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HANSARDCrown Estate (Wales) Bill [HL]My Lords, I too support the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, in his introduction to this Bill and warmly thank him for bringing it again before the House. As the noble Lord, Lord Murphy,…07 Feb 2025HANSARDCrown Estate (Wales) Bill [HL]Before the Minister sits down, I want to press him on one point: the proportion of income classified in the accounts as derived in the marine sector from option fee and other…07 Feb 2025HANSARDCrown Estate (Wales) Bill [HL]Forgive me for a moment, but I am quite used to arguing with accountants and I would be delighted to meet the Crown Estate to try to understand what the problem is. I believe it…07 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I have added my name to this amendment, about which the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, has spoken so eloquently, because of the importance to our economic growth of maintaining…21 Jan 2025HANSARDConsumer Products (Control of Biocides) Bill [HL]My Lords, I too thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, for introducing this Bill, and I thank those who preceded me for enhancing a little my scientific…17 Jan 2025HANSARDPrison Capacity StrategyMy Lords, a part of the criminal justice system’s problems is one word: money. That has been my experience for the past 20 or so years—seeing the justice system from the side of…17 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response. I wish to make three points. First, the critical question is: are our laws adequate to pass the adequacy test? Normally, when you…16 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise briefly, first, to thank everyone who has spoken so eloquently about the importance of automated decision-making, in particular its importance to public trust and…16 Dec 2024HANSARDPrisons: Imprisonment for Public ProtectionI wish to concentrate on one aspect touched on by the noble Baroness, to whom I am grateful for this debate, and that is the way the recall system is working. The problem is…12 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, although it is a late hour, I want to make two or three points. I hope that I will be able to finish what I wish to say relatively quickly. It is important that in…10 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]10 Dec 2024HANSARDCivil Service: PoliticisationMy Lords, I too join in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Butler, for securing this debate, in which I wish to concentrate on one point: the role of His Majesty’s Civil Service in the…28 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, it is an enormous privilege to have been in a position to add my name to these two amendments and to have listened to the elegant description of the way in which they…27 Nov 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I, too, welcome the Bill, but there is one matter we should have at the forefront of our minds as we work through it: that it must be implemented and carried through by…19 Nov 2024HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure and privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, in his exposition of most of the main issues. I thank the Minister for his careful introduction to…06 Nov 2024HANSARDArbitration Bill [HL]My Lords, I will briefly add to the thanks, with one exception, that the Minister gave this morning. I give particular thanks to Professor Sarah Green and to the clerk of the…06 Nov 2024HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) BillMy Lords, as I was not using written notes, I rely on the absolute skill of Hansard to make it look as though I have continued at the point where I stopped. I thanked the Minister…06 Nov 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak briefly because so much has been said already, particularly by the noble Lord, Lord Murphy of Torfaen, about the structure of the two amendments before us.…05 Nov 2024HANSARDStatutory Instruments (Amendment) Bill [HL]It is a pleasure to follow the chairman of the committee on which I also have the honour to sit. I support what the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, has put forward,…18 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise briefly to support the amendments in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, and the noble Baroness, Lady Smith Llanfaes, respectively. I do so, following what…14 Oct 2024