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HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2021My Lords, may I first—unusually—pay tribute to my noble friend the Minister? At the weekend we had what I thought was a rather unpleasant article in the Sunday Times about…22 Mar 2021HANSARDHeather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2021My Lords, I declare that I do not have an interest because, sadly, I do not own a grouse moor. It seems to me that the Motion is prompted more by an antipathy towards grouse…18 Mar 2021HANSARDIntegrated ReviewMy Lords, there is much to welcome in this review, and I welcome it. Following my noble friend Lord Hamilton, I shall home in on one specific issue. The Prime Minister…17 Mar 2021HANSARDIndependent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration: Site VisitsMy Lords, some years ago I stayed in Napier barracks and more recently, about four years ago, I showered and had lunch there at the start and end of a charitable bicycle ride…16 Mar 2021HANSARDRough SleepingMy Lords, it is very good news that rough sleeping is in decline, and I congratulate the Government and all those concerned on that success. There is one difficult cohort that is…02 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, I will disappoint my noble friend Lady Noakes by making a comment that is more a Second Reading comment than anything else. But it is important we see this Bill in…02 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid Contracts: Judicial ReviewMy Lords, it is fair to say that I have not been uncritical of some of the Government’s approach to this virus crisis and, of course, it is important that the Government follow…01 Mar 2021HANSARDPandemics and Environmental DegradationMy Lords, this degradation is driven by pressure on resources, which is of course caused by demand and increasing consumption, with poorer countries understandably wanting to…24 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapI congratulate all those involved in the outstanding success of the development of the vaccine and the vaccination programme. This comes from the Prime Minister downwards,…23 Feb 2021HANSARDArmed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2021My Lords, I very much agree with the last things said by the noble Lord, Lord Truscott, and I welcome his comments. I should declare two interests before I go any further. The…11 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19My Lords, I first thank the Minister and the Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty for a very useful session yesterday on Covid-19 therapeutics. I found it extremely informative. I…11 Feb 2021HANSARDBeijing Winter Olympic Games 2022My Lords, anyone who doubts the propaganda use to which the Olympics can be put by an authoritarian regime should visit the astonishing, magnificent 1936 Olympic Stadium in…10 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, I apologise for not adding my name, which I put down to speak but not on a particular group. Yet again, I find myself as the only person taking part in the debate who is…09 Feb 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, I welcome the Bill. It has been a long time in coming. I intend to look at the context of the Bill and its genesis. Over a decade ago, when I was working in the MoD, we…04 Feb 2021HANSARDElectricity SupplyMy Lords, I agree with my noble friend that we need a blend of energy. I welcome the progress on renewable energy since 2010. I hope that perhaps there will be further progress on…03 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Wolfson of Tredegar on what I think is his first outing with the Bill. I know where Tredegar is, but I am not sure I have ever been…26 Jan 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, I listened carefully to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, and agreed with a great deal of what he said—and I understood it all. I realised that that was because he is not a…26 Jan 2021HANSARDEU Ambassador to the UK: Diplomatic StatusMay I belatedly—I understand that he has been here for some months—welcome the EU ambassador to the United Kingdom, as I welcome the ambassadors of every EU member state?…25 Jan 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, a soldier is not as other men. When he thinks that he is, he ceases to be their guardian. I was told many years ago that that was a quotation from Julius Caesar. I have…20 Jan 2021HANSARDExtradition Arrangements: European Union Member StatesMy Lords, the late, lamented European arrest warrant certainly brought benefits in cross-border justice, but there is a presumption that the rule of law is the same in all EU…13 Jan 2021