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HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill20 Apr 2023HANSARDChinese Police Stations in the UKMy Lords, I recognise that it is difficult to comment on this immediate case. Therefore, I raise some slightly wider questions. China is not the only authoritarian state which…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, as I said in moving this amendment, our concern is around the Bill, when it becomes an Act, having the resources and the international co-operation structure to make it…20 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillDoes the Minister think that there is a case for there being some form of regulation of ACSPs, or does he think that that is not needed?18 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I do not know whether the Minister is familiar with the Home Office practice on this. The Home Office has a very clear practice of full-cost charging for visas for entry…18 Apr 2023HANSARDHigher Education: Financial PressuresMy Lords, none of us has felt the need to declare our interests, but I will declare a family interest as both of my children are currently working in research-intensive…30 Mar 2023HANSARDUK Citizens Resident Overseas: VerificationTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the identity and integrity of (1) electoral registration, (2) voting, and (3) political donations, by…29 Mar 2023HANSARDUK Citizens Resident Overseas: VerificationMy Lords, the Minister will confirm that we are talking about an additional 1 million to 2 million voters from the extension of the timescale for overseas voters. That is 2,000 to…29 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I note that these various amendments cover England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, but the UK financial system very much includes Jersey and Guernsey for a…27 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I am here as an international policy wonk, and I am very conscious that, in economic crime, a great deal goes on cross-border and outside the jurisdiction of the UK. I…27 Mar 2023HANSARDHouse of Lords: Regional RepresentativenessMy Lords, I declare an interest as someone whose registered address is in London but whose allotment is in Saltaire. Pending the introduction of at least an elected…22 Mar 2023HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, we have demonstrated that there remains a range of opinion about the nature and size of the problem, and the appropriate response to it. Therefore, a compromise…21 Mar 2023HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI think we have a large social problem, which has been partly raised by social media, in the intolerance of the young as a whole and cancel culture. It stretches across our…21 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I saw my role in this Bill as representing the research sector to some extent, and I am very conscious—as I am sure the Minister is—of the delicate balance there is…13 Mar 2023HANSARDCarbon Budgets: Methane FlaringMy Lords, will the Minister recommend to us how we should pronounce the acronym for his new department?09 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I speak to Amendments 91 and 106, which the Minister has mentioned. In this case, I speak very much on behalf of the academic and policy research communities, with which…07 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillCan the Minister give us an assurance that he will consult with the academies, the Royal Society and Universities UK to make sure that the element of duplication is reduced to the…07 Mar 2023HANSARDCivil Service ImpartialityMy Lords, I declare an interest as the husband of a former civil servant and the father of a civil servant. To repeat what William Wragg, the chairman of PACAC, said in the debate…07 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 166A in my name. I also thank the Minister for the way in which the Bill has been discussed and amended between Second Reading, Committee and…07 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, my name is on Amendments 192 and 194. I also support Amendment 193. I remind the Minister that the Conservative 2019 manifesto states: “We will protect the integrity of…07 Mar 2023