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HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all those who have taken part in this short debate, which highlights the important issue of the size of your Lordships’ House and the fact that, if more…09 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, briefly, I support the noble Lord, Lord Burns, having added my name to this amendment. The noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, expressed perfectly my views, therefore I…09 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, Amendment 21 is substantially the same amendment that I tabled in Committee and seeks to achieve the same purpose but with one substantive difference, which is in…09 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I support my noble friends on the Front Bench in Amendment 5, to which I have added my name. I say in passing to the noble Lord, Lord Hannan, that the theory of good…02 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I support the amendment from my noble friend on the Front Bench and I very much echo the noble Earl’s thoughts. I have spent 30-something years, between this House’s…02 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, agreeing with the noble Lords, Lord Taylor and Lord Davies, that we are here for judgment, not experience, I would ask the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra: what has he got…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I offer my support to the noble Lord, Lord Burns, in this amendment. The key point is that his report was based on a situation where there was unlikely to be any…25 Mar 2025HANSARDNorth Sea Vessel CollisionMy Lords, my noble friend on the Front Bench mentioned the “Braer” incident, and I remember well the “Ascania” incident off the coast of Caithness. Both events led Alistair…13 Mar 2025HANSARDNorth Sea EnergyMy Lords, I join my noble friend on the Front Bench in broadly welcoming the Statement. The Beatrice wind farm, which has been extremely successful, has its operating headquarters…12 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I do not think the noble Baroness wishes to answer the noble Lord’s question, and she has every right to do that. I rise very briefly to support my noble friend Lord…10 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, my Amendment 66 has been grouped with these amendments. I will briefly explain what the amendment does and then make a valiant, though likely unsuccessful, attempt to…10 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMay I respond to the noble Lord briefly, as we are in Committee? If one looks at the average age at which people come into this House, it is at the end of their careers, just…10 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I have bitten my tongue for the first two or three groups our Committee has considered, but I feel obliged to make a quick comment on the amendment tabled by the noble…03 Mar 2025HANSARDUK Airports: British Passport HoldersMy Lords, as a former chairman of VisitScotland and ex officio member of the British Tourist Authority, I regularly saw research which showed that tourist visas to this country…03 Mar 2025HANSARDECO4 and Insulation SchemesMy Lords, further to the answer the Minister gave to my noble friend Lord Foster regarding skills, I sit on the Industry and Regulators Committee and we had a very good…29 Jan 2025HANSARDSterling: Rise in Yields on 30-year GiltsMy Lords, what consideration have the Government given to the Bank of England’s current policy of fairly aggressive quantitative tightening? Do they feel that this is helpful in…14 Jan 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, we have reached that point in the debate when pretty much everything that can be said has been said, but not yet by me. I will confine myself to one observation and one…11 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords ReformMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness the Leader of the House for having brought forward this debate, which has been thoughtful and an immensely valuable contribution to…12 Nov 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]I suspect I would be pretty horrified, given all the information that I know about it, but I have long tried to stick to a principle in your Lordships’ House to speak about what I…22 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to this group of amendments. I was not sure which one most suited the comments I wished to make, but I think it is probably Amendment 37F in the name of the…22 Oct 2024