Queen’s Speech

Hear, hear!

I turn, first, to the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill, covering local government, dev...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her kind comments and welcome her to her new position. S...

My Lords, before I start my speech today, I want to say a few words about Charles Kennedy. Many o...

My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to participate in this debate and thank the noble Baroness, L...

My Lords, I will try to deliver my speech from this position. I am testing a new medication and I...

The Government said in the gracious Speech that they will seek effective global co-operation to c...

My Lords, I, too, congratulate both Ministers on their promotions. As a colleague said, the noble...

My Lords, I thank your Lordships for the opportunity to participate in this debate, for the warmt...

My Lords, I applaud the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Salisbury on his excellent maiden sp...

My Lords, I congratulate the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Salisbury on a wonderful speech...

My Lords—

Hear, hear!

Thank you, my Lords. Towards the end of the last Session, under the terms of the House of Lords R...

Hear, hear!

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My Lords, it is not for my noble friend to say thank you, it is for us to thank him for all the y...

My Lords, I wish to concentrate on matters relating to home affairs in the gracious Speech. My st...

My Lords, under the heading of home affairs I want to look at two issues that could affect the hu...

My Lords, I join others in paying tribute to the magnificent valedictory speech of my noble frien...

My Lords, I will speak in particular about local government, whose problems did not largely featu...

I want to speak mainly about housing and, in so doing, I remind the House of my various declared ...

My Lords, I want to touch on three issues in my speech today: local government, devolution and ho...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Kerslake, and I congratulate him on a ver...

My Lords, I ask for noble Lords’ indulgence and assistance. Our timings are such that if we conti...

My Lords, in the spirit of that announcement, I am prepared to give up those 20 seconds of my tim...

My Lords, I am still, I confess, shaken by the news of my friend and colleague Charles Kennedy’s ...

My Lords, I rise to speak on the provisions of the gracious Speech relating to home affairs. I we...

My Lords, we have heard very fine speeches so far. I realise that we are only half way through, s...

My Lords, I want to say a few words about higher education and then comment on housing.

The...

My Lords, I remind your Lordships of my registered interests and, in particular, that I now chair...

My Lords, I want to begin by talking about the implementation of regulations sanctioned by the Mo...

My Lords, on energy security, there was an odd juxtaposition in the gracious Speech which said: