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HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 21 and 23 in my name. In effect, they both seek to amend new subsection (6) on page 2. The main point of my amendment is that I believe it…28 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I welcome the Bill. It demonstrates a much greater determination by the new Government to tackle the continuing and barely reducing problem of pollution of our rivers,…09 Oct 2024HANSARDHigher Education FundingMy Lords, I declare an interest as a former chairman of King’s College London, where my neighbour on these Benches is a distinguished professor. It is surely clear to everyone—it…12 Sept 2024HANSARDWild Atlantic SalmonMy Lords, I declare an interest in that one of my children owns a stretch of a small salmon river in south-west Scotland, where I have fished all my life. In the very short time…12 Sept 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I start by congratulating the new Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on his first public statement. He said that we have “record levels of sewage…18 Jul 2024 Bills sponsored (1)