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HANSARDTransport Decarbonisation PlanMy Lords, I have been told the Department for Transport will not classify hydrogen-powered internal combustion engines, which are the only way of dealing with the heavy…24 Apr 2025HANSARDTransport Decarbonisation PlanMy Lords—24 Apr 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I will say two things very quickly. The first is on Amendment 93A. The Lord Lyon is also a King of Arms, so that ought to be added after “the Lord Lyon”. He is in fact…01 Apr 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I want to say to the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, that while I am a hereditary Peer, I am not here to try to stay here; whatever happens, happens. The reason that I and the…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Peerage Nominations) Bill [HL]My Lords, I agree very much with what the noble Lord, Lord Norton, said about this Bill—it is essential to our democracy. In the democratic principles, Parliament makes the rules…14 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I want to quickly say something about participation—I think back to a long time ago when I was involved in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill. What goes into…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I thoroughly support Amendment 11. People have tried picking holes in it, but it does not say that all have to be elected. It says: “introducing directly elected members…10 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI think the noble Lord is speaking to the amendment in the next group. While I am on my feet, I will say very quickly, because this has made me think of it, that if the King does…03 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I was going to speak to the last amendment. I will say very quickly now that it needed a little bit inserted to say, “Also to remove the power of the Prime Minister to…03 Mar 2025HANSARDPost Office Horizon Compensation SchemeMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Beamish, for bringing forward this debate. This issue has worried me for a very long time. I remember the great campaign in particular by…27 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, people are talking a lot about carbon dioxide, and I hugely support carbon capture and utilisation. We have large plants manufacturing carbon dioxide deliberately. For…11 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have a couple of quick things to say. First, there is no reason not to put this into the Bill here; it can be amended in the Commons quite happily. Secondly, without…05 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I spoke on this before, and I will repeat what I said previously. The only way out of this one is to have two fields against someone: one that we will call “sex” and…28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I wanted to add something, having spent a lot of time on Part 3 of the Digital Economy Act, which after many assurances and a couple of years, the Executive decided not…28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I too support this. I well remember the passage of the Computer Misuse Act, and we were deeply unhappy about some of its provisions defining hacker tools et cetera,…28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I very much support the amendments from the noble Lords, Lord Lucas and Lord Arbuthnot, particularly Amendment 6, about accuracy. It has become apparent—and Committee…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I want to add very quickly that we have got a problem here. If someone did take all this private data because we did not put this block on them, and they then had it, it…21 Jan 2025HANSARDLong-duration Energy Storage (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, I congratulate the Science and Technology Committee on this report. It really hits the nail on the head in the need to think about things. One thing that always amuses…09 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I would like to just make one comment on this group. I entirely agree with everything that has been said and, in particular, with the amendments in the name of the noble…18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I was involved in an ethics committee that looked at genomics and cancer research some years ago, and this is very important. If research could be done on different…18 Dec 2024