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HANSARDRail FreightTo ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made towards achieving their target to increase rail freight volumes by 75 per cent by 2050.13 Apr 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, in general, we welcome most of these amendments. To deal first with those repetitive amendments that say “leave out ‘minimum’” all the way through, as I say, in general…13 Apr 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I heard the comments of the Minister in relation to guidance to be issued and, with that, I will not move the amendment.26 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillIt was not my suggestion that the mayor needed to be supervised: it was the suggestion of the Labour Party drafters of the 1999 GLA Act, which I am simply standing up for. So…26 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I am beginning to feel slightly left out. I have not been the beneficiary of a large amount of correspondence from the Minister in the way other noble Lords scattered…26 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill26 Mar 2026HANSARDSmall Boat Deaths: Cranston Inquiry ReportMy Lords, I think we would all agree that the best way to reduce the number of people dying in the English Channel is to reduce the number of unsuitable boats crossing the English…25 Mar 2026HANSARDPublic Transport: AccessibilityMy Lords, I come back to the question asked by my noble friend Lord Borwick. Is the Government’s new position that they would make taxis accessible in the rest of the country…24 Mar 2026HANSARDTrain Driving Licences and Certificates (Amendment) Regulations 2026My Lords, I thank the Minister for setting out so clearly his succinct response to the issues raised by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. It is good to have those…23 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 175 and 384, in my name, and I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, for her support. These amendments concern prognosis. We…20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I am not saying—nor was anybody—that a positive attitude on its own is going to save somebody from cancer. Professor Gould also benefited from the fact that he had the…20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWe are all agreed that the reference to six months is to be found in Clause 2, where it says that “an inevitably progressive illness or disease which cannot be reversed by…20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am now precluded from taking further interventions, because there is a limit on how long I can speak and that was a very excessive intervention. I will discuss with the noble…20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, before he vanishes, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew, and apologise to him for not acknowledging in my opening remarks the fact that he had added his name…20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillLet me finish. The noble Baroness puts that forward and says that, to her, it is simply one option. It is not one option; it crosses a line.13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThere is, indeed, a spectrum, and the doctor should be able to speak. As I say, there have been 3,000 years of thought given to this. What has resulted from that is a firm…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to a couple of amendments that I have in this group. I start by responding to what the noble Lord, Lord Moore of Etchingham, has just said. I think that…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillBriefly, as it is of no interest to other Members of the Committee, but it is surprising that, with all the legal advice offered to her, the noble Baroness has not noticed that…13 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, if I may briefly answer that, I am saying that we have 3,000 years of a moral framework in which it is morally abhorrent. I am not here primarily to protect the…13 Mar 2026