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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillDoes the noble Baroness accept that ordinary residence does not end the debate because the Bill goes on to impose an additional qualification about having lived in this country…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI agree that the notion of ordinary residence is very well established. I am more concerned about the subsection which requires a 12-month prior residency. That does not apply to…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Amendment 14 in this group seeks to expand eligibility for those of pensionable age who have retired from the UK and gone to live abroad. It is a probing amendment, of course;…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I rise to speak briefly to my Amendment 9 in this group. Before I do so, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer of Thornton, for making clear his intentions…05 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I have not spoken in Committee at all so far. I briefly say to those who are objecting—and who take the view that the intervention of the noble and learned Lord, Lord…05 Dec 2025HANSARDUnmanned Aircraft (Offences and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025My Lords, I am flattered that I am considered such a threat, on my own, to the passage of government legislation that I have to be faced by not only a Minister but two Whips at…04 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, it is extremely difficult to speak after two such very powerful speeches. The noble Lord, Lord Woodley, has advanced again the resentencing option which was originally…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I hesitate to interrupt, but does the noble Lord accept that, in many cases, especially in the early part of the IPP regime, judicial discretion was almost nil? It was…03 Dec 2025HANSARDWalking, Wheeling and Cycling PathsMy Lords, at this time of year, the thoughts of many of us, like those of the noble Lord, Lord Hampton, turn away from active travel and towards the bus. Much cycle infrastructure…01 Dec 2025HANSARDRoad Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2025Does the Minster have an answer to my question about there being no inhibition on the people of Northern Ireland purchasing motor vehicles in Great Britain, taking them to…25 Nov 2025HANSARDRoad Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2025That is the Windsor Framework.25 Nov 2025HANSARDRoad Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, there has been such a remarkable degree of unanimity of view on this topic, especially from the voices from Northern Ireland, that I worry that I may start by saying…25 Nov 2025HANSARDRoad Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2025The Minister is talking about his conversations with manufacturers to ensure that they offer models that are available in GB and in Northern Ireland. How does he conduct those…25 Nov 2025HANSARDRoad Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2025I do not want to be unhelpful; I am genuinely trying to be helpful. I will make the point that I tried to make in my earlier remarks. The Minister is missing the point slightly…25 Nov 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillMy Lords, what is one to say? The easy part is to start by joining other noble Lords in congratulating the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Chester on his entertaining and…20 Nov 2025HANSARDSouth Western RailwayMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Strathcarron is a passenger who has a strong voice because he sits in your Lordships’ House. Before the election, the Labour Party promised in its…20 Nov 2025HANSARDRoad Injuries and DeathsMy Lords, our condolences go to the noble Lord, Lord Lennie. In fact, as the Minister said, motorcycle users made up over 20% of all road deaths in 2024, and many of these take…19 Nov 2025HANSARDMerchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2025My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for arranging a briefing for me by members of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and the Department for Transport, which was extremely…19 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillSince the noble Baroness has said so clearly that the purpose of the advertising ban is to prevent information being communicated to children and young people, and that that was a…17 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI beg the noble Baroness’s pardon, but I will still make my point about what she said about flavours. She was not describing the flavours; she does not know what the flavours are.…17 Nov 2025