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HANSARDGibraltar TreatyMy Lords, I declare my interest in Spain. I very much welcome this draft treaty. I think it is very much for the benefit of the United Kingdom, Gibraltar and Spain. There is…03 Mar 2026HANSARDResetting the UK-EU Relationship (European Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Ricketts, who has chaired the European Affairs Committee for the past three years. He skilfully led us to a consensus on most…26 Feb 2026HANSARDYorkshire: Sustainable Water Management SolutionsMy Lords, the Question refers to water management, particularly in relation to protracted droughts. Does the Minister agree that one of the problems is the huge amount of…28 Jan 2026HANSARDWater White PaperMy Lords, I very much welcome the Statement and the White Paper, as the Minister knows, and I am particularly pleased that the Statement refers in its opening paragraph to…26 Jan 2026HANSARDWater White PaperMy Lords, as there is still time, I will ask one further question, if the Whip will allow me. The White Paper mentions cutting leakage. The previous Government had a target of…26 Jan 2026HANSARDFlooding InterventionsMy Lords, in the middle of last year the excellent report came out from the Independent Water Commission which, among other things, recommended a certain restructuring of the…06 Jan 2026HANSARDWater and Sewerage Companies: Statutory ConsulteesMy Lords, the Minister, in her reply to the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, mentioned Ofwat. The Independent Water Commission, which reported in July, recommended the abolition of…20 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I enter this debate with trepidation. Unlike some noble lords, I am not a professional in medicine or law, but I have a view on this most complex matter that touches on…12 Sept 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill02 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baronesses, Lady Parminter and Lady Altmann, for signing the amendment. The noble Baroness, Lady Mallalieu, would have done so if she had…02 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I am most grateful to those who have contributed comments on my Amendment 8. I must admit that I have not quite persuaded the Leader to go as far as I had hoped she…02 Jul 2025HANSARDThames WaterMy Lords, does the Minister agree that—as many people have said already—the root of the problem at Thames is the level of debt? The fact is that, many years ago, Ofwat allowed…04 Jun 2025HANSARDWater: Supply and InfrastructureMy Lords, the Minister just mentioned 2050. It is a fact, unfortunately, that the government target for reducing leakage by 2050 is only 50% from the current level of leakage,…14 May 2025HANSARDLandmines and Cluster MunitionsMy Lords, I declare an interest as one of my sons and his wife work for the Halo Trust, one of the leading de-mining charities. Also, I am a trustee of the Royal United Services…03 Apr 2025HANSARDMathematical SciencesMy Lords, I declare an interest as patron of the King’s Maths School. I thank the Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Malvern, who is in her place, for seeing the noble…02 Apr 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I apologise for being absent from the Chamber earlier, when I was attending the European Affairs Select Committee. At Second Reading, I said that I thought the Bill…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I say to the Leader that I should like to reserve the right to table the amendment again on Report.25 Mar 2025HANSARDSustainable Farming IncentiveMy Lords, I declare my agricultural interests as in the register. My noble friend Lady Batters very much wanted to be here this evening, but as a working farmer she is having to…18 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, it is not a comfortable sensation for a hereditary Peer to be speaking in this debate. As I have said before, it is a great privilege to have performed a public service…11 Dec 2024