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HANSARDSubsidy Control BillIt was a long time ago but clearly the noble Lord learned many lessons, not least the one he repeated: to stress that we in Wales received considerable benefit from the European…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I apologise for appearing to hog the Committee at this early stage. I will have a self-denying ordinance as things go forward, I promise. Amendments 2 and 3 are in my…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill31 Jan 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her response, which I will come back to in a moment. First, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in this short debate. The…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I had not intended to intervene in this debate, and I am going to do so not from a particularly Welsh angle but from a general one. I identify with Amendment 6 and the…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill31 Jan 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I am grateful to everybody who has participated in this short debate. I am not sure whether the noble Viscount, Lord Chandos, is happy with the response he got, but no…31 Jan 2022HANSARDWater Industry ReformMy Lords—25 Jan 2022HANSARDWater Industry ReformMy Lords, the Minister will be aware that the Question relates to the United Kingdom dimension. He will also be aware that water is largely devolved as far as Wales is concerned.…25 Jan 2022HANSARDEnergy: Civil Nuclear PowerMy Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Goodlad; that is the second speech of his that I have heard today. Like him, I warm to the memory of the late, great Walter…09 Dec 2021HANSARDCovid-19: National MemorialMy Lords, are not nurses and those working in care homes among those who gave most to save people during the pandemic? Would it not be a worthy way of recognising that to give…08 Dec 2021HANSARDDementia: Art and Music-based InterventionsMy Lords, I declare an interest: my wife is a music teacher and my son runs a recording studio, at which I am sure the Minister would be very welcome. Does the Minister agree that…22 Nov 2021HANSARDIndependent Commission on the Constitutional Future of WalesMy Lords, the Minister will be aware that Professor McAllister, who along with Rowan Williams is leading this commission, has made it clear that it will be receptive to any…17 Nov 2021HANSARDAssisted Dying Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, for introducing the Bill. Like many colleagues, I find this important Bill immensely difficult, for reasons that I share with…22 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, as this is the first time that I have addressed the Chamber in person since March of last year, I put on record my appreciation of the Zoom facility that made it…13 Sept 2021HANSARDCyberattack: MicrosoftMy Lords, do the Government systematically seek to identify all businesses and individuals who may have been targets for cyberattacks, whether from China or elsewhere? If so, do…22 Jul 2021HANSARDEuropean Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (References to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement) Regulations 2021My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh. I too have had some representations from the food industry, which has expressed the concerns that she has…21 Jul 2021HANSARDElderly Social Care (Insurance) Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lilley, for introducing this Bill, which gives the House and the Government a basis on which to respond to the ideas that he has proposed over several…16 Jul 2021HANSARDUK–Commonwealth Trading RelationshipMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Howell, for facilitating this debate and declare my interest as a member of the Farmers Union of Wales. It is from the viewpoint of Welsh…08 Jul 2021HANSARDUK Government Union CapabilityMy Lords, as the noble Lords, Lord Murphy and Lord Thomas, mentioned, Wales’s First Minister, Mark Drakeford, as a unionist, published this week a 20-point analysis entitled…01 Jul 2021