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HANSARDExxonMobil: MossmorranMy Lords, it is clearly a tragedy for the petrochemical industry in terms of this plant in Scotland. However, in a way, it is only a precursor for the tsunami that is about to…24 Nov 2025HANSARDPower Struggle: Delivering Great Britain’s Electricity Grid Infrastructure (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)My Lords, I declare my interests: I chair a battery storage company called Aldustria Ltd and I am a trustee of Regen, a not for profit that promotes renewable energy. I will…04 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Willis, seems to be amazingly modest. If I had written it, it probably would have been far more complicated and have no chance…03 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank the Defra Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, for meetings around Clause 28. In the Bill, there is still a concern about industrial-scale biomass. I have…20 Oct 2025HANSARDRefugee Family Reunion SchemeMy Lords, is not the answer to why there is a surge at the moment a simple one? They see UK migration policy tightening and tightening, perhaps as the noble Lord, Lord Dubs,…14 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI am sorry, I will not take up the time of the House, but there is a precedent in this House, in that the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, during the passage of the climate change Act in…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak to my Amendments 271 and 272. In response to the Minister, one way of quickening these procedures, and getting rid of the risk of a Member speaking for a…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, this is the first time I have had the opportunity to congratulate the Minister on surviving the Defra ministerial massacre. I am absolutely delighted and hope she…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 185J, which is on the GDPR, the general data protection regulation, which I am sure we all have to deal with on the internet every day when…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 178, and I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, and indeed the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, for their support. This…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I want to make two brief points. I was delighted to add my name to the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Gascoigne, because it includes community gardens and…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI remind the Committee that I am chair of the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership, but I am also a director of Wessex Development and Investments Limited, a…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will be very brief. To be honest, the enforcement regime is not the right balance at the moment that the Minister suggested. I think there is a real concern about the…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillThat was a somewhat desperate contribution—seriously so.04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am sorry, but the past does matter. It is incredible to me that the party in opposition filled up 400 hotels with asylum seekers, did not think ahead about these…04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, from these Benches I support this amendment and thank other Lords for their support. One thing the noble Viscount, Lord Hanworth, said is that if we had had a digital…04 Sept 2025HANSARDSanitary and Phytosanitary MeasuresMy Lords, I will try to avoid long acronyms in my question. We had the negotiation back in May for the sanitary and phytosanitary agreement. Nothing has happened yet. My…04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, like many Members in the Committee, when I read the list in my noble friend’s Amendment 77 I was absolutely incredulous that we are in the position where planning…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillFollowing on from the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, can the Minister give us some idea of a timetable for this, given that there is total unanimity that we are not in a…01 Sept 2025