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HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillIs the Leader of the House comfortable with the fact that Reform commands 36% of popular support in the polls and has no representation whatever in this House?02 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I recognise that this country rather likes retirement ages, but I am afraid I do not share that view. I think of my noble and learned friend Lord Mackay of Clashfern,…02 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy noble friend said that he was concerned about gridlock. What would he do about it?02 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillWill the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, tell us who elected him to come to this House?02 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillBefore the noble Baroness sits down, will the new committee consider the whole question of the relative powers of both Houses? There is no point in talking about changing the…02 Jul 2025HANSARDEnvironmental Targets (Public Authorities) Bill [HL]My Lords, I started this debate by saying that my real concern about all these green initiatives is that they are adding to costs and are one of the reasons why our electricity…13 Jun 2025HANSARDEnvironmental Targets (Public Authorities) Bill [HL]My Lords, I start by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for pointing out that I am actually here. I intervened on my noble friend Lady Stowell to make the point that we…13 Jun 2025HANSARDAI and Creative Technologies (Communications and Digital Committee Report)Before my noble friend sits down, the problem with AI is that it uses astronomical amounts of electricity, and we have some of the highest electricity prices in the developed…13 Jun 2025HANSARDEnvironmental Targets (Public Authorities) Bill [HL]13 Jun 2025HANSARDAI Opportunities Action PlanMy Lords, the press have indicated that there could be enormous improvements in public sector productivity if AI were introduced. What savings might be made in the public sector…05 Jun 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I shall speak to my Amendment 101, which calls for a constitutional conference. We have spent much time debating what the composition of your Lordships’ House should be…01 Apr 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillDoes the noble Lord accept that, if you are going to elect your Lordships’ House, you have to decide what it will do beforehand?01 Apr 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I declare a personal interest, in that my son-in-law, my noble friend Lord Johnson of Lainston, acted as an unpaid Minister of State in the previous Government. I am…25 Mar 2025HANSARDPersonal StatementMy Lords, I apologise unreservedly for the comments I made last week during the debate in Committee on the Holocaust Memorial Bill. I realise that what I said was grossly…10 Mar 2025HANSARDConduct CommitteeAt end insert, “and instructs the Conduct Committee to recommend changes to the new Code of Conduct and associated documents to remove the entitlement of members of either House…05 Mar 2025HANSARDConduct CommitteeMy Lords, first, I congratulate the Conduct Committee on reducing the amount of the Code of Conduct by 30%. If this lesson was followed in other areas by Whitehall, we would have…05 Mar 2025HANSARDConduct CommitteeMy Lords, I do not think the noble Baroness, Lady Manningham-Buller, would expect me to agree with her about the political nature of recent cases. But let us face it: they could…05 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI did.04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI take that point, but the driving forces behind putting up this memorial are the Jewish people in this country. They are people who have property everywhere. I do not see why…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I have been living at Tufton Court since 1982; it is just around the corner from this park. I was not intending to speak to this amendment until I got rather provoked by…04 Mar 2025