Lord Blencathra (Con)

My Lords, I commend the Minister for persisting with questions today despite her awful throat braxy. Two weeks ago, the National Audit Office published a highly critical report on Defra’s lack of prep

My Lords, I thank the Minister for bringing forward these regulations and being present to hear the concerns of noble Lords; I look forward to her response. Once again, I found the arguments of the no

I thank the Minister for that reply, but that is for the future. The Times has revealed that emails on financial records obtained from the London office of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China,

To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the government of China’s financial influence over UK water companies.

My Lords, I thank the Minister for bringing this secondary legislation before your Lordships’ House tonight. Once again, noble Lords and Baronesses from Northern Ireland and some of my noble friends h

My Lords, I apologise to the Committee—I was in Yerevan in Armenia monitoring the election for the Council of Europe at Second Reading. This is the only intervention I shall make in Committee. I have