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HANSARDUK Electricity PricesMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow such an excellent speech by the noble Lord, Lord Griffiths. I declare my interest in new nuclear technology in the United States. We…04 Jun 2026HANSARDWorld Cup Ticket PricesMy Lords, I was heartened to hear the Minister at least partially endorse the fact that the price mechanism is a far better way of valuing goods than government diktat. However,…03 Jun 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechOh, I apologise—the noble Lord has moved further back. Brexit has not cost our economy, an idea that was ably demolished by my noble friends Lord Redwood and Lord Frost. Indeed,…14 May 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, this week the Prime Minister—if indeed he still is the Prime Minister; I am not sure—abandoned his red lines to stealthily reintegrate with the EU, to change our laws to…14 May 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I revert to the amendment from my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe. I thank her for this important contribution and welcome the contributions from various noble friends,…23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI am putting the same contribution in that is made by employers—by the Government—right now. If you carry on doing it, you have a bunch of obligations for past promises. In the…23 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillDoes the Minister acknowledge that in 2012 the Hutton report said that the cost would fall, in an uncanny replication of what she just said, to 1.2%, but that it did not? It…23 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring Forecast StatementWell, here we are again, my Lords; another spring, another Statement. In autumn 2024, the OBR forecast that 2025 GDP growth would be 2%. The reality ended up at 1.3%. Never mind:…17 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe noble Lord evinces the certainty that comes from a lifetime in the courts. Those of us who sit outside those courts are maybe a little less certain of the courts’ ability to…04 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillAt least I had this debate in Committee, my Lords, which the Government failed to do with this amendment, so I should have the right to reply to it. The amendment goes beyond what…04 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, those of your Lordships who were in Committee will recollect that, as my noble friend Lord Herbert suggested, I tabled an amendment seeking to remove all aggravating…04 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI thank the noble Baroness for her intervention. I was just about to get on to that in my second point, which is that the whole idea of an aggravated crime increasingly weaponises…04 Mar 2026HANSARDResetting the UK-EU Relationship (European Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, before commencing, I, too, protest the four-minute limit—hardly enough time to clear one’s throat, although quite a few noble Lords seem to have happily breezed through…26 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI hope the noble Lord will withdraw that word. I do not recognise what he is saying. My noble friend was talking about the NHS. Was it NHS workers who were required to put in that…23 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, defined benefit schemes have been described as an immoral bet upon an uncertain future. Long service in the public sector can mean getting, as my noble friend stated, a…23 Feb 2026HANSARDUK-EU Customs UnionMy Lords, earlier speeches today have claimed with a straight face that had we not left the EU, our GDP would now be 4% or 8% larger than it is now. The OBR, which was named by…29 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I rise very briefly to speak.27 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Katz. I will make three very brief points. The first is that the Supreme Court judgment had a logic behind it, and it is very difficult to see how…27 Jan 2026HANSARDOffshore WindMy Lord, I congratulate my noble and homonymous friend on his new position, which I am sure he will occupy with distinction. The Minister asked a question about dirty energy and…19 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I was hesitant as to whether to speak here, but some years ago I had very close acquaintance with facial recognition software, so I thought it might be useful to say a…15 Jan 2026