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HANSARDTreasure (Designation) (Amendment) Order 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Treasure (Designation) (Amendment) Order 2023. Relevant document: 32nd Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee .28 Mar 2023HANSARDElectronic Trade Documents Bill [HL]I am very grateful to the noble Lords, who have given the rest of your Lordships’ House a brief snapshot of the good scrutiny the Bill received through the Special Public Bill…22 Mar 2023HANSARDElectronic Trade Documents Bill [HL]My Lords, I will briefly take this opportunity to thank all noble Lords who have shown an interest in, and support for, this Bill. It was a Law Commission Bill, scrutinised…22 Mar 2023HANSARDElectronic Trade Documents Bill [HL]That the Bill do now pass.22 Mar 2023HANSARDElectronic Trade Documents Bill [HL]My Lords, on the basis that the focus of the Bill is on modifying the private law of property, which is generally devolved, we are seeking a legislative consent Motion from the…22 Mar 2023HANSARDRugby: 200th AnniversaryThat question gives me the opportunity to add my tributes to the late noble Baroness, the first Paralympian in your Lordships’ House. I am pleased to say that Sport England has…15 Mar 2023HANSARDBBC: Government Role in ImpartialityQuestions about how people who work for the BBC use social media and how their activity adheres to the BBC’s social media guidelines are for the corporation to determine. The…15 Mar 2023HANSARDBBC: Government Role in ImpartialityDecisions about salaries are for the BBC, but the Government have urged transparency over those payments, so that licence fee payers are aware of how their money is being spent.15 Mar 2023HANSARDBBC: Government Role in ImpartialityAs I say, the process for the BBC’s impartiality is set out in its royal charter and framework agreement; it is for the BBC to discharge that. The Government also made Ofcom the…15 Mar 2023HANSARDBBC: Government Role in ImpartialityI remember those days. As noble Lords would expect, an organisation as august and that has been around for as long as the BBC draws people from all sorts of backgrounds, political…15 Mar 2023HANSARDBBC: Government Role in ImpartialityThe terms of reference for the mid-term review were published in May last year, so the noble Lord can consult them. As set out in the charter, the review will consider the…15 Mar 2023HANSARDBBC: Government Role in ImpartialityMy Lords, the BBC’s charter makes it clear that it is the director-general, as editor-in-chief of the corporation, who has final responsibility for individual decisions on the…15 Mar 2023HANSARDBBC: Government Role in ImpartialityMy Lords, the noble Lord will know that political parties, whether in government or in opposition, regularly contact the BBC and other broadcasters in relation to what they…15 Mar 2023HANSARDRugby: 200th AnniversaryMy noble friend’s question is a very good one indeed to see out our 10 minutes, and a good opportunity to be grateful for the innovation of William Webb Ellis and the two…15 Mar 2023HANSARDRugby: 200th AnniversaryIt sounds a very good idea; I wonder whether the noble Lord would agree. We certainly want to inspire people of all backgrounds to take part in this sport.15 Mar 2023HANSARDRugby: 200th AnniversaryThe Government provided £600 million of support through the sport survival package during the pandemic. We are in close communication with the Premiership Rugby league and the…15 Mar 2023HANSARDRugby: 200th AnniversaryMy Lords, His Majesty’s Government are delighted that rugby football is celebrating its bicentenary this year. Last month, the Minister for Sport was thrilled to attend some of…15 Mar 2023HANSARDRugby: 200th AnniversaryVoluntary groups indeed do a great deal of good work to support the sport in all communities, but the noble Lord is not right to say the Government are not doing their part too.…15 Mar 2023HANSARDRugby: 200th AnniversaryThe safety, well-being and welfare of everyone taking part in sport, whatever the sport, are paramount and the Government are leading work on brain injuries across sports,…15 Mar 2023HANSARDRugby: 200th AnniversaryThe noble Lord tempts me to send wishes against my own home nation. I send good wishes to all the teams from the British Isles—and, indeed, the other two.15 Mar 2023