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HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillMy Lords, I am grateful for being allowed to intervene. Had I realised the procedure, I would have made some Second Reading remarks myself at an earlier point. I support the Bill.…19 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: ResponseI thank the noble Lord, Lord Bethell, for the directness and frankness of his answers tonight, and I agree with his praise for the NHS workers and many others who have played such…19 May 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillMy Lords, I strongly support what my noble friend Lord Stevenson has said. I do not understand the Government’s problem with giving operators this right. There is clearly a…19 May 2020HANSARDHousing for the HomelessMy Lords, in one minute I have time for one point. It is about the very important role that local government has played and the heroic efforts that councils have made throughout…14 May 2020HANSARDUniversal CreditGiven that, because of Covid, we are in all likelihood entering a period of much higher unemployment when it will be more difficult for people to get a job, does the Minister…13 May 2020HANSARDBeyond Brexit (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, I agree with everything the noble Lord, Lord Cormack, said, and in particular I underline his tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Boswell. I was a member of the European…12 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Government ResponseFollowing up on the question from my noble friend Lady Thornton, when the number of deaths in Britain is now the highest in Europe and the second highest in the world, do the…06 May 2020HANSARDBudget: Economic and Fiscal OutlookMy Lords, I want to follow on from where the noble Lord, Lord Balfe, ended in talking about the future importance of a Britain outside the European Union co-operating with our…05 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: People Living in PovertyMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, is right to ask the questions that she has, but there are far deeper questions about this crisis. We will not see a quick recovery, but…30 Apr 2020HANSARDCharitable and Voluntary SectorMy Lords, I would like to focus my remarks on the international aid charities, and here I declare an interest, in that my wife Caroline Thomson is the chair of Oxfam. The crisis…30 Apr 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipMy question concerns the border and customs controls that are due to be put into place on 1 January next year between Great Britain and the EU and Great Britain and Northern…28 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19My Lords, I thank the Minister for his frankness on this occasion. On European co-operation, how have we got ourselves into a situation where for PPE we are so dependent on…23 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Social Care ServicesMy Lords, I declare an interest as a member of Cumbria County Council. I take as my text my noble friend Lady Wheeler’s excellent opening speech, where she emphasised that the…23 Apr 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Negotiations (European Union Committee Report)I take the point—but at least the committee has drawn this crucial point to our attention. If we had not had this Select Committee report, what kind of debates would we have had,…16 Mar 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Negotiations (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, I apologise to the House for not being present for what I am sure were excellent speeches at the start of the debate; I was on the HS2 committee, under the chairmanship…16 Mar 2020HANSARDUK-US Trade Deal Negotiating ObjectivesMy Lords, I have not had an opportunity to read this long document, but I congratulate the Minister in one respect: at least in this document, the Government have tried to produce…02 Mar 2020HANSARDEU: Future RelationshipMy Lords, I welcome the noble Lord, Lord True, to his place and assure him that we accept that we are now in a different situation. On the point that the noble Lord, Lord…27 Feb 2020HANSARDNorthamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019My Lords, I declare an interest as a county councillor in Cumbria, and some of my remarks are going to relate to Cumbria in the context of what the Government have decided on…11 Feb 2020HANSARDNorthamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019I would take that point if the elected mayor had substantial powers and there was a substantial devolution of the budget. As I understand it, in my county—I could be wrong and I…11 Feb 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillHas not there been a fundamental change in government policy without any putting of that change to Parliament for discussion? There has been a fundamental change from the policy…20 Jan 2020