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HANSARDEnergy Grid ResilienceMy noble friend the Minister has already referred to the fact that the system operator is introducing innovative new approaches. Might that involve the application of AI to…06 May 2025HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, welcome to an afternoon of Questions for Short Debate. If there is a Division in the Chamber, we will adjourn the Committee for 10 minutes, but the fact is the Chamber…01 May 2025HANSARDNHS: Single-sex Spaces for StaffMy Lords, I am in the hands of the Committee, but the fact is, as Members will know, people are entitled to ask to speak in the gap, but the gap had already been passed by the…01 May 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, I support the Bill and my noble friend the Minister’s amendments. We had an interesting discussion about the phrase “relevant family members” in Committee. I declared an…30 Apr 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, and agree with his amendment. My only regret is that I did not sign it, because you can have four names on an…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, I will be brief, not least because the points made by my noble friends Lord Beamish and Lady Carberry of Muswell Hill are ones with which agree. When my noble friend the…30 Apr 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, rather like the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, I am afraid I am also going to disappoint the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, because I do not think these amendments are…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, I shall not detain the House for long. When my noble friend Lord Beamish moved his amendment in Committee, I strongly supported it—and I support it again today. I am…30 Apr 2025HANSARDAI: Cross-sector LegislationMy Lords, I do not know whether my noble friend knows but, this very afternoon, the University of Liverpool, in conjunction with the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, is…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEngineering Biology (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, before the Minister sits down, could he say one word about the regional distribution of work in this area? I have had an interesting approach from the Tees Valley…28 Apr 2025HANSARDEngineering Biology (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady Brown—on this committee I like to think we are all noble friends—and to thank her for the way she led us through an…28 Apr 2025HANSARDTransport Decarbonisation PlanMy Lords—24 Apr 2025HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, if there is a Division in the Chamber, we will adjourn immediately and resume after 10 minutes. However, when I last looked at the Chamber, it was happily busy with the…22 Apr 2025HANSARDFunerals: Death Certificate DelaysTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to reduce reported delays in holding funerals because of changes in the provision of death certificates.03 Apr 2025HANSARDFunerals: Death Certificate DelaysI thank my noble friend for that Answer. When my dad died—incidentally, he was born 100 years ago today—it was possible to arrange his funeral in two weeks. That is not now…03 Apr 2025HANSARDUK-US Trade and TariffsMy Lords, I do not think that any Member in this Chamber envies the position of the British Prime Minister at such a time, with our relationship with the United States coming…03 Apr 2025HANSARDForeign Influence Registration SchemeMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for the Statement. I broadly welcome it, and I think there is a broad, cross-party consensus on the national security…02 Apr 2025HANSARDMathematical SciencesMy Lords, I am very glad that my noble friend the Minister mentioned teachers. We all agree that maths underpins so much of the scientific work and growth on which our country…02 Apr 2025HANSARDForeign Influence Registration SchemeMy Lords, if the House will forgive me for a quick follow-up question, the Minister referred to sector guidance. Will he issue sector guidance relating to Parliament itself?02 Apr 2025HANSARDSpring StatementCan my noble friend confirm that the Statement’s provision for capital spending is crucial if the UK is to sustain and safeguard its research and development budget and…27 Mar 2025