Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 07 Jul 2021
Private Sector: Environment and COP 26
"In June, the Government announced that Microsoft would join SSE, Scottish Power, NatWest Group, National Grid, Sky, Sainsbury’s, Hitachi, Reckitt and GSK as principal partners for COP 26. Can the Minister explain the Government’s criteria for appointing the principal partners? Does this mean that they consider these companies to have …..."Lord Grantchester - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 30th June 2021
Asked by:
Lord Grantchester (Labour - Excepted Hereditary)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Aquind Interconnector proposal will be considered by the national security regime which was established by the National Security and Investment Act 2021, including by (1) the Investment Security Unit, and (2) the Secretary of State, on national security grounds.
Answered by Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
- Opposition Whip (Lords)
The Government has a range of legislative and regulatory powers to protect infrastructure and critical services, including the National Security and Investment Act 2021. The Government is aware of the Aquind Interconnector proposal. The Government does not comment on individual transactions and any risk to national security.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 29 Jun 2021
Republic of Cameroon: Economic Partnership Agreement
"That this House regrets the Economic Partnership Agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Cameroon given (1) the human rights abuses committed by President Biya’s regime, and (2) the lack of parliamentary scrutiny before trading arrangements came into force on 1 January.
Relevant document: 1st Report from …..."Lord Grantchester - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 29 Jun 2021
Republic of Cameroon: Economic Partnership Agreement
"I thank the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, for tabling his Motion on Ghana, and I welcome the debate taking place on both of these today. I will necessarily be focusing my remarks on Cameroon, leaving him to focus on the partnership agreement with Ghana, given the importance of tonight.
We …..."Lord Grantchester - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 29 Jun 2021
Republic of Cameroon: Economic Partnership Agreement
"Very good, my Lords. I beg to move...."Lord Grantchester - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 29 Jun 2021
Republic of Cameroon: Economic Partnership Agreement
"I have listened carefully to all the contributions expressed in this debate on scrutiny and trading arrangements. I thank the noble Lords, Lord Kerr and Lord Lansley, for speaking as Members of your Lordships’ committee that examined these agreements, and I thank the committee for its report. The remarks of …..."Lord Grantchester - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 29 Jun 2021
Climate Change
"The Climate Change Committee has called out the Government for the scale of the yawning gap that exists between government rhetoric and the Government’s lack of decarbonisation realities. Can the Minister confirm that the missing net-zero strategy will set detailed timelines for how each element of each missing policy will …..."Lord Grantchester - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 24 Jun 2021
Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: Australia
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for his letter and the Government for their update on the progress of the UK’s trading relationship with Australia. I had been waiting for the detail, following the announcement at the end of the G7 conference, as it seemed from reports that nothing had …..."Lord Grantchester - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 21st June 2021
Asked by:
Lord Grantchester (Labour - Excepted Hereditary)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government on what date they expect the Planning Inspectorate’s report into the AQUIND Interconnector to be completed and sent to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Answered by Lord Callanan
- Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The Planning Inspectorate’s Report on the proposed AQUIND Interconnector has been completed and was received by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 8 June 2021. My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State now has until 8 September 2021 to take his decision on whether or not to grant development consent for the proposal.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 17 Jun 2021
Covid-19: Vaccine Production
"The G7 leaders’ communiqué notes
“the positive impact that voluntary licensing and technology transfer on mutually agreed terms have already made to increasing global supply.”
But untransparent exclusive bilateral voluntary licences from pharmaceutical companies have led to the grossly insufficient quantities of Covid-19 vaccines that we see today. I return …..."Lord Grantchester - View Speech
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