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HANSARDDevolution: English CitiesMy Lords, I am very pleased to be able to support the noble Lord, Lord Heseltine, in this debate on his latest report. I start by highlighting some key sentences that jumped off…17 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]On the basis of the Minister’s reply to our first group of amendments, this is purely a probing amendment. All I want him to do—because I do not propose to delay the Committee…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]When my noble friend on the Front Bench invited the Minister to make a name for himself, I was reminded of an occasion early in 2002, when I was young in this House and the Home…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I beg to move the revised Amendment 4, which, as the Chairman has said, is on a separate sheet. There is a modest change from the original draft, plus my name is now…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I am incredibly grateful to the Minister for his comprehensive reply; I agree with most of it. Indeed, the only point I make before I withdraw is the point that the…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]A perfect response: I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 1 is the lead amendment to Amendment 5. Let me make it clear at the outset that the amendments I shall be moving today are the ideas and gifts of my noble…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]09 Jul 2019HANSARDClimate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019In this rewriting of history we are listening to, we need to remember that when the noble Lord talks about receiving the Bill, he was in the Commons. The Bill had undergone four…26 Jun 2019HANSARDClimate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019Before the Minister goes on to a different subject, as I understood him the noble Lord, Lord Howell, was asking about carbon production. I do not think the Minister addressed…26 Jun 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I agree—and no doubt I will with future speakers—with every contribution that we have heard so far. I will not repeat them, but the sage advice we have just listened to…25 Jun 2019HANSARDFolic AcidMy Lords, in the current circumstances Ministers are to be congratulated on keeping to the commitment on the consultation. I will raise two brief points, neither of which is…18 Jun 2019HANSARDFolic AcidTo ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the responses by Baroness Manzoor on 9 January (HL Deb, col 2212) and Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 19 March (HL Deb, col 1357), when…18 Jun 2019HANSARDElectoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 CommitteeCan I ask a question about this? I am constantly reading rumours from the other place that various candidates to be Prime Minister intend to prorogue Parliament to get Brexit…06 Jun 2019HANSARDKew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [HL]My Lords, I add to the widespread support for the Bill. I served as Minister for Kew twice; once in the other place and once here. I have been a friend of Kew for over 30…05 Jun 2019HANSARDProcedure CommitteeMy Lords, I reinforce the second point made by my noble friend Lord Grocott. On 4 April, the Government Front Bench in this House went on strike, in so far as it abandoned the…21 May 2019HANSARDEducation: Climate Change ScienceIn which case, will the Minister locate some tip-top teachers in schools who are providing the science on climate change to our young citizens, and invite them to come to this…16 May 2019HANSARDReducing Greenhouse Gas EmissionsMy Lords, I say at the outset how pleased I am to notice that the noble Lord, Lord Deben, and the noble Baroness, Lady Brown of Cambridge, are on the speakers’ list. Global…02 May 2019