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HANSARDCovid-19: Supply ChainsMy Lords, following up the question from the noble Baroness, Lady Burt, the Minister will be aware that EU directive 2014/24 on public procurement enables a public authority to…22 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillMy Lords, we have had a very good debate on this issue today. It is an accident of the way things went yesterday that we have been given this time, and I am grateful to the House…17 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillMy Lords, I thank all speakers in this short debate. It has been very wide-ranging and we have ended up with what almost amounts to a raft of future changes that we would all like…16 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillWe now come to a group of amendments that contain a large number of different issues and I will go through them relatively quickly. I hope that that is in order. Amendment 46 in…16 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Bill16 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillMy Lords, the point raised by the noble Lord, Lord Fox, is self-evident. We have already covered much of its ground, so I do not think that anything else needs to be said. I…16 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillMy Lords, I had the benefit of a brief discussion with the Minister yesterday on these amendments. If we can get a response to the points made by my noble friend Lord Mendelsohn…16 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillMy Lords, I want to make a brief point. The Minister’s response was interesting but very much couched in the existing paradigm. We seem to be in a situation where, as somebody…16 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this interesting and wide-ranging debate. In contrast to that on the first group, it was quite well focused. There…16 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillI thank all noble Lords for the huge range of points that have been brought to bear in this debate. It was inevitable, given the way that the amendments are grouped, that we would…16 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 1, I shall speak also to Amendments 2, 5, 6, 10 and 14, which are either in my name or in the name of my noble friend Lord Lennie. As I am afraid is…16 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Bill16 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillMy Lords, I have nothing to add; the arguments make themselves. I look forward to hearing from the Minister.16 Jun 2020HANSARDHorizon: Sub-postmaster ConvictionsMy Lords, the whole country owes a considerable debt of gratitude to Kevan Jones MP, Andrew Bridgen MP and the noble Lord, Lord Arbuthnot, who have been campaigning tirelessly to…11 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Recovery StrategiesMy Lords, I join other noble Lords in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, on securing this debate, and thank her for her excellent speech, which put forward real…11 Jun 2020HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister, his colleagues in the department and the Bill team for all the engagement that we have had on the Bill in recent weeks. I am also grateful that a…09 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: EconomyMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Eatwell on securing this debate and delivering a masterful speech. I thank all those who have contributed. Two minutes is a…04 Jun 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillI want to return to comments made by the Minister in his concluding remarks, which were very comprehensive and tried to answer many of the questions posed by noble Lords. I worry,…02 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Television LicencesMy Lords, the Government have clearly made a complete mess of their blatant attempt to cut the BBC by making it responsible for their welfare policy. Does not the delayed start…02 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Museums, Galleries and Historic BuildingsMy Lords, we are all grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Cormack, for securing this debate and generating a wonderful speakers’ list, which has covered the ground and made the case…21 May 2020