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HANSARDChild Trust Funds: Children with Learning DisabilitiesMy Lords, I draw attention to my registered interest as vice-president of Mencap, which has been working with the MoJ on this issue. Can the Minister give the House an update on…25 Mar 2021HANSARDFood WasteMy Lords, is the Minister aware that under the Environment (Wales) Act 2016, which deals with the sustainable management of natural resources, the Welsh Government might be…24 Mar 2021HANSARDOffice of Communications: ChairThey will need an understanding not only of fast broadband connectivity issues in rural areas, which Covid homeworking has highlighted, and the pressing questions of online…18 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget StatementMy Lords, I congratulate all maiden speakers. The Chancellor has implicitly recognised that the impact of Covid cannot be resolved by the free market economy. His actions were…12 Mar 2021HANSARDWomen’s Health StrategyMy Lords, I draw attention to my registered interest as a vice president of Mencap. In presenting this Statement to the House of Commons yesterday, the Minister stressed that the…09 Mar 2021HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioner Elections (Welsh Forms) Order 2021My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Hannan, on his maiden speech. I am sorry not to have been in the Chamber to enjoy it. I particularly welcome his warm words…04 Mar 2021HANSARDWales: Replacement FundingMy Lords, the Minister will recall that the EU scheme for structural funds comprised two parts: the money that came from Brussels and match funding from the Treasury that had to…03 Mar 2021HANSARDYnys Môn: EconomyMy Lords, I welcome today’s announcement of government backing for the hydrogen hub at Holyhead put forward by Menter Môn and Anglesey Council, and indeed proposed in the Senedd a…02 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19: May ElectionsMy Lords, will the Minister clarify who is responsible for this round of elections in Wales? As he knows, the running of the Senedd elections is devolved, while the election of…25 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccines DeploymentMy Lords, will the Minister join me in welcoming the fact that Wales had become the first of the UK nations to have vaccinated more than 20% of its population? Will he confirm…11 Feb 2021HANSARDLearning Disabilities: Child Trust FundsDoes the Minister not accept that there is an urgency about this? Many families face huge administrative burdens and other pressures when their child reaches adulthood. Child…11 Feb 2021HANSARDMesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, while I welcome the mesothelioma order, I speak primarily to the pneumoconiosis order, which, as some colleagues may well remember, is close to my heart after the…10 Feb 2021HANSARDGenetically Modified FoodMy Lords, the Minister may recall that in the early days of devolution, Wales’s National Assembly passed, as was in its devolved powers so to do, orders prohibiting on…08 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19My Lord, I really must press the Minister to reconsider her scant response to the noble Baroness, Lady Bull, on the pressing need of those with learning difficulties. Does she not…28 Jan 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords: SizeMy Lords, while I certainly support a smaller second Chamber, does the Minister appreciate the frustrations of those of us in smaller parties at the way in which the present…27 Jan 2021HANSARDGovernment of Wales Act 2006 (Amendment) Order 2021My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, and am so glad to see that he is in such fine fettle following the ill health that he suffered last…27 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Musicians: EU Visa ArrangementsMy Lords, I draw attention to my registered interests. Does the Minister accept that this wholly avoidable mess turns the clock back half a century, leaves musicians, particularly…20 Jan 2021HANSARDBiodiversity: Impact of NeonicotinoidsMy Lords, this initiative is for England only, of course, but it will certainly have a knock-on effect on Wales. Does the Minister accept that the neonicotinoids used on sugar…14 Jan 2021HANSARDNational Grid: CapacityWill the Minister confirm that the Government are standing by their earlier commitment—of central relevance to these issues—namely, to locate the proposed national thermal…11 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, the Government have given commitments regarding rolling out the vaccination programme in England. Is the noble Baroness aware that the Government of Wales have been…07 Jan 2021