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HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillMy Lords, I commend the noble Baroness on her work. I did not say that we do not engage at all; I said that we do not engage nearly enough. The overwhelming majority of state…22 Jul 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillMy Lords, I agree with every word the noble Lord has just said. What I would like to see in this Bill—as noble Lords know, I always try to push things to extremes—is a duty on the…22 Jul 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillMy Lords, I echo what the noble and learned Lord, Lord Wallace, said about making much better use of the Royal Gallery. I referred to this in my speech at Second Reading. I wish…22 Jul 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI strongly encourage the noble Baroness to continue with her remarks, because the objections of the noble Lord, Lord Cormack, to this location ranged far wider than the text of…22 Jul 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillMy Lords, the amendment from the noble and learned Lord, Lord Wallace, is sensible because it is not otherwise clear in the Bill how the sponsor body will interact with the two…22 Jul 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI take it from what the Leader and the noble Lord, Lord Pickles, have said that these decisions are beyond the point of no return. That being the case, is not this debate a…22 Jul 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillMy Lords, I have played no part in previous deliberations on the location of the Holocaust memorial. I have listened to the discussions very much for the first time. I say at the…22 Jul 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillIn many ways, it is actually much easier to do it if you are building on a greenfield site next to a major transport interchange such as Birmingham International, where the…22 Jul 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillThat does not need to be the case. Depending where you choose to locate your temporary Parliament, it could have good transport connections. I understand that we are talking about…22 Jul 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillMy Lords, I am surprised that, as a resident of Hull, the noble Lord thinks that London should be the centre of everyone’s attention in transport infrastructure.22 Jul 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillMy Lords, any amendment which improves the Bill is obviously a good thing, but I was not clear from what my noble friend said how this amendment does so. It is not clear to me how…22 Jul 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillMy Lords, I was slightly surprised to hear the noble Baroness’s remark that this is a UK project, not a London and south-east one. The overwhelming majority of the work and the…22 Jul 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillCan the noble Lord tell us where he proposes that the memorial should be moved to?22 Jul 2019HANSARDTrade UnionsMy Lords, my father was a postman for 30 years and the two great heroes of his life were two leaders of what is now the Communication Workers Union, my good friend Alan Johnson…18 Jul 2019HANSARDDevolution: English CitiesMy Lords, the report of the noble Lord, Lord Heseltine, is excellent, and if we were not wasting our time on Brexit, as a country we would be getting on with implementing a lot of…17 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI would be extremely grateful if the Minister could do that. In the light of the assurance he has given, I do not feel the need to prolong the debate any further. I beg to move.15 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillThe noble Lord is an extremely reasonable person, but surely he is missing the fundamental issue: for how long can people be denied fundamental rights simply because there is not…15 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillMy Lords, the critical issue, which the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, would not answer in my noble friend’s question, is whether he actually favours Prorogation. It is important that…15 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillMy Lords, a few moments ago, the noble Lord, Lord Empey, said that the great and the good had fled the Chamber. I leave him to speak for the great but, as far as the good are…15 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill15 Jul 2019