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HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, this is probably the final time that noble Lords will have the dubious pleasure of hearing from me, and I assure the House that I will be brief. I wholeheartedly support…20 Apr 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I support all the amendments in this group, and particularly Amendment 209, in the names of my noble friend Lady Morgan of Cotes and other noble Lords who have added…03 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I very much support the amendments in this group, tabled variously in the names of the noble Baronesses, Lady Altmann and Lady Bowles of Berkhamsted. They all seek to…26 Jan 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I will comment briefly on the amendments in this group, tabled by several noble Lords, relating to the suitability of private markets and a potential cap on the…26 Jan 2026HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I support this amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hogan-Howe, and my noble friend Lord Evans. In doing so, I feel that I am following modestly in a family…14 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, in view of the hour, I shall attempt to be brief, but I would like to speak in support of the thrust of the amendments proposed in this group. I do so in the context of…10 Mar 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]I declare my interest, having been a non-executive director of Severn Trent, the largest of the listed water companies, for eight years between 2014 and 2022, chairing the board’s…05 Feb 2025HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare an interest as having been a non-executive director of Severn Trent, the largest of the listed water companies, for eight years between 2014 and 2022. I…20 Nov 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]I apologise for interrupting the Minister; I do not mean any discourtesy. I thank her for clarifying that the provisions relate to the time from 1 April 2024. Despite what she has…20 Nov 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]20 Nov 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I heard what the Minister had to say, but I have to say that I believe that the retrospective effect of this legislation is not appropriate —all the more so if it is…20 Nov 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]20 Nov 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, under the special administration orders part of the Bill, relating to the insolvency of water companies, Clause 10 gives the Secretary of State the power to modify the…20 Nov 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, the hour is late, so I will be brief. I thank everybody who has participated in our discussion of this group of amendments, and in particular my noble friend Lord…20 Nov 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I was not intending to speak to this group of amendments, but I have been so impressed, not for the first time, by the ability of the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, to…30 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I must admit to having experienced a degree of trepidation on discovering that I was to share a group of amendments with the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, and with him alone.…28 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am delighted that Clause 10 does not appear to envisage a role for Ofwat. The amendments in this group are not really related to each other. As such, I shall confine…28 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am delighted that Amendment 26 in my name falls into the same grouping as those in the name of my noble friends Lord Roborough and Lord Blencathra. Although I very…28 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 3 in my name and I apologise for the typo. I had noticed it, but only recently, and only a moment or two before the noble Duke, the Duke of…28 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, as the noble Earl, Lord Russell, indicated, this group of amendments deals with a common theme of representation on water company boards but has several different…28 Oct 2024