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HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his thoughtful response, to which I will give careful thought. I am also grateful to other noble Lords who spoke in support of my…21 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 1, I will speak also to Amendments 3, 54 and 74 in my name. The Environment Bill offers a unique opportunity to create a coherent long-term framework…21 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment Bill21 Jun 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for setting out this important Bill. I am grateful too for his long-term advocacy of many of the proposals it contains. The Bill offers…07 Jun 2021HANSARDForensic Science and the Criminal Justice System (S&T Committee Report)My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Patel, for introducing the report from the Science and Technology Committee on Forensic Science and the Criminal Justice…26 Apr 2021HANSARDForensic Science Regulator BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy of Southwark, for introducing the Bill, which I warmly welcome as an important step in ensuring the quality, consistency and…19 Mar 2021HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I support everything that my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe has said about Amendment 18, so I shall be brief. I added my name to this amendment for reasons I outlined…15 Sept 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I too congratulate my noble friend the Minister and the right reverend Prelate on their excellent maiden speeches. In warmly welcoming the Bill, I want to focus on how…08 Sept 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, as vice-chair of the APPG on Science and Technology in Agriculture, I believe that the Bill is a timely opportunity for the Government to consult on and thereafter…28 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I share the concerns about how standards will be maintained when negotiating new trade agreements and therefore, in principle, support what many of the amendments in…28 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I welcome the amendments in this group that propose that the required reporting cycle should be more frequent than at least every five years. A more frequent reporting…21 Jul 2020HANSARDEnterprise Act 2002 (Specification of Additional Section 58 Consideration) Order 2020My Lords, I welcome these two orders, but I want to raise an issue that is referenced in paragraph 8 in the accompanying report from the SLSC, of which I am a member. The issue is…15 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for introducing the Bill. In the time available I will raise four brief points and then turn to the important role that standards will…10 Jun 2020HANSARDTrade: StandardsMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lady McIntosh for securing this debate. It is a timely reminder of the role that standards and the UK’s broader quality infrastructure…25 Feb 2020HANSARDDevolved Administrations: 20th AnniversaryMy Lords, I welcome today’s debate for a number of reasons, one being my involvement a decade ago in the Calman commission, which was tasked with carrying out an inquiry into the…22 May 2019HANSARDProduct Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, like the noble Baroness, Lady Crawley, I am a vice-president of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute. The other interest I declare—as it is pertinent to the remarks…04 Mar 2019