🗣️ Speeches and Debates
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My Lords, the Minister quite rightly mentioned the importance of leadership. Did he see a recent report regarding two prison governors, who put out a statement saying they were going to introduce drugs-free wings? Why are there drugs in prisons? Surely it is an absolute aberration for governors to be talking in those terms. We should be removing all drugs from prisons.
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The noble Lord is actually putting a very strong case. What I said in my speech was that there was a red line about a sovereign base area—the concession of sovereignty across all the rest of the territory, but keeping the sovereignty of the base.
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My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Beamish. He deployed a lot of knowledge and insight, and I have great respect for him. He mentioned the former leader of the Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, who has been consistent in his interest in this subject; I would also add Andrew Rosindell, who, from the day I joined Parliament, has been consistent in his challenging of Governments...
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My Lords, I refer the Minister to what is going on in France, where they use their universal jurisdiction rules to investigate and seize the French assets of corrupt African dictators. She will be aware of the case of Teodoro Obiang, who has had his 10 supercars impounded and his €60 million house frozen in a court order. There are other cases in the pipeline, including those of the former...
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My Lords, I support both amendments. I made a speech in Committee in which I laid out very similar arguments to those put by the right reverend Prelate and the noble Baroness, Lady Willis. I will not repeat them now, except to say that the right reverend Prelate referred to a number of chalk streams in my old constituency of North West Norfolk. These incredible assets—these unique and...
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My Lords, during my time as an MP, I made a point of trying to visit local jobcentres every year on a very regular basis. One of my consistent observations was that, all too often, local offices were never properly involved in designing services to address local priorities. So, is it not time we got away from this one-size-fits-all, Whitehall-led mentality?
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My Lords, one of the key outcomes of the Windsor Framework was the plan for green lanes for goods leaving the UK but staying in Northern Ireland rather than being transported to the Republic. Can the Minister tell the House what progress has been made on the introduction of those green lanes?
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On the shadow Minister’s point about the impact assessment, the Government’s own impact assessment of the Employment Rights Bill puts the costs at £5 billion extra. How is that going to help the Government’s growth agenda?
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✍️ Written Questions and Answers
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To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the propriety of Fujitsu's bid for the Trader Support Service contract in the light of the fact that the company has not yet contributed to compensation for victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the tax revenues the statutory gambling levy will raise per year.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to measure the impact of the funds raised by the statutory gambling levy.
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To ask His Majesty's Government which organisations they intend to receive funding raised by the statutory gambling levy.
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To ask His Majesty's Government on what basis society lotteries and external lotteries are subject to a mandatory gambling levy, while the National Lottery and commercial prize draw operators are not.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to cap the prize offered by large scale commercial prize draws.
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What steps her Department is taking to increase (a) broadband and (b) mobile phone coverage in rural areas.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Government has to increase the level of funding for schools.
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