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HANSARDLevelling-up ReportMy Lords, does the range of metrics to which the Minister has referred include disparities within areas? It is no use levelling up Yorkshire by taking resources away from the…19 May 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, at this stage of the debate, I begin to feel a bit sorry for the noble Lord, Lord Ahmad, who has to reply to all these points. I have often said that, in these debates,…18 May 2022HANSARDDasgupta ReviewMy Lords, one of the causes of the loss of biodiversity in Britain is the overuse of chemical fertilisers and chemical pesticides. What are the Government doing to find…07 Apr 2022HANSARDEconomy: Spring StatementMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that exposition on the Budget, although I did not entirely recognise aspects of it. It is a Statement rather than a Budget; I need to watch my…31 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomy: Spring StatementMy Lords, the move on fuel duty is not in the right direction as far as the climate change agenda is concerned. Even where the Chancellor generally moved in the right direction,…31 Mar 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I will say a couple of words in support of the amendment and widen it slightly. In Committee, we argued that agriculture had to be dealt with somewhat differently.…22 Mar 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill22 Mar 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I shall also say a few words about Amendments 51 and 61 in this group. I do so in lieu of the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott, who, unfortunately, has to be at a funeral…22 Mar 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I cannot really hide that I am deeply disappointed by the Minister’s response. One modicum of comfort, if that is the phrase, is that he did say that guidance to public…22 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, I added my name to the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Foster, which the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, has just disagreed with. Those three amendments seem to…02 Mar 2022HANSARDRevised Energy National Policy StatementsMy Lords, I thank the Minister, particularly for explaining the relationship of these documents to planning decisions at both national and local level. Last night, I took home all…22 Feb 2022HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) BillMy Lords, I broadly support the principle of this Bill and the mechanism proposed, but with some reservations and with the need to put this decision and decisions on nuclear…21 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 63 but I want to say a couple of things about Amendment 62 because, as we proceed through this Committee, it is clear that there is a…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, that is probably a question for the Minister rather than for me, but, clearly, the decision on, for example, the Cumbrian coal mine, which is to feed into the steel…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillThe other day, we discussed the inclusion of agriculture in the Bill, but the Government have made it clear that, basically, the future of all agriculture subsidy will be…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I add my voice to the concern about how agriculture is being treated under this Bill. Of course, under the old European system, agriculture was excluded because all…07 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of LivingThat the Grand Committee takes note of the cost of living, and in particular (1) the rising cost of household energy, and (2) the role of the consumer protection regulatory regime…03 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of LivingMy Lords, I obviously had great prescience in going for this debate on this day. Unfortunately, it means that Ofgem and the Chancellor have stolen some of my thunder and…03 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of LivingMy Lords, I genuinely thank the Minister for that comprehensive reply, in which he gave some additional information about the Chancellor’s announcement, which I shall look forward…03 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, in introducing the Bill, the Minister said that we are getting away from an overburdensome and prescriptive European system. I will comment on that in a minute but,…19 Jan 2022