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HANSARDAge VerificationMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for repeating the Statement made earlier. I have come, as is probably obvious from my dress, from a memorial service for the late Jeremy…20 Jun 2019HANSARDExport Licences: High Court JudgmentMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for repeating the Statement made in another place. I recognise that it is a complex area for which he may not have the full briefing…20 Jun 2019HANSARDBreathing Space Scheme: Consultation ResponseMy Lords, I have probably mistimed this but the Minister, who is well known for his quickness on his feet in debate and for his ability to spin out of absolutely nothing a…19 Jun 2019HANSARDLate PaymentsMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Viscount for repeating the Statement made in another place. Do the Government have a problem with SMEs? On the one hand, they say: “Small…19 Jun 2019HANSARDBreathing Space Scheme: Consultation ResponseMy Lords, I declare my previous interest as a former chair of StepChange, the debt charity. I thank the Minister for repeating this Statement, and I am very happy to hear what he…19 Jun 2019HANSARDOlder Persons: Provision of Public ServicesMy Lords, we owe a great debt of thanks to my noble friend Lord Foulkes for his perspicacity in spotting this issue and timing the debate in the way he has, but also for how he…13 Jun 2019HANSARDRegulating in a Digital World (Communications Committee Report)My Lords, I declare that I was once very briefly a member of the Communications Committee, I think before the noble Lord, Lord Inglewood, took the Chair, although there was a…12 Jun 2019HANSARDRegulating in a Digital World (Communications Committee Report)I apologise to the Minister. It was just that he said that he was considering it, and that he is considering it. It did not seem to advance the argument very much.12 Jun 2019HANSARDNational Minimum Wage Naming SchemeMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for repeating the Statement. I am still a bit confused, however. He went on at length about the value the Government place on the…05 Jun 2019HANSARDNational Minimum Wage Naming SchemeMy Lords, I am a patient person, and I was glad that my patience has resulted in getting a statement out of the Minister which he was perhaps reluctant to make. His noble friend…05 Jun 2019HANSARDPublic Procurement and the Civil Society StrategyOn that point, use of large construction contracts was particularly mentioned. Could the noble Lord take that back and consider it further? The point is not so much the value of…23 May 2019HANSARDPublic Procurement and the Civil Society StrategyMy Lords, like others, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady McGregor-Smith, for securing this debate and I also thank her for her excellent overview of the case that she made for…23 May 2019HANSARDBritish SteelMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for repeating the Statement on British Steel made in the other place by his right honourable friend the Secretary of State for BEIS. It…22 May 2019HANSARDBritish SteelMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for repeating the Answer given in the other place, although it was curious because it did not seem to address any of the points that could…21 May 2019HANSARDBuckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019I am sorry if I did not make myself clear. What I was trying to argue for was a review in the not too distant future. The statutory instrument says that there will be no review,…20 May 2019HANSARDBuckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019I listened to the Minister explain the position and I am picking up on what my noble friend Lord Kennedy said. Does the Minister accept that we have an area that has perhaps grown…20 May 2019HANSARDBuckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019My Lords, I declare an interest: I have lived in Buckinghamshire for 25 years, which is a long period of time which I am afraid is about to come to an end because I move out in…20 May 2019HANSARDInternet EncryptionMy Lords, if there is obscurity, it is probably in the use of the technology itself and the terminology that we have to use—DoH and the other protocols that have been referred to…14 May 2019HANSARDTrade etc. in Dual-Use Items and Firearms etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed, I put on record our thanks to the noble Baroness, Lady Fairhead, for her work and for the excellence of her contributions…08 May 2019HANSARDCompanies (Directors’ Remuneration Policy and Directors’ Remuneration Report) Regulations 2019My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for introducing this statutory instrument. I can be relatively brief, because most of my points have already been raised by the noble…08 May 2019