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HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill09 Jul 2025HANSARDSpending Review 2025My Lords, I declare an interest as former chairman of the South East Wales Transport Commission and the North Wales Transport Commission. I want to make a few remarks with respect…12 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, my Amendment 217 relates to Clause 59 and the requirement to contribute to a political fund, and I am grateful for the support of the noble Baronesses, Lady Finn, Lady…10 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank the noble Baroness for those kind words. Unfortunately, it is the season of the year when I take various inhalers for hay fever and such like and the dust tends to gather…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNational Debt: It’s Time for Tough Decisions (Economic Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bridges, for his time as chair of the Economic Affairs Committee and for securing this debate. He played a crucial role in ensuring that the…25 Apr 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the intention behind the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, and I agree very much with the broad thrust of the comments of the noble Lord,…02 Apr 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]It is 16 miles per hour.02 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Gray, and to be able to congratulate her on her fascinating maiden speech. She has a long and successful background in…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I am very grateful for all the comments that have been made about the Lord Speaker’s Committee’s report and in response to the amendment. I am very grateful to the noble…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, we have spent many hours examining individual proposals for reform, including term limits, age limits, participation limits and the strengthening of HOLAC. I will bring…25 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, on Newcastle’s win yesterday. As a season ticket holder of Sunderland in the late 1950s, I had to live through the…17 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillAs was referred to earlier by the Leader of the Opposition, in the Lord Speaker’s Committee, we looked at this in some detail and had legal advice that it would be possible.…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, perhaps I could comment on one or two of the points being made. The Lord Speaker’s Committee, which I chaired, did indeed make the proposal that there should be either…10 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I want to make two comments on the figures of the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra. He has given us the figures on what the impact of various age limits would be; what he has…10 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I mentioned at Second Reading that I had been chairman of the North Wales Transport Commission in 2023-24. I spent a lot of time in north Wales looking at the…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, can I use this opportunity to point out that one of the great benefits of the contactless system is the ability to have integrated fares across a region? One of the…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, in recent years I have chaired two transport commissions for the Welsh Government. The first focused on congestion issues in south Wales, while the second explored the…08 Jan 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I support the Bill, and I support it because, along with others, I cannot accept that there should be a fast-track, reserved route into this House because of a person’s…11 Dec 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I support Amendment 54 with regard to the governance of clubs. I am sorry that I could not take part at Second Reading, but I have been present for a significant part of…09 Dec 2024