Contributions
455 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDDepartment for Science, Information and Technology: AbolitionMy Lords, I hope the Minister can answer this simple question: is she not embarrassed that the only way we have been able to discuss this important matter is through a Private…21 Jul 2026HANSARDNational Energy System Operator: Blackout RiskMy Lords, will the Minister please accept that it is very important to ensure that the whistleblowing arrangements work effectively? Otherwise, people will use this opportunity to…20 Jul 2026HANSARDBusiness HiringMy Lords, my family owns the local pub, and therefore I can speak from trying to employ people. We have very high employment standards in our business, and we have had to reduce…14 Jul 2026HANSARDEuropean Entry and Exit SystemWould not the Minister agree that this is an interesting example of how, when we thought we would take back control, actually we have given over control in areas where we could…09 Jul 2026HANSARDClimate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026My Lords, I remind the House of my declared interests and the fact that I was for 11 years chairman of the Climate Change Committee, appointed, reappointed and extended by…29 Jun 2026HANSARDCarbon Budget Order 2026My Lords, I declare an interest as having been chairman of the Climate Change Committee for 11 years. I also chair a company advising on sustainability, business continuity and…23 Jun 2026HANSARDCompassionate Use Medicine Schemes: VATCan I bring the noble Baroness back to the last part of my noble friend’s question? It looks as though the VAT department in HMRC is behaving most peculiarly. First, it lost the…16 Jun 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]I support the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, in particular on the ESG framework. The reason is, frankly, that we need better figures about what is…15 Jun 2026HANSARDFurther Education Colleges: Recovery of VATDoes the Minister accept that there are some areas where the law has already told the HMRC that it ought not to be demanding VAT—for example, agricultural shows—and that it…09 Jun 2026HANSARDWater CompaniesMy Lords, does the Minister accept that it has to be faced that in the east of England we spend a lot of money pumping fresh water out to sea during the winter and then do not…09 Jun 2026HANSARDSouth East Water: Disruption of SupplyMy Lords, working as the chairman of a small water company means that one does know a bit about it. I just want to ask the Minister: when are we going to stop pouring fresh water…08 Jun 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy concern is merely to say that, whatever your views are, I do not know of a previous occasion when such concerted concerns have been, frankly, not faced up to. The second thing…24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords—24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, as a fellow Catholic, I make a confession. I have learned an enormous amount from listening to almost every moment of the Bill. The argument that most distresses me is…24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillDoes the noble Baroness not find it peculiar that people who are very keen on employment rights in every other circumstance are not keen on employment rights in these…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am genuinely trying to help the noble and learned Lord for this reason: I am concerned about the person who wishes to avail themselves of this Bill. I do not understand how you…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThere is one last thing I would like clarification on. When the noble and learned Lord spoke about hospices, he said in a slightly confusing way that that did not necessarily…27 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI knew I would do that. I am sorry. I will not refer to the noble Baroness, Lady Murphy.20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, as a Welsh-speaking Welshman, who has, in this House, consistently supported Plaid’s perfectly right demand that there should be fairer funding for Wales—I am not a…20 Mar 2026