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HANSARDWales: Public ServicesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what representations they have received from the Welsh Government concerning the Barnett Formula to fund public services in Wales.05 Nov 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie, and I am so glad she had the opportunity to bring in the Northern Ireland dimension, building on the comments…05 Nov 2024HANSARDWales: Public ServicesMy Lords, is the Minister aware that Wales’s Finance Minister, Mark Drakeford, wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of the Budget last week, asking for a review of the…05 Nov 2024HANSARDOlympic and Paralympic Games: Team GBMy Lords, will the Minister join me in congratulating the swimmers in both the Olympics and the Paralympics on once again doing very well? However, does she accept that disabled…04 Nov 2024HANSARDDecommissioned Nuclear-Powered SubmarinesDoes the Minister recall the late, great Sir John Houghton, who identified the dangers of global warming several decades ago? As an eminent scientist, he identified the potential…23 Oct 2024HANSARDHuman Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, I am delighted to contribute briefly to this short debate for one specific reason. Back in 1990, when the defining Act was passed, it was at the end of a strenuous…22 Oct 2024HANSARDGovernment of Wales Act 2006 (Devolved Welsh Authorities) (Amendment) Order 2024My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Murphy, and the noble Baroness, Lady Humphreys, who commented on this order. I will speak very briefly indeed. On the last…22 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I will move Amendment 1 and speak to Amendment 23, both of which are in my name. I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Humphreys, for adding her name to the…14 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]The Minister has explained the need for a restructure. As Scotland has devolution of this dimension already, clearly it is not impossible for people to come together after…14 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]Before I pursue the subject of the amendment, I am glad to follow the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, on that subject. I suggest that, if the Crown Estate has the powers, it also has…14 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]I am sure that the noble Lord, Lord Hain, listened to that response, as I did, with some amusement. If the line that the Minister is going to take in discussion with Welsh…14 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]14 Oct 2024HANSARDLondon UndergroundDoes the Minister accept that expenditure on railways in Wales has been quite significant recently but is still short of what is needed? There is a feeling that the formula for…10 Oct 2024HANSARDCommission on Justice in WalesMy Lords, was not the consideration that the Minister referred to a moment ago mainly undertaken under the auspices of the previous Conservative Government? Is now not the time…07 Oct 2024HANSARDForeign Direct Investment to the UKMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Harrington, for the significant work he undertook in his review of foreign direct investment. We in Wales are still in the process…10 Sept 2024HANSARDAutism Employment: Buckland ReviewMy Lords, I pay tribute to the work that Sir Robert Buckland has undertaken in this sphere over many years. Can the Minister give any indication of how long the Government are…10 Sept 2024HANSARDHigh-speed Rail Services: West Coast Main LineMy Lords, before the last election, the previous Government announced that, in lieu of a Barnett consequential to Wales arising out of HS2, they would move forward with plans to…04 Sept 2024HANSARDEuropean Social CharterMy Lords, is it the intention of the Government—is it their aspiration—that they will be in a position to sign?03 Sept 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth, and I agree with him that we must certainly consider the broad canvas against which this Bill comes…02 Sept 2024HANSARDHS2My Lords, to what extent has the Minister discussed this matter with the Government of Wales—the Labour Government of Wales in Cardiff—who are totally convinced that Wales is…23 Jul 2024