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HANSARDBrexit: Food Prices and Availability (EUC Report)My Lords, I also congratulate the noble Earl, Lord Devon, on his speech. I give him one bit of advice: when you sum up the last debate on a Thursday in this House, you should be…25 Apr 2019HANSARDBrexit: Food Prices and Availability (EUC Report)That this House takes note of the Report from the European Union Committee Brexit: food prices and availability (14th Report, HL Paper 129).25 Apr 2019HANSARDBrexit: Food Prices and Availability (EUC Report)My Lords, it is a great pleasure to introduce this report, which, like the previous one that was debated this afternoon, is a year old. For that reason, I am sure that we will…25 Apr 2019HANSARDFuel PovertyMy Lords, the Minister is absolutely right to mention the private rented sector. One year ago, the minimum energy efficiency standards regulations came into force, which meant…04 Apr 2019HANSARDClimateMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, has rightly asked us whether we see this as an emergency, and I put my hand up and say, “It absolutely is”. With this particular…02 Apr 2019HANSARDAgriculture: Carbon EmissionsMy Lords, it is estimated by Natural England that some 600 million tonnes of carbon are sunk in English peatlands, yet they are degrading. Will the Minister tell us what urgent…02 Apr 2019HANSARDUK Export Finance: ExpenditureMy Lords, is it not the case that things work really well for developing countries when there is not high infrastructure investment? Moving straight to mobile phones was a good…27 Mar 2019HANSARDCommon Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I say to the noble Lord, Lord Deben, not to worry too much because the fishing industry will have already assumed that it will be sold out. It always does. I suspect…26 Mar 2019HANSARDCommon Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Yes, tuna.26 Mar 2019HANSARDREACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019At the end insert “but this House regrets that the draft Regulations do not address concerns raised by the European Union Committee in their report Brexit: chemical regulation,…26 Mar 2019HANSARDREACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I absolutely endorse that: we often think of this industry as dominated by large corporates and internationals; it is not. There is a huge SME sector which is just as important in…26 Mar 2019HANSARDREACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I have tabled an amendment to this Motion, and speak very much as the chair of your Lordships’ EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee. We deal with Defra issues. We…26 Mar 2019HANSARDDetergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019But it is a vital question.13 Mar 2019HANSARDRural Development (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I first thank and apologise to the Minister for having missed his briefing on Monday; I was election monitoring in west Africa. I left central Guinea-Bissau at the right…13 Mar 2019HANSARDRural Development (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, may I say that my fishers friends in Mevagissey did not have the European Investment Bank highest on their priorities, but I am glad he clarified that.13 Mar 2019HANSARDDetergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I am sorry to interrupt the Minister at this late stage but can I be clear about whether these detergents are subject to REACH regulations? Do they have to go through the REACH…13 Mar 2019HANSARDFracking: Planning GuidanceMy Lords, I am glad that the Minister mentioned the coalition, because, as the Government remind us, the energy world has moved on hugely since that time. The challenge now is the…12 Mar 2019HANSARDGeneral Food Law (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I will make some brief comments. I too welcome the Minister to her position. I also particularly welcome the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, coming back to the Opposition Front…06 Mar 2019HANSARDStronger Towns FundMy Lords, as someone from one of Britain’s Celtic nations the Minister will probably know that it is St Piran’s Day today—the patron saint of Cornwall. Cornwall is the only lesser…05 Mar 2019HANSARDFeed-in Tariffs (Closure, etc.) Order 2018My Lords, may I be clear on what the Minister is saying? I thought she was quite positive in some areas. Was she saying that the Government intend that there will not be a gap…04 Mar 2019