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HANSARDYorkshire: DevolutionMy Lords, at last we have an answer from the Government. I hope my Question helped to push them a little. The devolution deals were supposed to respond to local wishes. As the…12 Feb 2019HANSARDProsperity Fund: Sustainable Development GoalsMy Lords, how far do the Government see prosperity and sustainability as going together or as different and sometimes contradictory goals? I am conscious that, as climate change…07 Feb 2019HANSARDMigrant Crossings: Naval AssetsMy Lords, as part of its contingency planning for a crash-out no-deal Brexit, is the Home Office preparing measures to discourage British citizens from leaving the country?06 Feb 2019HANSARDPublic Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, am I correct in thinking that provided we have an agreement as we leave and therefore also a transition period, during that transition period many of the same…04 Feb 2019HANSARDPublic Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019If I understand the Minister correctly, paragraph 12.3 should therefore read: “Provided that there is a withdrawal agreement, the impact will be limited, but in the event of no…04 Feb 2019HANSARDPublic Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, having read this lengthy SI and being conscious of the other 600 or so coming our way, my sympathy for the officials working on Brexit is deeper than before. My despair…04 Feb 2019HANSARDPublic Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019In that case, the impact assessment for no deal should have been part of the statutory instrument. I read it as being partly about no deal and partly about the withdrawal…04 Feb 2019HANSARDDigital Mapping: RestrictionsMy Lords, during the Second World War—a period in which many members of the Conservative Party still appear to live—a suspicious foreigner taking pictures of houses would have…31 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Parliamentary Approval of the Outcome of Negotiations with the European UnionMy Lords, a number of noble Lords, including in particular the noble and learned Lord, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, have remarked that much of Britain’s broader public are…28 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Parliamentary Approval of the Outcome of Negotiations with the European UnionMy Lords, I recall that the noble Baroness was a civil servant, I think in Defra. Non-tariff issues are not unimportant in this respect. Animal health regulations across the…28 Jan 2019HANSARDVenezuelaMy Lords, given the Prime Minister’s recent strong commitment to cross-party working in a number of areas, and given the leader of the Opposition’s expertise and experience on…24 Jan 2019HANSARDLocal Authorities: Essential ServicesMy Lords, I want to take up the theme my noble friend Lady Thomas of Winchester began with. Bradford Council, looking to cut as many non-statutory and non-essential services as…24 Jan 2019HANSARDLocal Authorities: Essential ServicesI apologise terribly for this. I have a question the Minister might like to return to. I read the other day that the subsidy to private landlords paid in housing benefits has…24 Jan 2019HANSARDLocal Authorities: Essential ServicesYes—distant experience. There is a transatlantic anti-state ideology behind this long-term shrinkage in public provision. I recall during the coalition a conversation with the…24 Jan 2019HANSARDDomestic Infrastructure: Chinese OwnershipMy Lords, are we working on our own in responding to the Chinese threat, or are we working with others? Would it not be sensible not only to work with our other Five Eyes…23 Jan 2019HANSARDTelevision Licences: Over 75sMy Lords, following the principle of the noble Lord, Lord Naseby, that public service functions could be subsidised by advertising, are there thoughts within the Conservative…21 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Stability of the UnionMy Lords, I shall focus on the English question and emphasise that England’s place within the union is also in flux and confusion. One Brexit-supporting placard outside Parliament…17 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: EU Citizens in the UKMy Lords, the Minister may know that some of these Italian women were recruited directly by Salts Mill to work in Saltaire. When I first moved there with my family, we had…16 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political DeclarationMy Lords, I hope that when he replies, the Minister will have noted the strong speech from the noble Lord, Lord O’Neill of Gatley, echoed by the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, just now,…10 Jan 2019