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HANSARDVeterans’ Strategy Action Plan: Gambling AddictionI pay tribute to my noble friend and others on all Benches who have campaigned on this matter. I am pleased to tell him that setting up this process is not the end; the end is the…27 Jan 2022HANSARDVeterans’ Strategy Action Plan: Gambling AddictionI am sure that my colleagues will take note of everything said in this House; I certainly promise the noble Baroness that. I remind the House, if anyone doubts this Government’s…27 Jan 2022HANSARDMinisterial CodeYes, my Lords. Like all Ministers, I assented to the Ministerial Code on entering office, as I am sure all those in this House in all parties who have had the honour of serving as…27 Jan 2022HANSARDVeterans’ Strategy Action Plan: Gambling AddictionMy noble friend puts me in a dangerous place. The Government’s answer—and it is right—is to undertake as comprehensive a review of the Gambling Act as there has ever been, and…27 Jan 2022HANSARDMinisterial CodeMy Lords, again, I listen respectfully to the noble Baroness and to all in the House. I stand on the answer I gave that it is for Ministers to decide how to justify their actions…27 Jan 2022HANSARDMinisterial CodeMy Lords, as I said in my original Answer, Ministers are personally responsible for deciding how to act and conduct themselves in the light of the code, and for justifying their…27 Jan 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI will come to that particular piece of legislation—definitely—since it has been raised. To complete what I was saying, the prerogative power to dissolve Parliament is the…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, I seek to put into the record the points put to me by those who argue and maintain that this is necessary. I will further address the specific question of bad faith that…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, as noble Lords know, I am a lay man. I have read out the legal advice that I have been given that it should not fall to the courts to assess by reference to whether…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, I will certainly seek to do so. I do not wish to pre-empt the Committee in any way. We obviously have other groups to come to. I anticipate that the debates on those…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationNo, my Lord.25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationMy Lords, on the second point, obviously, I am not a member of the Cabinet and not informed on that matter. It is not custom, as the noble Baroness knows, to comment on Cabinet…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer given by my honourable friend the Paymaster-General to an Urgent Question in…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, has frequently looked forward to that fabled day when the Liberal Democrats will again have, as he sees it, a balance of power in…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationMy Lords, I can only say to my noble friend that the reports of findings will be published in due course. There are investigations under way; those investigations, with great…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationI agree with what the noble Baroness has said, and I can certainly give her the assurance that the work of governing is continuing. I do note that people on the Benches opposite…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationMy Lords, we hear the voice of those who do not want to work together or move forward. I agree with what my noble friend said. I do believe, also, that there is a great principle,…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationNo, my Lords, nothing may be inferred of that kind. I refer the House to the very clear statements made by the Metropolitan Police Commissioner this morning, in her own words,…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, I thank all those who contributed to what has been an important and interesting debate. I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Norton of Louth for bringing it forward,…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDissolution and Calling of Parliament BillMy Lords, I thank all those who have spoken in what has rightly been a lengthy debate. Perhaps my concluding marks too will be lengthy; I trust not. I am grateful to all noble…25 Jan 2022