the amendment moved by my noble friend Lord Blunkett. I am speaking on behalf of my noble friend Lady Smith on…22 Jul 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillMy Lords, I support the amendments of my noble friends Lord Blunkett and Lady Smith and that of the noble Lord, Lord Bethall. A number of themes have emerged from the discussions…22 Jul 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillMy Lords, Amendment 22 brings our attention to the relationship between the sponsor body and both Houses. The sponsor body must remain engaged with the wider Parliament throughout…22 Jul 2019HANSARDTrade UnionsMy Lords, if anyone had told me when I was a young trade union officer in the early 2000s that I would be responding from the Front Bench in your Lordships’ House, after speeches…18 Jul 2019HANSARDSpace Science and TechnologyMy Lords, within a month of the Apollo mission landing in 1969, another—not quite as remarkable—event occurred: I was born. Although, unlike the noble Lord, Lord Mawson, and the…15 Jul 2019HANSARDCompanies: Parental Leave PracticesMy Lords, according to figures from the department for business for last year, some 285,000 couples are eligible every year for shared parental leave. However, the department’s…10 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 11 in my name. It is intended to ensure that the Games are held in a way consistent with our obligations under the UN sustainable development…09 Jul 2019