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HANSARDCovid-19 InquiryI thank my noble friend for that. That shows that we are going backwards with public facilities, but private and other facilities also need to be mobilised immediately and a…03 Sept 2024HANSARDCovid-19 InquiryMy Lords, as the last speaker from the Back Benches, I do not intend to comment on everybody’s speeches, but I do hope that the noble Lord, Lord Hannan, makes his own submission…03 Sept 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I congratulate the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hermer, on his speech today and his presence on our Front Bench—indeed, I congratulate all the new Ministers. It is great…23 Jul 2024HANSARDWater Companies: Financial ResilienceMy Lords, further to the question of the noble Earl, Lord Attlee, I speak as a former non-executive director of Ofwat for a few months, and as a former non-executive director of…23 Jul 2024HANSARDSouth West Water: Brixham ContaminationMy Lords, is not this instance a failure of the central role of the water companies to deliver clean and healthy water to every household? In the days before privatisation, we…22 May 2024HANSARDHome InsulationFurther to the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, is the Minister at all confident that the standards for insulation are being met for all new build? Likewise, is he…14 May 2024HANSARDHydrogen EnergyMy Lords, in previous Questions the Minister and the Government have indicated that all strategic decisions on the use of hydrogen will be taken in 2026. Clearly, the decision on…14 May 2024HANSARDAffordable Housing: SupplyMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Chandos on initiating this debate. I am particularly pleased at the terminology used for the Motion; “genuinely affordable” housing…25 Apr 2024HANSARDTransport System: FailingsMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Snape on this debate and his opening speech, particularly his excoriation of the railway system for the experience of passengers…25 Apr 2024HANSARDAdvanced Modular Reactors: Criticality TestsMy Lords, while we are on nuclear, what do the Government make of the reports last week of a major breakthrough in fusion technology, and what support are they giving to British…19 Mar 2024HANSARDHome Insulation: Health and Mortality RatesMy Lords, 20 years ago, when I had some responsibility for the insulation programme, health issues were just as important, if not more so, than fuel poverty as such, or climate…19 Mar 2024HANSARDHousing: Accessibility StandardsMy Lords, is this not just one aspect of the Government’s failure to enforce the standards to which they are theoretically committed, whether environmental, accessibility or…05 Feb 2024HANSARDIndustrial StrategyMy Lords, I offer congratulations to my noble friend Lord Watson on securing this debate, and a warm welcome to the noble Lord, Lord Rosenfield—I appreciated his speech. Arguably,…01 Feb 2024HANSARDChildren’s Care Homes: Private EquityMy Lords, I think it was only two Prime Ministers ago who promised before the last general election that they would fix social care. The problems that we have talked about today…30 Jan 2024HANSARDClimate Change: Impact on Developing NationsMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, and to recognise that questions of health, development, poverty and climate change are all interrelated. I thank also the…11 Jan 2024HANSARDParliamentary Democracy and Standards in Public LifeMy Lords, as the final Back-Bench speaker, I will try to say something original. It is difficult, but I will try. Much of what has been said about the attitudes of the population…11 Jan 2024HANSARDRoad Safety StrategyMy Lords, I welcome the Minister to his post, but he will need, in his brief, to learn from history. The 1990s Conservative Government, with Peter Bottomley as Road Safety…18 Dec 2023HANSARDLimiting Global Temperature IncreaseTo ask His Majesty’s Government whether (1) the position of the OPEC states, and (2) the lobbying of fossil fuel companies, at the Dubai COP 28 have made it more difficult to…13 Dec 2023HANSARDLimiting Global Temperature IncreaseMy Lords, I join with the Minister in accepting that the current draft is a darn sight better than the dreadful draft presented two days ago, but it is still, sadly, deficient. In…13 Dec 2023HANSARDHydrogen HeatingMy Lords, given the growing case against using hydrogen as the main source of domestic and office heating, are the Minister or Ofgem about to stop supplier companies offering…11 Dec 2023