"My Lords, it is excellent that the British Council has been appointed as the UK’s national agency for the Erasmus programme. As we seek a closer relationship with the EU, how can we make sure that the British Council can play a full part in this, unhampered by this huge …..." Baroness Northover - View Speech
"My Lords, my focus here will be on climate change and, in particular, whether the climate risk to the financial system is adequately addressed—or addressed at all—in the new arrangements the Government are putting forward in the Bill. With the potential consequences of that, it is worth standing back on …..." Baroness Northover - View Speech
"My Lords, the King’s Speech was right to emphasise that we face an increasingly dangerous and volatile world, but is what is laid out a match for what is required? We are a divided country. We can trace that back, at the very least, to the financial crisis of 2008, …..." Baroness Northover - View Speech
"My Lords, is the Minister aware that I have been instructed by my ecstatic kids that I need some updated Arsenal kit? Should I go along with what they suggest?..." Baroness Northover - View Speech
"Our major market is the EU, where shortly we must show that significant value in manufactured goods must originate here or in the EU. In the case of EVs, as the Minister will know, that is the battery. Does she agree, even having said what she has said, that we …..." Baroness Northover - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to implement the recommendations in the UK Gigafactory Commission report Britain’s Battery Future, published on 21 January...." Baroness Northover - View Speech
"My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 203 in my name, which is also supported by my noble friend Lady Walmsley. She is sorry that she cannot be here today because of ill health. I know she is keeping a close eye on us, but I hope she takes it …..." Baroness Northover - View Speech
"My Lords, this is a vital Bill, even if we are seeking to improve it further. We have clearly made progress on filters and there are a number of other areas where progress can be made under the Bill. I note the Minister’s encouraging words in relation to my amendment …..." Baroness Northover - View Speech
"My only comment on this group is that we would not support Amendment 26, which would require a fund to be set up for age-verification technologies. If any fund were to be set up—we do not see the need for it—then it should be funded by the tobacco industry. I …..." Baroness Northover - View Speech