Queen’s Speech

My Lords, I think it is common ground on all sides of your Lordships’ House that this was a graci...

My Lords, I want to take the opportunity of this debate to raise some questions about the balance...

In the time available to each of us it is necessary to confine ourselves to a limited number of p...

My Lords, in this debate, I want to focus on one of the most understated aspects of the gracious ...

My Lords, the guidance invites us today to discuss the economy, infrastructure, transport, energy...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord McNally, and his hymn of love to his na...

My Lords, four years ago, the Government inherited an economy on its knees. We had emerged from t...

What would my noble friend do about the problem of pension income, which is not subject to nation...

I was about to say that the TaxPayers’ Alliance produced a very thoughtful report, which showed h...

My Lords, it is a particular pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes. Tempted as I am ...

My Lords, I am delighted to contribute to this debate on the Government’s programme for the comin...

My Lords, I thought that your Lordships might welcome a maiden speech as a kind of interlude in t...

Hear, hear!

Having been what one might call a jobbing vicar for 23 years, I come to your Lordships’ House wit...

My Lords, it is a particular pleasure for me to congratulate the right reverend Prelate the Bisho...

My Lords, I also congratulate the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Rochester on his excellent...

My Lords, I am very grateful that I am following the good and noble Lord, Lord Giddens. The last ...

My Lords, I, too, congratulate my colleague the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Rochester on...

My Lords, I suggest to the Opposition Front Bench that the continuing message from the opinion po...

My Lords, I have spoken in almost every housing debate since I became a Member and was slightly c...

My Lords, as I am primarily going to talk about local government I should begin by declaring an i...

My Lords, at the start of his speech, the noble Lord, Lord Tope, talked about commissioning polls...

My Lords, after that Panglossian account, I wonder whether the noble Lord who has just spoken was...

I am fascinated by what the noble Lord said. Could he remind noble Lords under which Government t...

It was the Lehman Brothers what dug the hole, if we want to get to that level of sophisticated de...

I thank the noble Lord for giving way. Is not the crucial point that within the United Kingdom th...

If that is the reason why the noble Lord does not agree with the eurozone, I would say that over ...

My Lords, I take a particular interest in energy and climate change, so it was some relief to see...

My Lords, I was not here yesterday but I listened very carefully and I was, quite honestly, very ...

My Lords, I pay great respect to the campaigning zeal of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, on clima...

My Lords, I should declare my interests as in the register, as I will be speaking about practical...

My Lords, a number of speakers have said that this debate on the gracious Speech gives us an oppo...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Deighton for his excellent introduction to today’s debate ...

My Lords, perhaps I may suggest to the noble Viscount, Lord Trenchard, that although Parliament m...

My Lords, it was healthy to see that the gracious Speech put in big letters up front that the key...

I do not recall anybody saying that they resented the success of London. We have two economies in...

If the noble Lords thinks about it, that is just what he has implied. Effectively, he is saying t...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Flight, who, like the noble Lord,...

My Lords, before this debate I contacted two people. I do not know what their political opinions ...

My Lords, this has been an excellent debate, with many very effective contributions. Of course, i...

My Lords, it is a pleasure and an honour to welcome the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Roch...

As I think the Minister will see when she reads Hansard, she has misquoted me. Could she answer t...

I will have to come to the noble Lord with that number, because I do not have it to hand. I would...