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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 24 Oct 2022
Procurement Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I rise to speak briefly on Amendment 240 in particular, to which I would have attached my name had I noticed it in time. It is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones. What he set out in terms of the problems of framework agreements are …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 06 Sep 2022
Negotiating Objectives for a Free Trade Agreement with India

"My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter of Kentish Town, for securing this debate and the International Agreements Committee for all its work on this report. I strongly agree with some of its conclusions and strongly disagree with others.

In talking about a UK-India free trade deal, we …..."
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Written Question
Emergencies
Monday 1st August 2022

Asked by: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made on the updating of the National Resilience Strategy; when it will be published; and whether they intend to incorporate the recommendations from the Institute for Government report Managing Extreme Risks, published on 20 July.

Answered by Lord True - Shadow Leader of the House of Lords

The Integrated Review committed the Government to publishing a Resilience Strategy and in 2021 the Cabinet Office ran a Call for Evidence to inform this. The Strategy draws on a wide evidence base including international best practice; experience of recent crises; and external reports and recommendations on issues such as risk and critical national infrastructure from a range of organisations including Parliamentary Committees and formal advisory bodies.

The Strategy will be published at the earliest opportunity by the incoming administration.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 21 Jul 2022
Heatwave Response

"My Lords, the Minister referred to difficulties getting to Stansted Airport on Sunday. That is, of course, contributing to the problem, whether you travel by rail or road. He may be aware of the report this morning from UCL and LSE academics and Carbon Tracker showing that the oil and …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 13 Jul 2022
Procurement Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I rise very briefly and with great pleasure to follow the noble Lords, Lord Hendy and Lord Knight of Weymouth. I could not possibly repeat large amounts of what they said. I will just add a couple of points.

First, Amendment 186 in the name of the noble …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 13 Jul 2022
Procurement Bill [HL]

"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Wigley. I agree with him, but I will take us back to the issues that have mostly been covered in this group. There are six amendments to which I have attached my name and I am sure the …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 13 Jul 2022
Procurement Bill [HL]

"Is it not the case that small and medium-sized enterprises are facing these requirements from other quarters? I am thinking of a meeting I attended of the northern Country Land and Business Association where we heard from the banking sector that no farmer would be able to apply for a …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 11 Jul 2022
Procurement Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I rise to make my first contribution in this Committee, so I declare my position as vice-president of the Local Government Association. I must also, slightly belatedly, thank the Bill team for last Wednesday morning’s briefing, which was very helpful in trying to come to grips with the …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 11 Jul 2022
Procurement Bill [HL]

"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Brixton, who I think is seeking to achieve the same goals as two amendments in this group to which I have attached my name: Amendment 43, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 11 Jul 2022
Procurement Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I rise not solely to demonstrate that there is broad ideological support for small and medium-sized enterprises being given a larger share of the kind of procurement that we are talking about; I do so also because I have attached my name to Amendment 75B in the name …..."
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