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HANSARDFishing: FranceMy Lords, the Minister referred to the triangular relationship between Great Britain, the Channel Islands and France. Can he explain that relationship to us? Do the Channel…01 Nov 2021HANSARDPublic ServicesTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review (1) the comparative costs, and (2) the effectiveness, of the provision of public services in England by (a) local…26 Oct 2021HANSARDPublic ServicesMy Lords, this Question was prompted by the Government’s choice on test and trace to turn to multinational companies and expensive consultancy firms instead of making use of the…26 Oct 2021HANSARDProtocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: Impact on TradeMy Lords, can the Minister clarify whether he understood when negotiating the protocol that it was incompatible with British sovereignty, or whether he has discovered that since?…21 Oct 2021HANSARDInequalities of Region and PlaceMy Lords, I have lived between London and West Yorkshire for 40 years, balancing two careers, family obligations and politics, and I have watched the inequalities between the…14 Oct 2021HANSARDUK Property Ownership: Overseas JurisdictionsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to increase the transparency of property ownership in the United Kingdom following media reports of the use of overseas…13 Oct 2021HANSARDUK Property Ownership: Overseas JurisdictionsDoes the Minister recognise the complete contradiction between asserting complete sovereignty over Northern Ireland and failing to reassert sovereignty over who owns what land and…13 Oct 2021HANSARDEngland: Historic CountiesMy Lords, all surveys suggest that Yorkshire has one of the strongest senses of common identity of any region or county in England, historically as a single county but…16 Sept 2021HANSARDGovernment: Leadership TrainingMy Lords, I start by apologising to the House and the noble Lord, Lord Norton, that I am the only speaker from the Liberal Democrat Benches. There were four Liberal Democrat names…16 Sept 2021HANSARDStandards in Public LifeMy Lords, this is the third occasion this week on which the House has considered related aspects of the Government’s disregard for the advice of different bodies on the standards…09 Sept 2021HANSARDGovernment Departments: Non-Executive DirectorsThe Minister will be aware of the comments that the Committee on Standards in Public Life made in Standards Matter 2 . Paragraph 88 states: “However there is an increasing trend…08 Sept 2021HANSARDGovernment Departments: Non-Executive DirectorsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what professional expertise and qualifications they look for when appointing non-executive directors of Government departments.08 Sept 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords Appointments CommissionMy Lords, attacks on the alleged metropolitan elite entrenched on the Cross-Benches and on these Benches by wealthy Conservatives who grew up in the Home Counties and made their…06 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanMy Lords, Tom Tugendhat has compared the implications of this crisis for the UK’s international standing with the Suez crisis, which abruptly demonstrated the extent of our…18 Aug 2021HANSARDNational Insurance Numbers: Electoral RegisterMy Lords, one person’s forced registration may be another person’s citizens’ rights. When I was the Lords’ Minister in the Cabinet Office, some years ago now, government digital…22 Jul 2021HANSARDEuropean Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (References to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement) Regulations 2021My Lords, this takes me back to when I first started to work on the European Community. The EU is a legal construct; clauses, subclauses, chapters and treaties all matter a great…21 Jul 2021HANSARDRoyal YachtMy Lords, if this is to be primarily concerned with promoting international trade, should it not be funded by the Department for International Trade? Since that department is…13 Jul 2021HANSARDUnited Kingdom–European Union Parliamentary Partnership AssemblyMy Lords, when I was an extremely junior Lords Minister in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office during the coalition, I was struck by the number of my Conservative colleagues who…12 Jul 2021HANSARDAfghanistanMy Lords, the Statement emphasises the defeat of transnational terrorism in Afghanistan using Afghanistan as a base, but we all know that transnational terrorism has moved: first…12 Jul 2021HANSARDCrown Dependencies: ContributionsMy Lords, it is general government policy to recover costs through charges for services provided, particularly for those who do not pay taxes in the UK. It seems odd that the…01 Jul 2021