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My Lords, statutory inquiries are very expensive. I was chairman of a statutory inquiry at about the same time as Lord Taylor. It really depresses me that, if you chair a statutory inquiry and you are given a whole lot of false information or not given the relevant information, the...
My Lords, statutory inquiries are very expensive. I was chairman of a statutory inquiry at about the same time as Lord Taylor. It really depresses me that, if you chair a statutory inquiry and you are given a whole lot of false information or not given the relevant information, the...
I cannot resist following on from the noble Lord. My inquiry started in 1987 and I presented a report in 1988, so some judges do not take a lot of time.
Turning to the amendment, the principle behind it is excellent, although the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, has pointed out some...
I cannot resist following on from the noble Lord. My inquiry started in 1987 and I presented a report in 1988, so some judges do not take a lot of time.
Turning to the amendment, the principle behind it is excellent, although the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, has pointed out some...
May I ask the Minister what will happen to prisoners who ought to be deported but it is not safe to send them back to their country of origin?
May I ask the Minister what will happen to prisoners who ought to be deported but it is not safe to send them back to their country of origin?
I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Foster, and his most interesting speech. This is an excellent debate on crucial issues, and I am so glad that the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, has managed to bring it forward. I also say how glad I am that the noble...
I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Foster, and his most interesting speech. This is an excellent debate on crucial issues, and I am so glad that the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, has managed to bring it forward. I also say how glad I am that the noble...
My Lords, I thank the right reverend Prelate for his very kind words—totally undeserved but very kind. I very much support this report and its recommendations. As we have a manifesto commitment, it seems to me extremely difficult to go behind it. I am well over the age of 80,...
My Lords, I thank the right reverend Prelate for his very kind words—totally undeserved but very kind. I very much support this report and its recommendations. As we have a manifesto commitment, it seems to me extremely difficult to go behind it. I am well over the age of 80,...
Might I ask the Minister whether the Government are thinking of talking to China?
Might I ask the Minister whether the Government are thinking of talking to China?
The Government are clear that all parties involved in the development of AI need to be in agreement about a way forward.
In the absence of any back-up, as I understand it, is it sensible that eight airports were operated by only one system?
In the absence of any back-up, as I understand it, is it sensible that eight airports were operated by only one system?
My Lords, I declare that I am co-chair of the parliamentary group on modern slavery and vice-chair of the Human Trafficking Foundation. The Modern Slavery Act 2015 was transformational in its ambitions, but it was a long time ago and much of what came from it has not really been...
My Lords, I declare that I am co-chair of the parliamentary group on modern slavery and vice-chair of the Human Trafficking Foundation. The Modern Slavery Act 2015 was transformational in its ambitions, but it was a long time ago and much of what came from it has not really been...
May I ask the Minister: does he know what is holding this up?
May I ask the Minister: does he know what is holding this up?
Yes, I do. I can tell the noble and learned Baroness what is holding this up: it is people like me and other Ministers competing for legislative time. I am sorry to say I am going to be arguing with myself, but I promise to take noble Lords’ side on this. I understand the issues about access to justice. I take them very seriously and I will do my best.
Can I suggest to the Minister that in addition to what has been suggested there should be a campaign to encourage people who have any sort of land to start saving water on it? For instance, I am thinking of whether I can put down a borehole—I have only 16 acres. Things such as that might be helpful if the Government could push people to see what they could do to save water themselves.
Can I suggest to the Minister that in addition to what has been suggested there should be a campaign to encourage people who have any sort of land to start saving water on it? For instance, I am thinking of whether I can put down a borehole—I have only 16 acres. Things such as that might be helpful if the Government could push people to see what they could do to save water themselves.
One important thing we need to be doing is not necessarily asking people to drop boreholes on their land but water saving more broadly. It is something we could definitely improve on as a country. The Government are keen for water companies to look at how they encourage more water saving across all their customers.
My Lords, on the “Today” programme I heard an American former defence expert saying that the US-Iran war had got to such a point that the only thing for the Americans to do was to bomb for the next month. What is the Minister’s view?
