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HANSARDControl of Mercury (Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this debate and the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, for her amendment. This SI addresses the implications for Northern Ireland of the…30 Oct 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 131 tabled by my noble friend Lord Lilley, to which I have added my name. It would require GB Energy to publish a report on the projected costs…13 Jan 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, the United Kingdom constitution recognises two broad classes of Peer: the Lords spiritual and the Lords temporal. I do not often think of myself as a Lord temporal, but…11 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I wish to speak briefly to Amendment 249, laid down by the noble Lord, Lord Mann, and Amendment 156 from the noble Lord, Lord Bassam. Regrettably, I was not able to…09 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords ReformMy Lords, democracy is a strange animal: an animal of which no perfect specimen exists anywhere, nor ever has or ever could. It is an animal that is different from one country to…12 Nov 2024HANSARDAlternative Investment Fund Designation Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very pleased to support this Private Member’s Bill, introduced by my noble friend Lady Altmann, which seeks to remove investment companies from the scope of AIFMD,…01 Mar 2024HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the wise words of my noble friend Lords Lucas and a great privilege to participate in the debate on this Bill brought forward by my…16 Jun 2023HANSARDBritish Banking SectorMy Lords—21 Mar 2023HANSARDBritish Banking SectorMy Lords, is my noble friend the Minister confident that the risk controls at the UK fintechs are adequate, given the current challenging conditions in the global financial…21 Mar 2023HANSARDBusiness of the HouseCould the Leader of the House kindly let us know how many Select Committee reports have been debated so far and how many are outstanding?08 Feb 2023HANSARDNet Zero (Industry and Regulators Committee)My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hollick, in a debate on our committee’s inaugural report. I thank him for his chairing of the committee and for this…20 Jan 2023HANSARDWater Fluoridation (Consultation) (England) Regulations 2022My Lords, I have spoken previously in the House in Committee and at Second Reading of the Health and Care Bill about how the Government’s water fluoridation policy is considered…25 Oct 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I have added my name in opposition to Clauses 147 and 148 standing part of the Bill—tabled by my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pickering and supported by the noble…31 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I extend a warm welcome to the noble Lord, Lord Stevens, although like my noble friend Lady McIntosh, I respectfully disagree on the topic of water fluoridation, a…07 Dec 2021HANSARDAudit and Corporate GovernanceMy Lords, the White Paper proposals place onerous obligations on directors of larger businesses. Does my noble friend the Minister share my concerns that the reforms will…23 Mar 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am delighted to participate in today’s debate and mention my interest as a hereditary Peer, elevated by way of an election of the whole House a little over 12 months…13 Mar 2020HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL]The noble Lord, Lord Grocott, clearly was not listening to the first line of my speech, in which I specifically declared that I had participated in a by-election. Perhaps he would…13 Mar 2020HANSARDShared Rural NetworkMy Lords, I have a property on the North Lancashire/Cumbria border, and we are serviced by a small community broadband provider which provides the fastest download speeds in the…28 Oct 2019HANSARDD-day: 75th AnniversaryMy Lords, before I begin I offer an apology to several noble Lords, who over the past few weeks were led to believe—largely by me—that my maiden speech would address broadband…04 Jun 2019