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HANSARDTransport System: FailingsMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the compelling contribution to our debate by the noble Lord, Lord Holmes. It was also a great pleasure, as always, to listen to my noble…25 Apr 2024HANSARDNorthern IrelandMy Lords, it is always a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Suttie, on occasions such as this. She, like others, made reference to Lord Patrick Cormack. I want to…27 Feb 2024HANSARDWindsor Framework (Constitutional Status of Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024My Lords, it has been a long night, but an important night. I hope there will be another debate in the not-too-distant future which will allow more Members of your Lordships’…13 Feb 2024HANSARDArtsMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to take part in what has been a great debate. I particularly welcome my noble friend Lord Bragg’s powerful and penetratingly relevant speech on…01 Feb 2024HANSARDNorthern Ireland Executive FormationMy Lords, it was only last week that we debated the legislation deferring this decision and pondered whether we would arrive at a settlement. The Minister was very coy but, as the…01 Feb 2024HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillMy Lords, we have been here before—quite a few times. Even though that is the case, I and the Opposition support the Government in bringing the legislation forward. It will avoid…24 Jan 2024HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise very briefly to support my noble friend Lord West in his excellent speech regarding the Intelligence and Security Committee, which I had the honour of chairing…23 Jan 2024HANSARDIntergovernmental Relations Within the United KingdomMy Lords, I cannot recall intergovernmental relations ever being mentioned when the Cabinet committee considered devolution for Scotland and Wales in 1997. Indeed, after the…18 Jan 2024HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the points the noble Baroness, Lady Manningham-Buller, made about Amendment 50 regarding the revelation of whether someone who is in a legislature has been…13 Dec 2023HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]My Lords, when I started life in politics a long time ago—50 years or so ago—when the general public, or people who had political ideas, thought about the security services they…13 Dec 2023HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support my noble friends Lord Coaker and Lord West with regard to the Intelligence and Security Committee amendments. In 2005, when I became the chair of the…11 Dec 2023HANSARDInvestigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]That was an interesting speech by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Albans, because he put his finger on the dilemma of any legislation like this: the balance between…20 Nov 2023HANSARDTata Steel: Port TalbotMy Lords, can I press the Minister on the point of process and communication that he has touched on? When I had the privilege of being the Secretary of State for Wales, I went to…19 Sept 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Budget (No. 2) BillMy Lords, it has been said by nearly everybody who has taken part in this debate that we should not be having it and that this should be decided by the representatives of the…14 Sept 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillIt has been a long time—well over a year, as the Minister said—and I continue to say that I do not blame the Government for one second for trying to resolve what is a hugely…12 Sept 2023HANSARDPolice Service of Northern Ireland: Security and Data Protection BreachMy Lords, the breach of security in the PSNI was absolutely catastrophic for both the morale and the security of all the people who work for it, including civilians. Nearly 4,000…05 Sept 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillMy Lords, I will speak to the complicated amendments in the Motion in my name on the Marshalled List. Like the Minister, I wish to pay tribute to his civil servants, who have…05 Sept 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillAt end insert “, and do propose Amendments 44D, 44E, 44F and 44G as additional amendments to the words so restored to the Bill and Amendments 44H and 44J as consequential…05 Sept 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillMy Lords, I beg leave to test the opinion of the House.05 Sept 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillMy Lords, this is the third occasion on which your Lordships have had the opportunity to discuss what has become an increasingly complex issue. I am delighted that it is probably…04 Jul 2023