My Lords, on the “Today” programme I heard an American former defence expert saying that the US-Iran war had got to such a point that the only thing for the Americans to do was to bomb for the next month. What is the Minister’s view?
My Lords, I am very happy often to bow to the expertise of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Garnier. It is unnecessary for him to be quite so polite about me, although I am grateful to him for it.
I supported the earlier Bill from the noble Lord, Lord Marks,...
My Lords, I am very happy often to bow to the expertise of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Garnier. It is unnecessary for him to be quite so polite about me, although I am grateful to him for it.
I supported the earlier Bill from the noble Lord, Lord Marks,...
What are the Government doing to encourage food production?
What are the Government doing to encourage food production?
Our encouragement of all sorts of farms that did not already have grants and support demonstrates that we are keen to look at food production. We also have a farming innovation programme that supports agrotechnology for farmers, which can help with food production as well. The whole picture is about supporting food production, because, as we have said, we believe that food security is national security, and we take that very seriously.
A few months ago I flew to Málaga, where they had decided not to apply the new system. Is it possible to persuade the EU to put off the system until October?
A few months ago I flew to Málaga, where they had decided not to apply the new system. Is it possible to persuade the EU to put off the system until October?
If I may add to the questions on training, will the new people working have some training on genuine cases of modern slavery and human trafficking?
If I may add to the questions on training, will the new people working have some training on genuine cases of modern slavery and human trafficking?
My Lords, I will speak to the report that I seek leave to present to the House, as chairman of the Ecclesiastical Committee. I will leave the answers to the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, to the right reverend Prelate, although I will make just one or two comments.
I chair the...
My Lords, I will speak to the report that I seek leave to present to the House, as chairman of the Ecclesiastical Committee. I will leave the answers to the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, to the right reverend Prelate, although I will make just one or two comments.
I chair the...
Can I raise with the Minister another group of very disadvantaged women: those who come from overseas to marry somebody in this country? They go through a religious marriage, very often a nikah, but they never have their marriage registered. The husband then abandons them, and they have no right to remain in this country. That seems to me an issue which the Government ought to consider.
Can I raise with the Minister another group of very disadvantaged women: those who come from overseas to marry somebody in this country? They go through a religious marriage, very often a nikah, but they never have their marriage registered. The husband then abandons them, and they have no right to remain in this country. That seems to me an issue which the Government ought to consider.
Again, in the context of transnational abuse, passport theft, abandonment abroad or abandonment in this country are issues where we have those potential difficulties. We are trying to ensure that we treat the individuals—almost always women and children—as victims and not as
people who need to be tested by the state as to their validity to stay. That is why the transnational visa route we introduced in January 2024, which was not there before, is an important measure to help support those individuals.
My Lords, I live in Devon, partly, and I have owned Dartmoor ponies, although I do not, unfortunately, live on Dartmoor. Is not one of problems that Natural England wants to reduce the grazing on Dartmoor, and the farmers understandably want to protect their cattle and sheep, rather than protecting the ponies that do not give them any money or very little?
My Lords, I live in Devon, partly, and I have owned Dartmoor ponies, although I do not, unfortunately, live on Dartmoor. Is not one of problems that Natural England wants to reduce the grazing on Dartmoor, and the farmers understandably want to protect their cattle and sheep, rather than protecting the ponies that do not give them any money or very little?
As I said in response to previous questions, the point is getting the appropriate mix of grazing by the appropriate animals in the right spot.
I did not properly address the point of the noble Lord, Lord Roborough, around ELMS. The ELM offer for moorlands is made up of a number of different actions for different livestock stocking rates with supplements for grazing with ponies, cattle and native breeds. We recognise that in some areas, an increase in the proportion of cattle and ponies may well be required to secure the outcomes needed, rather than a decrease.
Like many other people in this House, I am a Thames Water consumer, so I am particularly interested in this discussion. Will whoever takes over from Ofwat have the power to require Thames Water to invest?
Like many other people in this House, I am a Thames Water consumer, so I am particularly interested in this discussion. Will whoever takes over from Ofwat have the power to require Thames Water to invest?
When the Department for Transport decides what to do, will we be told?
When the Department for Transport decides what to do, will we be told?