House of Lords Bill [HL]
My Lords, I have brought this Bill before your Lordships because, although I have served in this ...
My Lords, I am delighted to follow my noble friend in this debate on the Second Reading of his Bi...
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Does my noble friend not conclude from the statistics that he has drawn to the attention of the H...
My Lords, no, I do not. I produced the average daily figures for attendance and for voting in Div...
My Lords, I join my noble friend Lord Strathclyde in warmly congratulating my noble friend Lord E...
My Lords, I am resisting the temptation to tear up my notes and respond to the noble Lord’s last ...
Will the right reverend Prelate forgive an academic interruption to point out that before the Ref...
I thank the noble Lord for his reminder of that. I did not want to give a history lesson today, b...
My Lords, my noble friend Lord Elton is absolutely right to say that there is concern about the s...
I support what the noble Earl said. Is he aware that almost 50% of the membership of this House i...
My Lords, I am grateful to hear that from someone who lives comparatively close to an airport com...
My Lords, I too thank my noble friend Lord Elton for the work that he has put into this Bill and ...
My Lords, I have been here for only 50 years or so. We have six Members who have been here for mo...
My Lords, I did not intend to intervene again in this debate if I could avoid it, but I would lik...
My Lords, I am afraid that is beyond my pay grade.
The facilities of the House are designed...
My Lords, the quality of the work of this House and its committees depends on the range and depth...
My Lords, I agree with most of the wise words of the noble and learned Lord who has just spoken. ...
My Lords, I do not intend to detain your Lordships for more than a very few moments. During the c...
My Lords, on 7 September last year I asked from these Benches whether the then Leader of the Hous...
My Lords, I welcome the initiative of the noble Lord, Lord Elton, in bringing the Bill forward be...
My Lords, let me start by congratulating my noble friend Lord Elton on securing time for the cons...
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions, friendly, confusing or hostile. I am n...