Member of Parliament
Lord Henley
Member since
28 Feb 1978
Bills sponsored
6
Speeches (30d)
0
Speeches (all)
529
Written questions
0
Last spoke
11 Feb 2025
Recent contributions (529)
HANSARDRural Post OfficesI regret to say that what the noble Lord says is complete and utter nonsense. The Post Office network is broadly stable, at about 11,500 branches. Obviously, there are occasional…09 Jul 2019HANSARDRural Post OfficesMy Lords, I simply do not agree. The network is broadly stable. We have seen 400 new post offices open in the last couple of years; the coverage is there. The Post Office itself…09 Jul 2019HANSARDRural Post OfficesMy Lords, my noble friend is right to draw attention to the banking framework agreement. We are grateful for the work that the Post Office and the banks have done together. Post…09 Jul 2019HANSARDRural Post OfficesMy Lords, again, the important point is that our Post Office network is now making a profit and is broadly stable. The Question is about rural sub-post offices, but the noble Lord…09 Jul 2019HANSARDCarbon BudgetsMy Lords, our existing carbon budgets are already among the most ambitious in the world. They continue to set the right level of challenge for the years ahead. Our priority is to…08 Jul 2019
Bills sponsored (6)
BILLDomestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Act 2018Royal Assent19 Jul 2018EnactedBILLNuclear Safeguards Act 2018Royal Assent26 Jun 2018EnactedBILLSmart Meters Act 2018Royal Assent23 May 2018EnactedBILLEuropean Union (Approvals) Act 2017Royal Assent07 Dec 2017EnactedBILLProtection of Freedoms Act 2012Royal Assent01 May 2012EnactedBILLTerrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011Royal Assent14 Dec 2011