Contributions
2,679 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDLord Mandelson Humble Address: Government ResponseMy Lords, one figure emerges from these papers with his already high reputation enhanced. I refer of course to Sir Olly Robbins, the former Permanent Secretary at the FCDO, and I…02 Jun 2026HANSARDSteel Import RestrictionsMy Lords, I was delighted to hear from the Minister a brief summary of just some of the benefits that being outside the European Union has brought this country. Not only do we…02 Jun 2026HANSARDOffshore Oil and Gas: Venting and FlaringMy Lords, whatever improvements might be made in dealing with the consequences of extraction of oil and gas from the North Sea in environmental terms, it is undoubtedly the case…21 May 2026HANSARDPension SchemesMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Reid, made a very valid point. Capita was the organisation in charge of Army recruitment. It did such a bad job that even the MoD decided to…28 Apr 2026HANSARDBritish Industrial Competitiveness SchemeI congratulate the Minister on the beautiful complexity of a scheme that picks winners and allocates taxpayers’ money to those winners so that they can avoid paying a subsidy to…22 Apr 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I support the points made by my noble friends Lady Barran and Lord Agnew. We are approaching the end of our consideration of this legislation, which comes as we all…20 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, the inference from some comments during the course of this debate has been that somehow the issues raised in Wales and by the Senedd are peripheral to the centre of this…20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI had concluded my remarks but I am grateful to the noble Lord for raising this point. Precision medicine, and the advances that it potentially holds for all of us, is a wonderful…20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I am introducing six amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Frost. My noble friend sends his apologies to your Lordships’ House. He is unavoidably detained but…20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI want to clarify absolutely what the noble and learned Lord the promoter of the Bill is saying. I believe he is saying that, if the Bill passes, we could have a situation where…20 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillAgain, for clarity, if it were the case that Welsh Ministers thought that NHS resources were better devoted to improving palliative care, for example, or to doing something else,…20 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillBefore the Minister sits down, he said that Amendment 4 is unnecessary because the Bill does not do what the promoters of Amendment 4 argue that it does. He did not say that it…16 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I am afraid that that answer is completely inadequate.16 Mar 2026HANSARDBusiness RatesOf all the U-turns that have been executed since the Minister joined the Treasury team, whether on the family farm tax, business rates or the winter fuel payment, which is his…29 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I am wholly in agreement with the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, and my noble friend Lord Deben, that greater clarity, both from the promoter of the Bill and from the Front…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am grateful to the promoter of the Bill for that, but that is a broad defence of the legislation as written and it takes us to the critical question for the Minister, which…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe noble and learned Lord made it clear that he felt that there needed to be further clarity in the Bill following the point made by my noble friend Lord Goodman about who would…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am very grateful. I note that the noble and learned Lord says he suspects that it would not. It might be of assistance, certainly to me if to no one else, if he, and indeed the…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I will take just a minute or two. Words matter. In America, in legislation similar to that which we are entertaining, it is known as “medically assisted suicide”.…16 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI look forward to hearing what the Government believe the appropriate definition would be and what they understand that means in terms of the pressure on resources for the…09 Jan 2026