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HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, I begin with a confession. I do mind confessing this, but I had never heard of Colonial Bank v. Whinney before I joined this special Committee. Maybe other Members…03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, first, I am in error in not having thanked the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, as fulsomely as I should have done when I stood up a moment ago. We have been very lucky with…03 Feb 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyMy Lords, I welcome the Chancellor’s speech and the positive statement of intent that it conveys. I put it to my noble friend that one key ingredient is investment in science and…03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]This amendment is different from the others on the Marshalled List. We have had the Anderson-Holmes double act throughout, and we have two other amendments that are in a single…03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, very briefly, I support this amendment and am pleased to hear the Minister tell the Committee that the Northern Ireland Executive have been involved, which is a very…03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, I fully understand that the Short Title of a Bill does not form part of its legal effect. I can think of many Bills—and we have passed several in the last few years…03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]I make a simple point: however well drafted this amendment may seem and however much it seeks to give a steer to the judges, as has been mentioned, I am not sure that the wording…03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will make a few brief remarks now so that I do not have to repeat them if I stand up at any other stage. I am not a lawyer, and I have found the experience of being on…03 Feb 2025HANSARDFiscal Policy: Defence SpendingMy Lords, my noble friend will probably know that the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy, of which I have been a member, is going to undertake a review of undersea…03 Feb 2025HANSARDMajor Defence ContractsMy Lords, does my noble friend the Minister not agree that the experience of the war in Ukraine has made it all the more important that we have an updated defence industrial…03 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, we will resume the Committee. The noble Lord, Lord Leigh, has the floor.29 Jan 2025HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, I am tempted to say, “Welcome back”, because, as we adjourned the last session in a spirit of good will, I hope very much that we can begin this session in the same…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI am sorry to interrupt the noble Lord but, as Members may have noticed, there is a Division in the Chamber. The Committee stands adjourned until 5.28 pm.29 Jan 2025HANSARDInternet Activity: Energy UseI thank my noble friend for that Answer. I do not know whether the House quite realises the staggering quantities of energy involved in normal internet activity and, in…27 Jan 2025HANSARDInternet Activity: Energy UseTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the amount of energy used in internet activity, and in particular in mining cryptocurrencies.27 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillWe now move on to the next group. I call Amendment 6 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe.21 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillIn answer to the noble Baroness, I am in the hands of the usual channels.21 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThey were once described as some of the most polluted waterways in Europe.21 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillIn the spirit of good will, the Committee is adjourned.21 Jan 2025HANSARDConsumer Products (Control of Biocides) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, for her comprehensive introduction of the Bill, which brings forward issues that the House and the Government…17 Jan 2025