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HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillI hesitate to interrupt, but I do not think that anyone in this whole debate has said it is unsafe, actually.21 Feb 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillSouth Korean.21 Feb 2022HANSARDOil Tanker “FSO Safer”My Lords, to follow on from the noble Lord, Lord Walney, the answer to this possibly lies through those who control the Houthis. We all know that they are dependent to a large…07 Feb 2022HANSARDEU-UK Partnership CouncilMy Lords, technically the Parliamentary Partnership Assembly will cover only the trade and co-operation agreement, yet some of the key issues between the UK and the EU are within…18 Jan 2022HANSARDPeatMy Lords, I am interested to understand how the Government reconcile allowing commercial peat exploitation while at the same time the Exchequer, and thus taxpayers, are paying…18 Jan 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I should come clean in that my family, the Teversons, are migrants themselves. The Teverson family reputedly migrated from Denmark in roughly the 10th century. I do not…05 Jan 2022HANSARDMaldives: TariffsMy Lords, surely we need to be more flexible than that these days. I congratulate the Maldives Government on their sustainable practices, which the noble Baroness mentioned. The…14 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, this seems quite novel as an amendment—to try, once a Bill has gone through Parliament and become an Act, to judge it afterwards. It is a novelty that I find perhaps…06 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, with this amendment we move on to Clause 5. It rather intrigues me, because it makes an exception of homo sapiens, and I wanted to ask the Minister whether that means…06 Dec 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, I echo the point of the noble Earl, Lord Caithness, about biosecurity. The implications of not taking care of biosecurity, which is mentioned in his amendment—I do not…06 Dec 2021HANSARDCOP 26My Lords, I was very pleased to hear in the Prime Minister’s Statement that, as I understand it, Alok Sharma will continue his full-time role as president of COP 26 until Egypt…16 Nov 2021HANSARDBrexit: Food, Environment, Energy and Health (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, I thank all Members who have contributed today. I suppose I must particularly thank Members who were not members of the committee, in particular the noble Earl, Lord…15 Nov 2021HANSARDBrexit: Food, Environment, Energy and Health (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, I can see that the Opposition are rather outgunned on this report, so it is very useful that we co-operated right across party lines in the committee. It is a bit like a…15 Nov 2021HANSARDBrexit: Food, Environment, Energy and Health (European Union Committee Report)That this House takes note of the Report from the European Union Committee Beyond Brexit: food, environment, energy and health (22nd Report, Session 2019-21, HL Paper 247).15 Nov 2021HANSARDCompetition Act 1998 (Coronavirus) (Public Policy Exclusions) (Revocations) Order 2021My Lords, what a privilege it is to have the noble Lord, Lord Callanan, with us this evening. With COP 26 happening in Glasgow, the Minister for Energy Efficiency, Fuel Poverty…01 Nov 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I always think that ping-pong can be rather a brutal affair. I have spent months working on an amendment; the combined House of Commons comes back and says “the…26 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I start by congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Randall, on his speech and his due diligence on this issue, which is crucial in terms of deforestation. We have the…15 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, we on these Benches very much support the amendment, and if the noble Baroness decides to divide the House then we shall support her in that vote. Following on from the…15 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am very pleased that the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, has brought this amendment forward. I had the privilege of representing the Isles of Scilly in the European…13 Sept 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill13 Sept 2021