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HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, this is the fourth time we have had a very similar debate on this topic in the last nine months. As ever, it has been of high quality, and I am very grateful to those…09 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, each of us receives, on appointment and at the start of each subsequent Parliament, a Writ of Summons. The writ says: “We strictly enjoining command you upon the faith…09 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill09 Jul 2025HANSARDBlack RodMy Lords, on behalf of these Benches, I add our warm welcome to Lieutenant General Ed Davis. He will find things in very good order, and I look forward very much to working with…09 Jul 2025HANSARDForest Risk CommoditiesOf course the biggest threat to forestry in this country, and particularly to our native broadleaf trees, is the grey squirrel. Can the Minister tell us when the England grey…08 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 53A. Getting the balance right between landlords and tenants is something that was stressed by a number of speakers on the previous group…07 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 48, which stands in my name. I declare my interests both as a landlord for my own part, to a small extent—all for properties in Scotland—and as…07 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI am very grateful for what the Minister has said all round. Before she sits down, I wonder if I could push her just a little more. I think she is saying that there will…07 Jul 2025HANSARDGrangemouth Oil Refinery Closure: Job LossesMy Lords, the Interministerial Group for Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change met on 6 May 2025. Clearly, quite a lot of things were discussed there, but a communique published…03 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I observed in Committee that everything in life tends to have a retirement age, so I feel that it is vital to bring in Amendment 20, or something like it, as part of the…02 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillBefore the noble Baroness sits down, I am sorry to intervene further but there are a number of other issues in the various amendments that we are going to consider. Would it not…02 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI thank the noble Baroness very much. This is obviously an issue that has arisen and has been the source of considerable correspondence, which predates me—Lord Judge began it. It…02 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI put to the noble Lord this point about the Italian torpedo. I hope he will accept that there is currently no reasonable insurance solution available for a tenant—there is none.…06 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillOne of the things I read was that Paymentshield is offering accidental damage only; I read out the definition of accidental damage and that is not really any cover at all. I am…06 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights Bill06 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillBut if the market does not come into being—I made the point about insurance not being available for inevitabilities—we will have created through the Bill a route for landlords to…06 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 127, I shall speak also to Amendments 128, 129 and 130. I remind the Committee of some different interests this time, in that I am a director of…06 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, it has been a very interesting debate. I thank those who have contributed to it all round, and I will try to mention everyone. I thought I should start by answering the…06 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I am deeply grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for introducing the amendments of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton, so well. I spoke to the noble and learned…06 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI am most grateful to the Minister for giving way. I would like to give her a bit more ammunition. I am looking at a website to do with MHCLG that talks about the “one team”…06 May 2025