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HANSARDStandards of Behaviour and Honesty in Political LifeMy Lords, I am very grateful for the opportunity to hear this important debate. At one point in what I thought was a very interesting and wide-ranging speech from the noble…23 Jun 2022HANSARDEU Retained LawMy Lords, we are at the stage now where the dashboard has been published; submissions and comments will be made on it, and it will be refreshed quarterly. We will then have to…23 Jun 2022HANSARDEU Retained LawMy Lords, my colleagues in another department will have to answer on the specifics, but my noble friend is absolutely right to highlight that the area of financial services…23 Jun 2022HANSARDEU Retained LawMy Lords, a lot was wrapped up in there. I agree with what my noble friend said at the end and with his tribute to my noble friend Lord Hailsham. There is an eternal tendency,…23 Jun 2022HANSARDCovid-19 and the Use and Scrutiny of Emergency Powers (Constitution Committee Report)My Lords, I thought that the way the noble Lord, Lord Collins, opened and closed his speech was totally appropriate. Some of the finest moments in these terrible times—which, to…21 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Procurement (International Trade Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2022That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 25 April be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 15 June .21 Jun 2022HANSARDIndependent Adviser on Ministers’ InterestsMy Lords, on the ongoing investigations, I understand that appropriate steps will be taken to ensure that any work being undertaken by the independent adviser continues and is…16 Jun 2022HANSARDIndependent Adviser on Ministers’ InterestsMy Lords, with permission, I shall now repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer given to an Urgent Question in another place by my right honourable friend the Minister for the…16 Jun 2022HANSARDHouses of Parliament: Co-locationI am sure Hansard will record that intervention. The commercial organisation of the QEII Centre is, as my noble friends Lord Young of Cookham and Lord Cormack referred to, a…16 Jun 2022HANSARDHouses of Parliament: Co-locationI have not asked the Leader of the House personally, but if the noble Lord looks at the record, he will find that it is not my habit either to brief newspapers or, frankly, to…16 Jun 2022HANSARDHouses of Parliament: Co-locationMy Lords, I am coming on to consultation, as I indicated I would. I will make every effort to get to that and I will get there, because I acknowledge that I was asked that. I was…16 Jun 2022HANSARDIndependent Adviser on Ministers’ InterestsMy Lords, it would depend on who the person was and whether they were qualified to perform the important role of an independent adviser.16 Jun 2022HANSARDHouses of Parliament: Co-locationMy Lords, my father said that the greatest cricket innings he ever saw was played by Sir Jack Hobbs on a sticky wicket. I am afraid I am no Sir Jack Hobbs, but I will try to…16 Jun 2022HANSARDIndependent Adviser on Ministers’ InterestsMy Lords, the decision on whether the Prime Minister continues in office will rest with the British people when the time comes.16 Jun 2022HANSARDIndependent Adviser on Ministers’ InterestsMy Lords, I have already said that I am not going into speculative comments on what may or may not have been the subject of a commercially confidential matter under consideration.16 Jun 2022HANSARDIndependent Adviser on Ministers’ InterestsThe letter from the Prime Minister alluded to this. Noble Lords will see from the details in the letters themselves that they allude to commercially sensitive matters, so,…16 Jun 2022HANSARDIndependent Adviser on Ministers’ InterestsMy Lords, first, the Prime Minister has set out the reasons in the specific case to which the noble and learned Lord may be alluding: the fixed-term penalty notice and why he did…16 Jun 2022HANSARDIndependent Adviser on Ministers’ InterestsMy Lords, this is straying into a political remark, but the Prime Minister has given clear leadership to this country, and he was elected to be Prime Minister of this country—in…16 Jun 2022HANSARDIndependent Adviser on Ministers’ InterestsMy Lords, I cannot be drawn on that. I gave an example. I also stated—the Government have stated it repeatedly—that the normal expectation would be the course that the noble Lord…16 Jun 2022HANSARDIndependent Adviser on Ministers’ InterestsMy Lords, the role has a particular relationship to the Prime Minister in the conduct of a unique constitutional responsibility, which is the appointment of Ministers. I agree…16 Jun 2022