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House of Lords Official Report Vol. 811 Tuesday No. 213 13 April 2021 PARLIAMENTARYDEBATES (HANSARD) HOUSE OF LORDS OFFICIAL REPORT ORDEROFBUSINESS Death of a Former Member: Baroness Williams of Crosby ............................................1141 Retirements of Members..................................................................................................1141 Clerk of the Parliaments Retirement of EdOllard .................................................................................................1141 Clerk of the Parliaments Introduction of Simon Burton........................................................................................1146 Questions United Nations Biodiversity Conference ......................................................................1147 Clergy: EU Visas and Residence Permits......................................................................1151 Central Bank Digital Currency.....................................................................................1154 China: Convictions of Democracy Campaigners in Hong Kong .................................1157 Northern Ireland: Violence Private Notice Question ................................................................................................1161 Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill Report ...........................................................................................................................1166 Grand Committee Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Kyoto Protocol Registry) Regulations 2021 Considered in Grand Committee.................................................................................GC 97 Nuclear Safeguards (Fissionable Material and Relevant International Agreements) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 Considered in Grand Committee ...............................................................................GC 110 Audiovisual Media Services (Amendment) Regulations 2021 Considered in Grand Committee ..............................................................................GC 117 Lords wishing to be supplied with these Daily Reports should give notice to this effect to the Printed Paper Office. No proofs of Daily Reports are provided. Corrections for the bound volume which Lords wish to suggest to the report of their speeches should be clearly indicated in a copy of the Daily Report, which, with the column numbers concerned shown on the front cover, should be sent to the Editor of Debates, House of Lords, within 14 days of the date of the Daily Report. This issue of the Official Report is also available on the Internet at https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2021-04-13 In Hybrid sittings, [V] after a Member’s name indicates that they contributed by video call. The following abbreviations are used to show a Member’s party affiliation: Abbreviation Party/Group CB Cross Bench Con Conservative DUP Democratic Unionist Party GP Green Party Ind Lab Independent Labour Ind LD Independent Liberal Democrat Ind SD Independent Social Democrat Ind UU Independent Ulster Unionist Lab Labour Lab Co-op Labour and Co-operative Party LD Liberal Democrat LD Ind Liberal Democrat Independent Non-afl Non-affiliated PC Plaid Cymru UKIP UK Independence Party UUP Ulster Unionist Party No party affiliation is given for Members serving the House in a formal capacity, the Lords spiritual, Members on leave of absence or Members who are otherwise disqualified from sitting in the House. © Parliamentary Copyright House of Lords 2021, this publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Open Parliament licence, which is published at www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/. 1141 Arrangement of Business [13 APRIL 2021] Clerk of the Parliaments 1142 House of Lords The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Evans of Bowes Park) (Con): My Lords, I am delighted to move this Motion Tuesday 13 April 2021 to give the House an opportunity to pay tribute to the outgoing Clerk of the Parliaments, Ed Ollard. Noon From 1983, when he joined as a fast-stream clerk, Ed served this House with distinction. He provided Prayers—read by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester. outstanding service in a variety of senior roles within the House, including as Private Secretary to the Leader and Chief Whip, Finance Director and the Clerk of Committees. Before he became the 64th Clerk of the Arrangement of Business Parliaments, he served as Clerk Assistant to Sir David Announcement Beamish for six years. In these varied roles, Ed provided Members across 12.07 pm the House, and its political leadership, with courteous The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler): My Lords,the Hybrid and professional procedural advice and was a source Sitting of the House will now begin. Some Members of authoritative leadership to the staff of the House. are here in the Chamber, others are participating He was generous and resourceful, often going way remotely, but all Members will be treated equally. beyond the call of duty. On one such occasion, he went so far as to provide clothing to the Government Chief Whip, my noble friend Lord Ashton. I am happy Death of a Former Member: Baroness to confirm to noble Lords that this did not involve Lycra, but my noble friend did borrow a white bow-tie Williams of Crosby from Ed to save his blushes at a reception in Buckingham Announcement Palace. Between 1992 and 1994 Ed served as Private Secretary 12.07 pm to the then Leader of the House, my noble friend Lord The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler): My Lords, I regret Wakeham, and Viscount Cranborne. Some noble Lords to inform the House of the death of the distinguished will recall this as a particularly demanding parliamentary former Member, the noble Baroness, Lady Williams of Session, as the Maastricht Bill was passing through Crosby, on 12 April. On behalf of the House, I extend the House. Ed must have had a strong sense of déjà vu our very sincere condolences to the noble Baroness’s over the last few years as we worked through legislating family. I hope that there will be an opportunity for for our exit from the European Union. tributes to be paid in the very near future. Across the various posts he held, Ed oversaw a number of significant changes which helped modernise our processes for the benefit of the whole House, Retirements of Members including overhauling the clerks’ Table with modern Announcement equipment, overseeing the transformation of House publishing and printing, and playing a central role in 12.07 pm implementing the recommendations of the Ellenbogen report on bullying and harassment—an issue he was The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler): My Lords, I should deeply committed to addressing as the senior officer like to notify the House of the retirement, with effect responsible for the staff of the House. from 9 April, of the noble Baroness, Lady Kinnock of Holyhead, whom we know so well, and, with effect But by far the most significant changes Ed presided from 12 April, of my friend, the noble Lord, Lord Ryder over have been those implemented since March 2020 of Wensum, pursuant to Section 1 of the House of in response to Covid. These changes will be familiar to Lords Reform Act 2014. On behalf of the House, I noble Lords across the House, but what may be less thank the noble Baroness and the noble Lord for their well known is the vast amount of work he did behind very much-valued service to this House. the scenes to bring our hybrid proceedings to life. Over Easter last year, Ed helped develop and oversee the initial setting up of our virtual proceedings, in less than three weeks, and then our move to hybrid proceedings. Clerk of the Parliaments It was a huge but critical task that ensured that this Retirement of Ed Ollard House has been able to undertake its business during these unprecedented times, and while we all may have 12.08 pm had our frustrations with the hybrid way of working, none of us can deny how essential the changes Ed Moved by Baroness Evans of Bowes Park helped deliver have been in allowing us to continue our To resolve that this House has received with important function during this pandemic. For that, we sincere regret the announcement of the retirement all owe Ed an immense debt of gratitude. of Ed Ollard from the office of Clerk of the Parliaments Ed has left the House as we undergo a significant and thinks it right to record the just sense which it period of change. Over the next few weeks, we will entertains of the zeal, ability, diligence, and integrity have a new Speaker and a new Chief Operating Officer, with which the said Ed Ollard has executed the and we will, I hope, be taking further steps forward as important duties of his office. we slowly return to the normal way of doing business. 1143 Clerk of the Parliaments [LORDS] Clerk of the Parliaments 1144 [BARONESS EVANS OF BOWES PARK] I was locked in the car park and the police could not I look forward to working with the new Clerk of the find the key to the barrier. Ed was on call with good Parliaments, Simon Burton, as we navigate the future humour, courtesy and advice at all times—and he found and welcome him to his role. the key. As he leaves this role, I am sure Ed will find more time to enjoy his favourite pastimes of watching Charlton 12.15 pm Athletic—I could not say so myself, but I am sure Although the role of the Clerk of the Parliaments some will think that only a Clerk of the Parliaments has been around since the 14th century, some core who has served over the last few years in this House abilities are needed, whatever the times. I confess that can enjoy such a thing, but that is up to Ed—and, of I discreetly
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