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HANSARDCoroners (Determination of Suicide) Bill [HL]I also welcome the Bill and wish it well. The reform of the coronial system in 2009 has transformed the way in which it operates. Much of this has been due to the leadership of…28 Oct 2022HANSARDGovernment of Wales (Devolved Powers) Bill [HL]My Lords, I, too, warmly welcome this Bill, but I regret the circumstances which have necessitated it. I make just four short observations. As the noble Lord, Lord Murphy of…28 Oct 2022HANSARDImprisonment for Public Protection SchemeMy Lords, I pay tribute to the noble Baroness in securing this debate and to the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, who has admitted that this was a mistake. I want to make three points.…13 Oct 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, I listened very carefully to what the Minister said but, in view of the great constitutional importance of ensuring that we put this into Bills and my wish to put down a…04 Jul 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to two sets of amendments. Before doing so, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Vaux and Lord Wigley, and the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, for their support in…04 Jul 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendment 20. I traversed the reasons for this amendment at Second Reading. I traversed them again in Committee. I need not weary your Lordships…04 Jul 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]04 Jul 2022HANSARDCrime, Reoffending and RehabilitationMy Lords, I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for securing this debate, and I welcome the Minister and his maiden speech. Others have spoken of his great attainments, but…30 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]I think that the Minister mentioned the appointment of someone with knowledge of Scotland, but what about Wales and Northern Ireland? Is the Treasury taking active steps to do…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]The reason why I asked the question was to do with public confidence from Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland. That is critical at this stage of keeping the union together. I…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 52, which is essentially to do with accountability and enforceability. One can only make accountable and enforceable something that is clear. I…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, there are obviously different ways of trying to ensure two things. On one, expertise, my long experience of bankers has persuaded me that they are not the right people…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, I have just three brief observations. The first is that I think the clause of the framework agreement to which the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, referred is wholly…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]I could not possibly add to or improve on what the noble Baroness, Lady Brown of Cambridge, said in support of Clause 2(3)(a) on the environmental objectives, but I want to say…14 Jun 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I too welcome the Bill but I want to make five short points. First, as a victim of bad government procurement and as someone who has had to look at the law quite…25 May 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, I too welcome this Bill and agree with much of what has been said by the noble Lords, Lord Bourne and Lord Teverson, on two issues: first, the need to clarify the…24 May 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillI wish to speak very briefly to Amendment 17. As I think I said previously, there has been thought of moving sentencing powers up for some 15 to 20 years. It is of paramount…31 Mar 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, when the Minister says “monitor” and “publish”, what we need to see is proper, in-depth analysis so that one can see what happened—or would have happened had it been…31 Mar 2022HANSARDJudicial Review and Courts BillMy Lords, as the Minister said a short while ago, this is a very ancient office, but the genius of our system, and of the coronial system, is that it has moved and adapted itself…31 Mar 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill22 Mar 2022