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HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020My Lords, I give my commiserations to my noble friend the Minister, who yet again finds himself in the stocks on this particular debate. I support my noble friend Lord Lamont’s…06 Oct 2020HANSARDHospitals and Nursing Homes: Do Not Resuscitate NoticesMy Lords, I commend my noble friend for his balanced comments on this extremely fraught situation—I think everything has just about been said. Every life is, of course, to be…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Act 2020: Temporary ProvisionsThat this House regrets Her Majesty’s Government’s use of the temporary provisions of the Coronavirus Act 2020, and calls on Her Majesty’s Government to ensure that Parliament has…28 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Act 2020: Temporary ProvisionsMy Lords, I first pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Bethell and, indeed, give him my sincere sympathy. I think he was appointed to be a Health Minister at the beginning of this…28 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Act 2020: Temporary ProvisionsMy Lords, first, I congratulate my noble friend on what I thought was a very good summary of the debate. I was almost persuaded. I would just like to clarify with the House that…28 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Act 2020: Temporary ProvisionsI am sorry; that is correct. My point is that this is about parliamentary scrutiny; that is why I am calling a Division.28 Sept 2020HANSARDSchools: Great British September CleanMy Lords, I am pleased to hear what the Minster says about getting every child involved. If children were better educated about the ghastly scourge of litter, over time they and…24 Sept 2020HANSARDSchools: Great British September CleanTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to encourage schools to participate in Keep Britain Tidy’s “Great British September Clean” campaign.24 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19My Lords, what matters most in this crisis is not the number of coronavirus infections but the deaths that occur. All deaths are tragic, but I regret to say that they are mostly…23 Sept 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) Regulations 2020My Lords, since the beginning of this crisis we have been exhorted to save lives, a slogan that we all understand and we all support. Not far from where I am sitting, Oadby and…18 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I regret to say that this Government’s policy on Covid is contradictory, confusing, hugely damaging to the country and, frankly, nonsensical. Should I have the…10 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Military Operations and SupportMy Lords, I have been informed that at Army training establishments, such as Catterick and Sandhurst, all the trainees—who are young people, in least danger of catching or…10 Sept 2020HANSARDEU Trade AgreementDoes my noble friend recall that, shortly after the British people were so unwise as to vote to leave the European Union, Monsieur Barnier said—I think I have the right terms—that…08 Sept 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) Regulations 2020My Lords, like my noble and learned friend Lord Garnier, I used to represent large parts of the original lockdown area—Braunstone Town, Thorpe Astley, Glen Parva and others, all…29 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, some dozen years ago I gave David Cameron a paper entitled Reducing the Cost of Politics . I stand by most of it. It covered, for instance, the fact that there are too…27 Jul 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020My Lords, I will not divide the House, but I oppose these regulations. My noble friend said that it would be helpful to clarify the situation, but I regret that there is very…24 Jul 2020HANSARDIntelligence and Security Committee: Russia ReportMy Lords, I would like to raise a point from the report that some Members of your Lordships’ House are, perhaps, influencers in this Russian debate. I am banned from going to…22 Jul 2020HANSARDChinaMy Lords, most of the 53 countries that supported Chinese security laws in the UN Human Rights Council were almost certainly either scared of Chinese power and its aggressive…22 Jul 2020HANSARDMetropolitan Police: RacismMy Lords, I recall the Brixton riots of 1981 and I regret to say that there was then shocking and very real racism evident and open among some—some—of the police officers there.…15 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, I am sure that the Committee will be pleased to know that I will be extremely brief, not least because—I should declare this—the Chief Whip has asked me to be. I should…13 Jul 2020