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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill24 Feb 2026HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, that is a disappointing response. I repeat that my amendment does not rest on any claim that this Bill is going to make a bad situation worse. I do not want to get into…24 Feb 2026HANSARDElectric Vehicles: TransitionMy Lords, I come back to the question asked by my noble friend Lord Mackinlay. It is not just that the volume of motor manufacturing in this country is starting to collapse, but…11 Feb 2026HANSARDSmart MotorwaysMy Lords, when you come off the motorways, you quickly notice the rapidly deteriorating condition of many of our rural roads, which are becoming a threat and a safety risk in…11 Feb 2026HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillMy Lords, I have Amendment 11 in this group, which substantially coincides with Amendment 10 in the name of my noble friend Lord Grayling. I will just take a minute to explain, in…10 Feb 2026HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill10 Feb 2026HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillMy Lords, I wish only to congratulate my noble friend Lord Grayling on his amendment and, further, on having persuaded the Government to table alternative amendments that have the…10 Feb 2026HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillMy Lords, perhaps I may welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon, to this debate. She is much missed. Normally, when there is legislative matter that calls the noble Lord, Lord…10 Feb 2026HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill10 Feb 2026HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill10 Feb 2026HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillMy Lords, Amendment 6 requires, perhaps by way of introduction, a few words on the structure of the subsidy and how it actually works. Bear in mind that prior to all this, as I…10 Feb 2026HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillMy Lords, it was open to the Minister to take up the offer of my noble friend Lord Harper and suggest that any infelicities in the drafting of the amendment—for example, the…10 Feb 2026HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillMy Lords, taking the issues separately, we in this House are used to governments seeking powers much broader than they need, and explicitly broader than they are intending to use.…10 Feb 2026HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillCould the noble Lord kindly repeat the beginning of that statement where he talked about the Government’s intentions on HEFA? It is important that the House hears exactly what the…10 Feb 2026HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillMy Lords, for the benefit of noble Lords who have not become totally enmired in the question of sustainable aviation fuel, it might be appropriate at this stage to spell out that…10 Feb 2026HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill10 Feb 2026HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillMy Lords, we have worked our way through what the SAF is, and through the mechanism by which it is going to be subsidised and how it is going to fall on the passenger, but how…10 Feb 2026HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillMy Lords, I am disappointed by that answer. One can look at this issue in a number of ways. The way I look at it is that we have a responsibility to future generations not to…10 Feb 2026HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillMy Lords, I will go further than that; I will remind the noble Lord which Government introduced this Bill. Nobody on this side of the Chamber has argued today that we should not…10 Feb 2026HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillMy Lords, in light of the assurances given by the Minister at the Dispatch Box, and the further undertaking that he gave to my noble friend Lord Harper that government policy on…10 Feb 2026