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HANSARDFamily Migration (Justice and Home Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, I want to focus on a particular aspect of family migration: the recruitment of researchers and technicians from overseas, under the global talent and skilled worker visa…20 Sept 2023HANSARDUK-EU Relationship (European Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, I wish I could be as optimistic as the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, that Keir Starmer will be able to make Brexit work. I congratulate the committee on this excellent…20 Sept 2023HANSARDHorizon EuropeMy Lords, the figures on those attracted by the global talent visa and others came before the latest announcement about the increases in visa charges and health charges. I…13 Sept 2023HANSARDUkraine: Post-conflict ReconstructionTo ask His Majesty’s Government what provision they are making in budgetary contingencies for future years for a United Kingdom contribution to post-conflict reconstruction of…07 Sept 2023HANSARDUkraine: Post-conflict ReconstructionI hope that the Minister can confirm that the Treasury and the Foreign Office are very clear about the size and long-term nature of the commitment to rebuilding Ukraine. The…07 Sept 2023HANSARDArmed ForcesMy Lords, it is difficult to assess what size and structure of Armed Forces Britain needs without a coherent understanding of Britain’s place in a very rapidly changing world. The…07 Sept 2023HANSARDEU ProgrammesMy Lords, I declare a strong interest. My son came back to the United Kingdom after 10 years working at American universities as a systems biologist—which is one of the…07 Sept 2023HANSARDReinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete: Public BuildingsMy Lords, the Comptroller and Auditor-General wrote yesterday in the Times that the problems were caused by “underinvestment” in the physical estate and “by the lack of a robust…06 Sept 2023HANSARDElectoral Commission: Data BreachesMy Lords, the Elections Act extended voting rights to overseas citizens for their lifetimes. As it is implemented it will have to rely on a great deal of electronic communication,…04 Sept 2023HANSARDUK Government Resilience FrameworkMy Lords, the resilience framework statement is full of calls to involve the whole of society: “we need a shared understanding of the risks we face … We are committed to working…04 Sept 2023HANSARDCabinet ManualTo ask His Majesty’s Government when they plan to submit a draft revised Cabinet Manual to the appropriate committees of both Houses for their comments.24 Jul 2023HANSARDCabinet ManualMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that welcome confirmation of news that progress is at last being made. It is now 18 months since the noble Lord, Lord True, in answering the…24 Jul 2023HANSARDCabinet ManualMy Lords, to return to the general point, the Minister may have considered that we might be changing from one Government to another after the election, which will overlap with the…24 Jul 2023HANSARDLord Chancellor and Law Officers (Constitution Committee Report)My Lords, I vividly remember the evening in which the news filtered through that the office of Lord Chancellor had been abolished. Lord Onslow dashed into the Lords to demand that…20 Jul 2023HANSARDMoney Laundering and Terrorist Financing (High-Risk Countries) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, we come to this with several of us having been involved in the economic crime Bill and the National Security Bill, in which we touched on a number of related issues.…19 Jul 2023HANSARDHouse Of Lords: Appointments SystemMy Lords, when the last reform of the House took place between 1997 and 1999, the then Government stated clearly that, ad interim, it was the Government’s policy, agreed with the…19 Jul 2023HANSARDOfficial Statistics Order 2023My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Brixton, on the care and attention he has dedicated to this. I regret that I was not as thorough, although I did discover…19 Jul 2023HANSARDHouse Of Lords: Appointments SystemMy Lords—19 Jul 2023HANSARDHouse Of Lords: Appointments SystemI remind Conservative Peers that on a current poll basis the Conservatives have exactly twice the poll percentage of public support that we do, so we are not overrepresented.…19 Jul 2023HANSARDCement Industry: Carbon DioxideMy Lords, if we are to reduce the use of cement, the move from demolishing buildings and rebuilding them—particularly in the commercial sector—to adaptation is an important part…12 Jul 2023