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HANSARDKing’s Speech (4th Day)My Lords, it is with some trepidation that I follow the noble Viscount, Lord Stansgate. It is some time since, in another place, I suffered under the lash of his distinguished…22 Jul 2024HANSARDPolice: Joe AndersonTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the conduct of the police in their treatment of Joe Anderson, who resigned as the Mayor of Liverpool in 2021.15 Apr 2024HANSARDPolice: Joe AndersonMy Lords, the Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, was arrested on serious charges, including fraud and bribery. That was three years and four months ago. He lost his job, his…15 Apr 2024HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I salute the two excellent maiden speeches that we have heard today. I am one of the few surviving members of Margaret Thatcher’s first Government and I am amazed to…06 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I am in favour of free and open discussion. I do not want the noble Lord silenced in any way: the Floor is his. Well, here we are, another vacuum in the Brexit debate.…06 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I hope I may be forgiven a certain sense of nostalgia: I was elected to another place in 1966 and, two years later, the Redcliffe-Maud report analysed the changed…17 Jan 2023HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I hope that it will be some help to my noble friend if I say that I am not looking for any response from her tonight. I look forward to the promised White Paper on…21 Oct 2019HANSARDBrexitOf the 11 members of the Supreme Court, nine were appointed under a Conservative Prime Minister. Might that not have been used as an argument, if they had found for the…02 Oct 2019HANSARDBrexitMy Lords, three days after the referendum I wrote an article in the Mail on Sunday saying, “The fightback starts here”. I have no hesitation at all in reiterating that position. I…02 Oct 2019HANSARDDevolution: English CitiesMy Lords, our country faces a constitutional crisis unparalleled in peacetime. No one knows how the debate about our relationship with our European neighbours will change in the…17 Jul 2019HANSARDDevolution: English CitiesMy Lords, I am overwhelmed by the generosity of the tributes paid to the report. I am overwhelmed to speechlessness by the generosity of the words of the Minister—I am even…17 Jul 2019HANSARDDevolution: English CitiesThat the Grand Committee takes note of devolution to English cities in the light of Lord Heseltine's report Empowering English Cities, published on 2 July.17 Jul 2019