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HANSARDNational Policy Statement for PortsWe have had a pretty devastating critique of all sides of this document in this debate. The revisions were initiated by the previous Government with a view to promoting a…14 Oct 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving Motion 1A, I will speak to the other Motion that I have tabled in this group. I hope noble Lords will forgive me for being distressingly frank. The background…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Harper for reminding us of the importance of funding and the fact that the Bill is almost meaningless unless large amounts of…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]Leave out “agree” and insert “disagree”.13 Oct 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I was depressed by the remarks of the Minister, but I have been depressed further into almost silence by the astonishing remarks of the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon. The…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]Leave out “agree” and insert “disagree”.13 Oct 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, so much has been said about the principle and the technicalities of the Bill that I thought I would use my few moments to return to the language used in the Bill. I…19 Sept 2025HANSARDRail FaresMy Lords, fare simplification, by definition, means that there will be fewer fares options. Can the Government guarantee that, under their simplification programme, no individual…18 Sept 2025HANSARDIPP SentencesMy Lords, the new Justice Secretary, David Lammy, wrote to a constituent in 2021: “As IPP prisoners spend longer and longer in prison without any prospect of release, their mental…15 Sept 2025HANSARDIPP SentencesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the recommendations in the report by the Howard League for Penal Reform entitled Ending the detention of…15 Sept 2025HANSARDHovercraft (Application of Enactments) (Amendment) Order 2025My Lords, first, I congratulate the Minister on retaining his place in the recent reshuffle. Following my noble friend Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate’s speech, which I thought was…10 Sept 2025HANSARDSpace Industry (Indemnities) BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for introducing this Bill, which, although a Private Member’s Bill, received the support of the previous Conservative Government; I understand…05 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, the noble Lord would surely agree that those provisions do not cover one of the questions that must arise in the case of temporary possession of land, which is the…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I regret to say that the Minister has confirmed one’s worst fears about this clause—that it has created something wholly new and unprecedented and has done so without…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, we are now back on the Transport and Works Act. This clause relates to the holding of an inquiry when the powers of that Act are used. Since it will come up at some…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillBefore the noble Lord moves to Amendment 53K, what does he understand, and what should noble Lords and members of the public understand, by the term “serious enough”?24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I think many noble Lords—I am one of them—have general sympathy with the Government’s ambition to remove unnecessary obstacles to the approval of infrastructure…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI beg leave to withdraw my amendment.24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy purpose here is not to enter a radical objection to Clause 38 but, rather, to raise a debate and to hear what the Minister has to say on the points that I would like to make.…24 Jul 2025