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HANSARDSentencing BillIt is Committee, so I am entitled to speak in relation to that point. The case that comes to my mind would highlight the absurdity of the position of simply having an immediate…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI think that a very valid point has been made. I immediately think of the situation—03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI am intervening.03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey. It is good to see that even a hoarse and croaky voice cannot silence her. I am broadly in favour of the…03 Dec 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillAbsolutely. I have taken the Minister and the Government to task on a range of things, but this may be one issue on which we are in vigorous agreement. I do not question the…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI appreciate what the noble Lord has said in relation to the response in the public sphere by the American Government. Whatever one’s views—and there will be a range of views…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillOn the amendments that the noble Lord, Lord Morrow, and I put forward, as was alluded to in a number of speeches, including by the noble Baroness, Lady Foster, the reason why we…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI do not hold a brief for either the Government or the main Opposition. I am happy for them to spell it out. Undoubtedly, what the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, has said is correct,…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIt is clear that the Chinese interests—and indeed those of other countries, which I think goes to the heart of why we are seeing this as a key strategic point of view—go beyond…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I rise to deal with Amendments 58, 61 and 62, which are, largely speaking, probing amendments. My noble friend Lord Morrow raised the question of whether the Government…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I will briefly make two points. First, on behalf of my noble friend Lord McCrea, who has had to leave for a family wedding, I will speak to Amendment 57, which…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWe can pick which Government are looking to lever in additional influence in the area. I am simply saying that China has a particular record of reaching agreements with other…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI am not querying that. What I am saying is from experience and from having spoken directly to Gibraltarians in relation to this. They know that a very good agreement may have…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThat is true of a party that votes against it at Third Reading in the House of Commons and then seems largely supportive of the deal here. So, yes, that could be a perfectly good…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I rise in relation to this group. Picking up the remarks, first of all, of the noble Lord, Lord Jay, I will say that, yes, there is not, perhaps, a single unified…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillYes, but part of the problem is that sometimes in this country we fall into a trap where we see agreements as final settlements. There are sometimes other Governments who either…25 Nov 2025HANSARDNHS: Wheelchair ServicesMy Lords, I declare an interest as a frequent wheelchair user and as a member of the all-party group. Some concerns have been expressed that the competition for contracts for…24 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I will be brief. I was going to intervene on the speech from the noble Lord, Lord Hannan, but we reached a point at which there was a triangulation of interventions such…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, not least because my Amendment 59 comes from a similar position to her Amendment 23, in that it is a probing…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI know the Minister was not attracted by the charms of the Front Bench, so I will try slightly differently. I suppose what we are trying to establish first of all is the…18 Nov 2025