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HANSARDBread and Flour Regulations 1998I thank my noble friend the Minister for her Answer. On 16 May, the previous Government said that the regulations for England would come forward in July, on the basis of an…11 Sept 2024HANSARDHousing: Modern Methods of ConstructionMy Lords, I support modern construction methods. In February 2003, Lord Prescott published a seminal document, Sustainable Communities: Building for the Future . Ministers would…05 Sept 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I am glad I was in the Chamber to hear that speech. I know it is almost traditional for the last Back-Bench speaker to say that everything they want to say has been said…02 Sept 2024HANSARDNHS Blood and Transplant Service: Blood StocksMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, and I declare that, until my late 70s, I was a regular donor, which stopped when I met with…30 Jul 2024HANSARDNHS Blood and Transplant Service: Blood StocksTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the response by donors to the national alert regarding low levels of blood stocks issued by NHS Blood and…30 Jul 2024HANSARDNHS Blood and Transplant Service: Blood StocksI thank my noble friend. That Answer is excellent news, but volunteers have to be treated carefully. There are 800,000 of them. Can my noble friend tell me how many of the 25…30 Jul 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Fuller, on his maiden speech, much of which I agreed with. I also congratulate my noble friends on their appointment to government. I…18 Jul 2024HANSARDFolic Acid FortificationTo ask His Majesty’s Government what responses the European Commission and World Trade Organization have given after being notified of proposed changes to the Bread and Flour…16 May 2024HANSARDFolic Acid FortificationThat is good news. It will be to the Government’s credit that those regulations are passed before the general election, because five years ago they changed their mind about the…16 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, I support the thrust of the amendments in general. I also much regret the news we had today about the noble Lord, Lord Stunell. The points I am going to raise relate to…01 May 2024HANSARDSurplus Carbon EmissionsNotwithstanding the success of the Government so far, how much of our being ahead of the curve is contributed by the fact that we have de-industrialised and de-manufactured over…27 Mar 2024HANSARDBiomass: Power GenerationAt the risk of upsetting a few colleagues, I ask: is the Minister aware that some of the forests in Canada and America were originally planted for paper? The paper mills closed…13 Mar 2024HANSARDPrioritising Early Childhood: Academy of Medical Sciences ReportMy Lords, I distinctly heard my noble friend Lord Hunt describe these children as obese and overweight. The Minister has addressed only obesity. You can be overweight without…11 Mar 2024HANSARDUNICEF: Child Poverty RankingsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the position of the United Kingdom set out in the UNICEF’s Innocenti Report Card 18 Child Poverty in the Midst of…28 Feb 2024HANSARDUNICEF: Child Poverty RankingsMy Lords, the actual Answer to my Question should be “With shame”. Can the Minister explain why child poverty rate changes in the seven years from 2014 to 2021, adjusted for…28 Feb 2024HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeMy Lords, I am not a lawyer, but I have a couple of questions. I do not quite understand this, and I have read the Standing Orders and looked at the report. Our assumption seems…28 Feb 2024HANSARDIndustrial StrategyI was pleased to endorse the Policy Exchange paper published last week entitled Where now for UK Industrial P olicy? by Geoffrey Owen, the former editor of the Financial Times . I…01 Feb 2024HANSARDArtsMy Lords, if everybody agrees with everybody else, I wonder where that leaves the Minister. I will work on one thing for a couple of minutes: rural life. Governments—of all…01 Feb 2024HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]The noble Lord, Lord Alton, is to be commended for this amendment. I will briefly develop one point made by my noble friend Lady Kennedy, who referred to the work of Sheffield…16 Jan 2024HANSARDFinancial Stability: Private Equity FirmsIf private equity is so keen on employing people in this country, how come it is not so keen on paying the pensions? The private equity owners of Boots have just got rid of the…13 Dec 2023