Palace of Westminster: Restoration and Renewal
Monday, 5 September 2016
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
House of Commons
Friday, 2 February 2018
Research briefings
My Lords, today’s debate is about the restoration and renewal of this iconic building. It is a bu...
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My Lords, some of your Lordships may question by what right I challenge the strategy and work of ...
Hear, hear!
If this work is going to take six years, then 11 minutes is not too bad.
Finally, I look at...
My Lords, I very much welcome the government Motion and hope that this House will follow the lead...
My Lords, like many other noble Lords, I thought this day would never come, but I am very glad th...
My Lords, it is a great pleasure once again to follow the noble Lord, Lord Newby. We are all grat...
My Lords, it is a great privilege to follow the noble and learned Lord, and it was a great privil...
My Lords, I am pleased and privileged to follow the former Leader of the House and to endorse her...
My Lords, when on a number of occasions in recent years I have shown visitors around this iconic ...
My Lords, I am sure I am not alone in your Lordships’ House in having had an initial feeling of g...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Butler, and I agree with so much of wha...
My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Maude, that no one can accuse Parliament of rushing t...
My Lords, in the wonderful elegance of parliamentary language, we have talked much already about ...
My Lords, I am sure that we will all want to take careful note of what the noble Baroness just sa...
My Lords, it is a delight to follow the noble Lord, Lord Cormack, particularly given his comments...
My Lords, it is a pleasure and a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Carter of Coles. I supp...
My Lords, I am very grateful to follow the noble Lord, Lord Goodlad, and I support entirely his v...
My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Laming, who served on the Joint Committee...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the knowledgeable contribution of the noble Lord, Lord Cope,...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord McKenzie—I spend my parliamentary life ...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, particularly his enthusiasm f...
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord because he has more or less helped me t...
My Lords, it is a particular pleasure to follow the words of the noble Lord, Lord Desai, although...
Happily, my Lords, a consensus seems to be emerging that we should support the Motion so ably mov...
My Lords, I support the Motion before us and therefore do not support the amendment in the name o...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to contribute to this debate and to follow the noble Baroness. I certa...
My Lords, in her very interesting speech, the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Hudnall, made a po...
My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Horam. I support his idea of reducing tra...
My Lords, very frequently in debates in your Lordships’ House, and in a slightly smug way, we say...
My Lords, yesterday’s debate in this House on the role of women in public life was a remarkable o...
My Lords, I am happy to support the Motion, and do so with enthusiasm. I have long been of the vi...
My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, I have a bit of form on the subject before us tod...
My Lords, I too thank the Lord Privy Seal for bringing this Motion before the House. I endorse it...
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Andrews, mentioned Guy Fawkes at the beginning of this debate....
My Lords, I strongly support the Motion moved by the noble Baroness the Leader, and I am sure tha...
My Lords, at this stage in the batting order, much of what I would have said has been covered alr...
My Lords, I have listened to and read such detail as has been available to us, and have seen the ...
My Lords, this far into a debate, it usually comes down to the fact that everybody has said every...
My Lords, what a pleasure it is to follow the noble Lord, Lord Addington. As he said, everything ...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow noble Lord, Lord Dobbs. What a sparkling contribution that w...
My Lords, like other noble Lords, I was pleased and relieved by the Motion approved by the House ...
My Lords, I rather regret that the noble Lord, Lord Taylor of Holbeach, is not in his place, beca...
My Lords, I must admit that I had feared that this project was being very skilfully directed into...
My Lords, I add my thanks to the noble Baroness the Leader of the House for her hard work and she...
My Lords, I think we all welcome the Motion moved by the noble Baroness the Leader of the House a...
My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this important debate. I am al...
My Lords, I listened carefully to all but two of the speeches and was pleased at the number of no...