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HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I apologise to my noble friend for jumping in here, but I would like to go on for a bit to address exactly what the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, has said. I could not concur…09 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, I concur with the sentiments of the previous speaker. However, I fear that the amendments are misconceived in calling for the building of a fishing industry workforce.…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [HL]My Lords, the Fisheries Bill has huge potential to cause trouble among the nations of the United Kingdom and with our European neighbours. What is written on the face of the Bill…11 Feb 2020HANSARDClimate ChangeAt this late stage of the debate, I am bound to repeat much of what has already been said. For a start, it must be said that unless, in a very short period, humans can forgo the…06 Feb 2020HANSARDGene EditingMy Lords, like other noble Lords, I will talk mainly about gene editing as it relates to human reproduction, which is a highly contentious issue at present. The UK recently…30 Jan 2020HANSARDGene EditingI have now learned something. However, we must now ask where this leaves us. The first point to be made is that the existing methods of gene editing are of insufficient accuracy…30 Jan 2020HANSARDFisheries: EU Landing Obligation (European Union Committee Report)The global depletion of the fish stocks is a prime example of the environmental depredations that have been occurring throughout the 20th century and of which we are becoming…23 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechThe exorbitant effulgence of the Prime Minister’s pomposity and waffle has served to conceal from many people the extent of his ignorance and carelessness. Doubts persist over…08 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, the Queen’s Speech, which we are debating today, has been unprecedented in its vacuity. This gives us a licence to discuss what is not in the speech as much as the…17 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 1) Order 2019Are the Government confident that they will be able to recruit a sufficient number of officers, with a sufficient commitment to their duties, if they are going to offer only a…07 Oct 2019HANSARDDraft Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Kent (No. 1) Order 2019My Lords, the regulations on custom safety and security, which we have already discussed, have arisen from HMRC’s assessment that the haulage industry and ferry operators will be…07 Oct 2019HANSARDSmall and Medium-sized Enterprises: MistreatmentMy Lords I shall reiterate some things that have already been said in the excellent preceding speeches. In November 2013, Lawrence Tomlinson delivered his report on the practices…27 Jun 2019HANSARDInequalitiesMy Lords, a stark appraisal of the state of the nation was provided in November 2018 by the report of the Australian economist Philip Alston, in his role as the United Nations…13 Jun 2019HANSARDReducing Greenhouse Gas EmissionsMy Lords, in preparing for today’s debate, I looked at the text of a lecture on the subject of the atmosphere and the threat of global warming that I delivered exactly 25 years…02 May 2019HANSARDCorporate GovernanceI wonder if the noble Lord could answer my question more directly.29 Apr 2019HANSARDCorporate GovernanceMy Lords, our failure in corporate governance has enabled the City of London to consign many of our utilities and industries to foreign ownership. Are the Government doing…29 Apr 2019HANSARDBrexit: Food Prices and Availability (EUC Report)My Lords, the difficulty of discussing the effect of Brexit on food prices and availability is that we do not yet know what form Brexit will take, if indeed it materialises.…25 Apr 2019HANSARDREACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, much of what I intended to say has already been said, and said very well. Nevertheless, I will add further testimony that reaffirms the comments of my committee…26 Mar 2019HANSARDCitizenship StatusI have already posed a question.20 Feb 2019HANSARDCitizenship StatusMy Lords, it is extraordinary that the Minister refuses to discuss the details of the case in question. In my opinion, the decision of the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, to deprive…20 Feb 2019