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HANSARDPedicabs (London) Bill [HL]My Lords, I welcome my noble friend to the Front Bench but also extend my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, on joining the Front Bench opposite. Noble Lords, with…22 Nov 2023HANSARDCapital Projects: SpendingMy Lords, it appears that this extra layer of bureaucracy is destined to continue, although no explanation has been given by my noble friend as to why it was introduced. I wonder…26 Oct 2023HANSARDCapital Projects: SpendingTo ask His Majesty’s Government why they issued instructions in February requiring the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to obtain sign-off from the Treasury…26 Oct 2023HANSARDRailway Stations: Ticket Office ClosuresMy Lords, is my noble friend aware that Transport for London introduced an almost identical scheme a few years ago? It went extremely smoothly; nobody noticed or complained about…20 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to speak after my noble friend Lord Lexden. In this case, I am going to speak about a slightly different subject, although he made his own case very…13 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I am grateful to speak, in part in my capacity as chairman of your Lordships’ Built Environment Select Committee, to which the noble Lord, Lord Best, referred. I should…13 Sept 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillWill my noble friend draw attention to the part of Clause 122 that says that Ofcom cannot issue a requirement which is not technically feasible, as he has just said? That does not…06 Sept 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I am sure that your Lordships would not want the Bill to pass without hearing some squeak of protest and dissent from those of us who have spent so many days and weeks…06 Sept 2023HANSARDLand Use in England Committee ReportMy Lords, it is a pleasure to speak after the noble Lord. I feel something of an interloper speaking among the many noble Lords who have contributed to the work of this valuable…25 Jul 2023HANSARDHousing and Planning: Policy ChangesMy Lords, I am sure we are all delighted that the Government’s housing targets are back on track, but can my noble friend say if His Majesty’s Government have taken note of the…24 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillFor clarification, if the answer to that is that the technology does not exist—which I believe is correct, although there are various snake oil salespeople out there claiming that…19 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I am conscious of the imprecation earlier from the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, that we keep our contributions short, but I intend to take no notice of it.…19 Jul 2023HANSARDSchools: AdmissionsDoes my noble friend accept that the rights of parents to have their children educated according to their own religious beliefs is protected by Article 2 of the first protocol of…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, this has indeed been a wide-ranging and miscellaneous debate. I hope that since we are considering the Bill on Report noble Lords will forgive me if I do not endeavour…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, in speaking to my Amendment 186A, I hope that noble Lords will forgive me for not speaking in detail to the many other amendments in this group correctly branded…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, it is valuable to be able to speak immediately after my noble friend Lady Harding of Winscombe, because it gives me an opportunity to address some remarks she made last…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, continuing the rather radical approach of debating an amendment that has already been debated in Committee and has not just been introduced, and picking up on the theme…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I see what my noble friend did there, and it was very cunning. He gave us a very worthwhile account of the activities of the Counter Disinformation Unit, a body I had…17 Jul 2023