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HANSARDBrexit: Food StandardsMy Lords, surely the question here is why the noble Lord did not respond to the point about tariffs. It is the tariffs that will destroy farming activity in this country, because…04 Sept 2019HANSARDBritish SteelMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for repeating the Statement. Everybody will have noticed the very optimistic tone that underlies the words, and I hope very much that…24 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, said, this is actually the heart of the debate we have been having on the Games, concentrated in one very small group of amendments. As…24 Jul 2019HANSARDSmall-scale Radio Multiplex and Community Digital Radio Order 2019My Lords, we too welcome the broad approach of the legislation. In so doing, I echo the points already made. Some very difficult questions have been raised by some of the issues…23 Jul 2019HANSARDLotteries: Good CausesIt is perhaps a bit forward of me, but I am sure she would never do it herself, and I should like to thank the House for its generosity on this occasion. With changes around on…18 Jul 2019HANSARDLotteries: Good CausesThe outside world will have noticed the very generous welcome given by the whole House, but particularly by the other side, to my noble friend Lady Hayter when she entered this…18 Jul 2019HANSARDGambling: Children in AfricaMy Lords, is not the most egregious issue here that the sort of activity witnessed in the reports, and referred to already, is being used in this country, where high-visibility…17 Jul 2019HANSARDFree Television LicencesMy Lords, is not the real issue here whether we can believe the party opposite when it made a manifesto commitment to provide free television licences for those over 75 for the…15 Jul 2019HANSARDEconomic Environment: Growth and JobsMy Lords, I declare an interest that my wife is a senior construction lawyer working on large infrastructure projects and my three children are, amazingly, involved in financial…11 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I am sorry for this slight misunderstanding. I was moving house when the amendments were being drawn up, so I was unable to be physically present. I therefore launched…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, this House owes a great amount of thanks to the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, for his campaigning over the years on this and related issues. He sees every opportunity to…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I agree with what has been said. The noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, is right to have raised this point in relation to these Games, but it has much wider resonance in how…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I apologise to the Committee that I was not able to be present for Second Reading but I am pleased to participate now in Committee on this important Bill. It brings back…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]I am grateful to the noble Viscount for his full response. I apologise for the slightly interrogative nature of my interventions. I am looking forward to his letter. I am sure…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]The implication of what is now being said is that somehow the handing over is a criminal act of some kind and could be subject to sanction. That is the point I am trying to get…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]I am so sorry to interrupt again. The idea that somehow it is okay, provided it is not in a public place, seems extraordinarily unlikely. I am sure the Minister is reading…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]Can I just query that last statement? Was the Minister saying that those who are unable to use tickets and wish to exchange them would be able to do so, but that it would not be…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]Perhaps I might put to the Minister a further point that occurred to me while he was speaking. That was a very impressive list of contextual regulatory and other activity that…09 Jul 2019HANSARDCarbon BudgetsMy Lords, we welcome the Government’s commitment to reduce carbon to zero by 2050, but we lack the detail of how it will be achieved. The answers today fall into the same trap. Is…08 Jul 2019