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HANSARDElections BillIn the six general elections since I have been a Member of this House, I have always found people to be very surprised that I was unable to cast a vote in them, even though I…28 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, Amendment 212E, in my name, seeks to draw attention to a principle Parliament has previously agreed and that should now be brought into force. The Political Parties and…28 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI am sorry to interrupt the noble Baroness in her flow but the implication is that a vote is taken away. It is not. There is a process in the polling stations by which if you…17 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, the amendments from the noble Baronesses, Lady Hayman and Lady Meacher, and the noble Lord, Lord Woolley, in this group, ask many sensible questions. Perhaps, no…17 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillDoes the noble Baroness accept that a crucial difference is that organisations such as ASH are funded by organisations concerned with public health, including Cancer Research UK…16 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I speak in support of these amendments, to which I have added my name, and which are in accordance with my party’s policy. In Committee, there was almost universal…16 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that reply. She mentioned the PACAC report into some of these issues, but without quoting the crucial recommendation, in paragraph 16,…15 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, this debate has shown that the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, is definitely right that we need guidance on this crucial issue of notional expenditure. Many of us think…15 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, the reason for the Clause 18 stand part debate is that we should not let this important change in legislation pass without some significant scrutiny. The principle of…15 Mar 2022HANSARDElectoral System (Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 Committee Report)My Lords, the members of the Select Committee are to be congratulated on their report. I am sure that their recommendations benefited from the presence of so many members with…11 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI thank the Minister for his kind remarks at the outset of his reply. I might have hoped that the notes in his folder were still those of the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, as…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, one of the problems with the Bill is that the Government failed to make any changes at all to their proposals when the Committee on Standards in Public Life published…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections Bill10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, in considering the Government’s plans to take more direct control of the Electoral Commission, we should go back to considering the consensus that existed when it was…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, these amendments may lead to some mitigation of the effects of the Government taking control of the strategy and policy of the Electoral Commission if the Bill is passed…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, over the past 200 years, historically significant Bills have come before Parliament to allow a greater number of our citizens to vote. A number of them were referred to…23 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, for decades, all the various weak arguments associated with the tobacco industry, opposing tobacco regulation, have been comprehensively and completely disproved by the…04 Feb 2022HANSARDRepresentation of the People (Young People’s Enfranchisement) Bill [HL]My Lords, Parliament has previously lowered the voting age in this country, from 21 to 18. That was in May 1969. In the 53 years since, there have been numerous attempts in both…28 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I support Amendments 109 and 226 in this group, both of which are in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath. I will address them from the…24 Jan 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I draw the Committee’s attention to my registered interests in healthcare equipment. I have added my name to Amendment 50, moved by the noble Lord, Lord Black of…20 Jan 2022