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HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I much enjoyed the speech of my noble friend Lord Forsyth, particularly when my name was mentioned and the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, started murmuring on his Back…03 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillIt is always a pleasure to follow the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer of Thoroton. He and I have debated this issue over many years, and I am sorry that we will not debating…11 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillIt is wonderful that some Peers know who the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, is but not everybody does. Would his name appear on the list or not? I can let noble Lords into a little…11 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords ReformMy Lords, from the perspective of being at the tail-end on the Back Benches, I can truly say that this has been a far more interesting debate than I thought it would be when I saw…12 Nov 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, who has just spoken. She said that this was a very important amendment. I also support my noble friend Lord Forsyth, who spoke…05 Nov 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Forsyth and have signed Amendment 37. We have now got to the stage of the debate where this amendment has been grouped with Amendments 37F…22 Oct 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords: CompositionTo ask His Majesty’s Government (1) what plans they have for the removal of excepted hereditary peers from the House of Lords and (2) whether they plan to keep the House informed…05 Sept 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords: CompositionMy Lords, I beg leave to ask a Question of which I have given private notice, and I declare my interest. The question is as follows: to ask His Majesty’s Government, first, what…05 Sept 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords: CompositionMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness the Leader of the House for that Answer, but is it not a bit shoddy that she was prepared to speak to the press yesterday and had to be…05 Sept 2024HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, there are few things in life which are non-controversial. Creating a Holocaust memorial should be one of them. As we have heard from my noble friend Lord Cameron of…04 Sept 2024HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, this is obviously a very notable victory for the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, for the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, and for the Labour Party. I pay tribute to all those who…25 Jul 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I echo my noble and learned friend Lord Keen of Elie in welcoming and congratulating the noble and learned Lord the Attorney-General on his excellent maiden speech. I…23 Jul 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I very much echo the words of my noble friend the Minister and the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull, and others who have said something about the noble and learned Lord, Lord…08 Nov 2023HANSARDVoter Identification Regulations 2022My Lords, it was very interesting to hear the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, pray in aid the Motion passed by this House in 1994 on the application of fatal Motions in this House.…13 Dec 2022HANSARDVoter Identification Regulations 2022My Lords, it might be worth saying that I was only commenting on the passage of the Motion that the House had carried in 1994 and I certainly do not oppose that position. I then…13 Dec 2022HANSARDSeafarers’ Wages Bill [HL]My Lords, on behalf of the whole House, may I be first to congratulate my noble and learned friend and thank him for his many years of service to our country, to this House and to…20 Jul 2022HANSARDSeafarers’ Wages Bill [HL]Since I cannot really improve on what my noble and learned friend and the Minister said, I say that I wholeheartedly support the Bill and hope that it will reach the statute book…20 Jul 2022HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeThe memory of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, may well be considerably better than mine but I remember being very much in favour of swapping Wednesdays and Thursdays, because it made…05 Jul 2022HANSARDUnited Kingdom: The UnionI thank the noble Lord for making my point considerably better than I did earlier on.23 Jun 2022HANSARDUnited Kingdom: The UnionMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Lisvane, in this debate. It is an important debate, and one that takes place from time to time because it is right…23 Jun 2022