Contributions
888 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDHouse of Lords: Numbers and EligibilityMy Lords, why is the Minister bringing forward legislation to remove some of the hardest-working Members of the House, when over the last three years 157 Members have turned up…09 Dec 2024HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, does the Minister really think it appropriate that, for a major constitutional change of the kind that is proposed in the Bill, we should be limited to five minutes? Of…09 Dec 2024HANSARDPolitical Donations: CapFurther to the Question from the noble Lord, Lord Rennard, the largest ever donation to the Liberal party was made by a convicted fraudster, Michael Brown. In looking at any…05 Dec 2024HANSARDFood SecurityMy Lords, I asked a question some weeks ago about whether Defra had been consulted only the day before the Budget and that no impact assessment was given. The Minister promised to…02 Dec 2024HANSARDWater BillsMy Lords, is it not incredibly naive for people to believe that water prices are not going to go up when this House has almost unanimously said that there needs to be huge…21 Nov 2024HANSARDEvaluation in Government Policy-makingMy Lords, will the Minister take this opportunity to deny the reports in the press suggesting that Defra was consulted only the night before the Budget on the impact of…18 Nov 2024HANSARDVoter Registration and ParticipationMy Lords, does the Minister not acknowledge that one way to increase participation in elections is for Governments not to break the promises they make in the run-up to a general…14 Nov 2024HANSARDSharia-compliant Student FinanceMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for answering my Written Question as to what the nominal value of student debt will be. In her answer, she said that, in five years’ time,…13 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords ReformMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, whom I respect very much. I thought my noble friend the shadow Leader of the House made a very restrained…12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords ReformThe speaking time is advisory. The noble Lord should know that. Mr Thomas-Symonds has as his ministerial colleague in the Cabinet Office, Georgia Anne Rebuck Gould, the daughter…12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords ReformI will not give way to the noble Baroness. I am out of time.12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords ReformWell, if the House will allow me, I will give way to her.12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords ReformI was not questioning her abilities; I was simply pointing out that support for patronage and the hereditary principle is alive and well in the other place. Poorly thought-out…12 Nov 2024HANSARDDrax Power Limited: Ofgem InvestigationMy Lords, is not the problem, as the noble Baroness has said, that the idea that cutting down trees in North America and California, turning them into pellets, dragging them…11 Nov 2024HANSARDAutumn Budget 2024My Lords, the Minister, in his speech, criticised the previous Government’s record on growth. Well, this is certainly a Budget for growth, is it not? There will be massive growth…11 Nov 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]I am grateful to the noble Earl. He may be disadvantaged, compared with others in this debate, because he is not—I do not think—a salmon fisherman. If he were, he would know that…05 Nov 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]I am very grateful to the noble Baroness—I feel I should call her my noble friend. I find I am being asked to have meetings with the activists who film the salmon farms illicitly.…05 Nov 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]05 Nov 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise very briefly to speak to Amendment 5 in the name of the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull. This is an entirely sensible proposal that I cannot imagine for a moment the…05 Nov 2024HANSARDWales: Public ServicesMy Lords, might the Minister take the time to read the report of this House’s Select Committee on the Barnett Formula, which was delivered 15 years ago? It clearly showed that…05 Nov 2024