Contributions
250 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDBuilding Repairs: VATMy Lords—14 Dec 2023HANSARDBuilding Repairs: VATMy Lords—14 Dec 2023HANSARDBuilding Repairs: VATThey tried to silence me. The right reverend Prelate is absolutely right to raise this issue again, and we should continue to raise it. The Government hid for years behind the fig…14 Dec 2023HANSARDBuilding Repairs: VATMy Lords—14 Dec 2023HANSARDNorth KoreaMy Lords, what we may have lacked in quantity, Hansard will record that we have more than made up for in quality. While it would be invidious of me to single out any one speaker,…14 Dec 2023HANSARDGuyana: Sovereign TerritoryThe meeting will convene on Thursday in St Vincent—at which, we hope, the presidents of Venezuela and Guyana will be present. Can my noble friend give any indication as to whether…12 Dec 2023HANSARDGeneral Elections: Party-political SpendingWhat is the view of the Government about the allegations that some political parties or political operatives are seeking to lure away existing elected Members of the other place…29 Nov 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Investment SummitMy Lords, Northern Ireland scores highly on any indices of a place to live and work and to invest, so I welcome the success of the summit. However, these summits are only so good…23 Nov 2023HANSARDElectricity Network Connection Action PlanMy Lords, the noble Baroness is precisely right in her Question. While I welcome the new generation of T-pylons, of which we are less visually aware, the visual impact provision…22 Nov 2023HANSARDSchools: Food StandardsMy Lords, what is concerning is the apparent lack of understanding among many schoolchildren today about where and how food is produced and what is wholesome and healthy food.…15 Nov 2023HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, the bonus ball for sitting through this debate from the start, other than what we must euphemistically call comfort breaks—although in this place there is not much…15 Nov 2023HANSARDLong-Term Strategic Challenges Posed by ChinaMy Lords, the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Stirrup, referred in his trenchant speech to the increasingly belligerent comments coming from President Xi. He is absolutely right so…19 Oct 2023HANSARDPrison CapacityMy Lords, in answer to a Written Question of mine, my noble and learned friend the Minister said on 27 March: “As of 31 December … there were 9,797 Foreign National Offenders”. He…17 Oct 2023HANSARDDeep Seabed MiningMy noble friend will be aware that, in the winter months, seahorses can go 200 feet deeper towards the seabed and that deep sea mining has the potential to have a very serious…13 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillJust for clarification, when these Ministers and MPs took all the trouble to come from Africa to put their point over, is my noble friend aware of how many of those who support…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillThe noble Baroness may well be right, because I was in the House of Commons until 2019 and I got no letters on this subject. I was on the Hunting Bill committee when I first came…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI am extremely grateful to my noble friend for giving way. I entirely agree with him that this must be evidence-based legislation, and a lot of a misleading and mischievous false…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy Lords, I too will be very interested in my noble friend the Minister’s reply to this amendment. It gets to the kernel of the argument, and actually teases out whether or not…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy Lords, I must take issue with the noble Lord, Lord Weir, because I do not think that these amendments that some of us are proposing this evening are designed to wreck the Bill.…12 Sept 2023HANSARDAfghanistan: Aid for WomenMy Lords, regrettably but perhaps understandably, there are still a large number of women in neighbouring countries, not least Pakistan, waiting to find somewhere to start their…11 Sept 2023