Lords debate on Queen's speech (fifth day) on local government, housing, transport, agriculture and the environment. (Part 2 of 2).
Debate on the Address
Queen's speech debate on Tuesday, 13 November 2007,
in the House of Lords,
led by Baroness Andrews.
The answering
member was Lord Taylor of Holbeach.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
696 c386-460
Session
2007-08
Department
Department for TransportDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Communities and Local Government
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 696 c460 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Jones of Birmingham, I beg to move that the debate be no...
Lord Rooker | 696 c459-60 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful for that acceptance. We are not weakening our science base, and we will not weaken our...
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Countess of Mar | 696 c459 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am delighted with the appointment of the Chief Scientific Adviser to Defra. We need to e...
Lord Rooker | 696 c450-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we have had a fascinating debate. I have listened to 38 speeches, although I missed a coup...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 696 c446-50 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I return to the local government brief with a mixture of pleasure, déjà vu and terror afte...
Lord Whitty | 696 c390-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall focus on two areas of this vast agenda—climate change and housing—but I will say b...
Baroness Hamwee | 696 c394-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the language on these occasions is often the same and our task is to examine whether the G...
Lord Waddington | 696 c392-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am no great expert on local government and have never before spoken on this day of the Q...
Lord Cobbold | 696 c396-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I broadly support what the Government are proposing under the headings of housing and plan...
Lord Greaves | 696 c400-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I should like to bring us back to the subject of today’s debate. I congratulate the Minist...
Bishop of Portsmouth | 696 c402-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I should like to take a local angle on the gracious Speech. The Isle of Wight, with its po...
Earl of Mar and Kellie | 696 c409-11 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I hope to speak about rail transport and, if there is time, about the constitution.
We mu...
Lord Crickhowell | 696 c407-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, energy and the environment will occupy a great deal of our time in the coming Session and,...
Baroness Greengross | 696 c405-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall concentrate my remarks on planning and housing. For more years than I like to admi...
Lord Giddens | 696 c403-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I should also like to discuss aspects of the Climate Change Bill, and let begin by saying ...
Baroness Valentine | 696 c412-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, most of the Government’s proposed legislation in the areas that we are considering today, ...
Lord Morris of Handsworth | 696 c411-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I, too, pay tribute to the gracious Speech and, in particular, its commitment to the housi...
Earl of Glasgow | 696 c415-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am saddened by how low a priority transport issues seem to hold in government policy-mak...
Baroness Ford | 696 c418-20 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in contributing to this evening's debate on the gracious Speech, I would like to draw atte...
Lord Haskins | 696 c420-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it could be that the world is on the verge of a profound change in its food markets. Durin...
Duke of Montrose | 696 c422-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Haskins, who has given us a broad an...
Baroness Byford | 696 c414-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, 2007 has been, and is still, a difficult year for many people. Rising interest rates have ...
Lord Hunt of Chesterton | 696 c426-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the gracious Speech was a practical and necessary programme for administrative and legisla...
Lord Cameron of Dillington | 696 c424-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I wish to pick up the gauntlet thrown down by the noble Lord, Lord Haskins, and talk about...
Bishop of Truro | 696 c429-31 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we on these Benches welcome the increase in new house-building proposed in the Housing and...
Earl Cathcart | 696 c439-41 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I welcome the Climate Change Bill which includes powers for councils to introduce financia...
Lord Livsey of Talgarth | 696 c441-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it has been an interesting debate. I detect a step change, particularly in relation to agr...
Lord Mackie of Benshie | 696 c436-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have retired from farming but my family are deeply involved in farming in Scotland and e...
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 696 c437-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, first, I declare an interest as chair of the Circle 33 Housing Association and a trustee o...
Countess of Mar | 696 c432-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare my interests as a partner with my husband in our small mixed family farm in Worc...
Lord Sheikh | 696 c435-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to return to this important subject, on which I gave my ...
Lord Bradshaw | 696 c444-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, that I do not accept at all. If you study any time-series graph, you will find that the pr...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 696 c444 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, does the noble Lord accept that passenger numbers have risen enormously? I know that he is...
Lord Graham of Edmonton | 696 c442-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I know that the House, not for the first time, has waited eagerly for this speech—the last...
Lord Best | 696 c386-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we return to the debate on the Address. My comments relate to the Housing and Regeneration...
Baroness Whitaker | 696 c397-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the commitment to build 3 million homes by 2020 is an opportunity unparalleled since the 1...
Lord Lyell of Markyate | 696 c398-400 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am very glad to take part in this very interesting debate. I apologise for the fact that...
Lord Roberts of Llandudno | 696 c428-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we have heard a great deal about agriculture and the land but perhaps I may move us from t...
Lord Chartres | 696 c389-90 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, on these Benches, we shall look at various aspects of the rich agenda laid before us this ...
Lord Harrison | 696 c431-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I warmly welcome the government programme outlined in the Queen’s Speech, but there are mi...
Lord Bradshaw | 696 c444 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, last night I visited St Pancras station. I congratulate the Government on building that mo...
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