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HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I think that, if the House divided now, we might win on this, but let us not pursue that thought. I will just say that I am extremely grateful to the noble Baronesses,…10 Feb 2022HANSARDDormant Assets Bill [HL]My Lords, before my noble friend sits down, does he agree that, especially in current circumstances, it would be wholly inappropriate to transfer funds from the TfL balance sheet…09 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I have also put my name to this amendment. I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay of Llandaff, on bringing it forward. We need a broad debate on the balance of…09 Feb 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, being still relatively new in your Lordships’ House, it seems impertinent of me to start by welcoming the noble Lord, Lord Hacking, to his place, but I do so heartily. I…07 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I am aware that, in your Lordships’ House, any lack of zeal for persecuting smokers marks one out as an aberration, but some realism has to be brought to this debate. It…04 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Vaizey of Didcot. Might I say, before I get into my stride, that certain noble Lords may have received an email…04 Feb 2022HANSARDEU: ImportsMy Lords, let the European Union be as protectionist as it wishes. Does my noble friend the Minister accept that it is for the benefit of British consumers and manufacturing…01 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I greatly welcome the amendments proposed by my noble friend. In fact, I put my name to the equivalent amendments earlier, proposed by my noble friend Lady Morgan of…31 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, before my noble friend sits down, on behalf of people who are currently suffering from pancreatic cancer or who might be diagnosed with it in the next few months, is…31 Jan 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 27 in my name. I declare at the outset that I was born both a British citizen and a citizen of the Irish Republic. I am sympathetic to the…27 Jan 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I think my noble friend has been misadvised in characterising Amendment 27 as imposing any new or further restriction on the power to deprive in the event of obtaining…27 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I wish primarily to speak to the amendment standing in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, but, before I do so, may I just reply, without any hint of rancour,…26 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, with the agreement of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, I rise to thank my noble friend the Minister. I know from conversations with him that the noble Lord, Lord…25 Jan 2022HANSARDEU-UK Partnership CouncilWill my noble friend use the next meeting of the Partnership Council to point out to the European Union that Northern Ireland is now the only part of Europe in which laws are made…18 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, does my noble friend agree that, since the guidance was published before the Court of Appeal decision, the guidance on disclosure should at least be reviewed in the…17 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am grateful to my noble friend, and for her reassurances, and I look forward to seeing the letter that she is going to write to the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley. I beg…17 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for being a listening Minister and for the hard work she has put into bringing forward this amendment. She has explained what government…17 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillWithout having myself looked at the wording of the amendment, the original wording, which I think is preserved in the current amendment, would have excluded disclosure in relation…17 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill17 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I generally support this important legislation, but I expressed at Second Reading and again in Committee my sense of unease about the whole concept of serious violence…10 Jan 2022