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HANSARDGlobal Positioning SystemMy Lords, users in this country certainly need to be aware of the potential difficulties, including space weather. The year 2025 is expected to have quite a high level of solar…26 Apr 2022HANSARDGlobal Positioning SystemMy Lords, I have referred to space weather and the solar cycle, and I agree with the noble Viscount that it is important because at the height of the solar cycle it can disrupt or…26 Apr 2022HANSARDGlobal Positioning SystemMy Lords, I think I would back the noble Lord to get me home safely using dead reckoning. But he is absolutely right to raise the issues of precision and resilience in relation to…26 Apr 2022HANSARDGlobal Positioning SystemMy Lords, I did try to answer the Question, and I agree with the noble Lord in his original Question that this is important. The review to which he referred has concluded, and it…26 Apr 2022HANSARDGlobal Positioning SystemMy Lords, we have always been clear that the possible provisioning of PNT services was not actually the rationale for our investment in OneWeb. The spaced-based positioning,…26 Apr 2022HANSARDGlobal Positioning SystemMy Lords, I think the whole House recognises the expertise of the first questioner and the last speaker. Yes, hostile threats are potential and potentially real, and the…26 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, as noble Lords will know, Clause 19 is there to clarify the law on benefits in kind and make it clear that candidates need to report only benefits in kind that they have…25 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I was thinking that others would wish to intervene, but that does not appear to be the case. These are important amendments, but I shall not encourage anyone to think…25 Apr 2022HANSARDElections Bill25 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, as the noble Lord knows, the Speaker’s Committee is sui generis. Obviously, it has senior representation from political parties in the House of Commons. I have enormous…25 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillI thought it was. I thank those noble Lords for their constructive interest in and engagement with these measures. We have not always agreed—sometimes we have—but I have been…25 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I will first make a statement on the legislative consent process in relation to the Elections Bill. The provisions in the Bill will considerably strengthen the delivery…25 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillThat the Bill do now pass.25 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 69D. I believe both amendments are significant to the House and I hope it will reflect on their importance, because I know there are…25 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I fear that I am not going to be able to allow the noble Baroness to remain in her seat for the rest of the evening. The Government cannot agree to these provisions,…25 Apr 2022HANSARDElections Bill25 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, again, I think that is a false question. In our democracy an independent person is entitled to stand in a constituency, for a cause that he or she believes in, and may…25 Apr 2022HANSARDElections Bill25 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, the Elections Bill, let us not forget, will introduce one of the most comprehensive digital imprint regimes operating in the world today and I submit to your Lordships…25 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, Clause 26 allows the Secretary of State to lay legislation before Parliament to amend the list of eligible categories of third-party campaigners in PPERA 2000. As we…25 Apr 2022