Queen’s Speech

My Lords, before the noble Baroness sits down, following her remarks on the NHS, can she tell the...

I apologise, but I think the noble Lord slightly missed his moment and I had sat down. However, I...

My Lords, I express my gratitude to the noble Baroness for the wide-ranging announcements in the ...

My Lords, after what might be described as a sluggish arrival of Bills and legislation to your Lo...

My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to speak during this debate on Her Majesty’s gracious...

My Lords, in the days following Her Majesty’s gracious Speech, noble Lords may have missed the an...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness. She always makes interesting speeches, s...

My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to take part in this debate on the humble Address. I want to ...

My Lords, I shall speak briefly about the Government’s national disability strategy, the plan for...

My Lords, I wish to raise the issue of local services that are likely to have a positive impact o...

My Lords, over the past three years, our national self-confidence and self-belief have taken one ...

My Lords, what an act to follow.

The Queen’s Speech embraces policies directed at supportin...

My Lords, I declare my relevant interests in the register: chair of a learning disability charity...

My Lords, I rise to make this brief maiden speech and in doing so I wish to thank my noble friend...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady Blower and to congratulate her on...

My Lords, I welcome the Government’s commitment to introduce its online harms Bill,

“to imp...

My Lords, first, I declare my interests, as detailed in the register—in particular, as a partner ...

My Lords, I have to say that the Conservative Party did not do so well in Birmingham.

It is...

My Lords, I begin by congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Blower, on her excellent maiden spee...

My Lords, I for one was in the main delighted with the education part of the Queen’s Speech. Its ...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Blower, on her excellent speech. We absolutely ...

My Lords, it is stating the obvious to say that these are turbulent, uncertain times, perhaps the...

My Lords, the last few times I have spoken in this House, I have been preceded by a bishop. I won...

My Lords, I too congratulate my noble friend Lady Blower on an excellent speech and look forward ...

My Lords, I declare my interests as a vice-president of the Local Government Association and a vi...

My Lords, I wish to restrict my remarks on the gracious Speech to health. With a new year and a n...

My Lords, I was pleased to see the promise in the Queen’s Speech of more funds for education, par...

My Lords, I had a bit of a waiting-for-a-bus moment when I listened to the Queen’s Speech, becaus...

My Lords, when thinking about the debate today, I wondered what will change for the poorest and m...

My Lords, the Government’s rhetoric indicates a welcome willingness to contemplate radical initia...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Rees of Ludlow. I was particularly impr...

My Lords, I entirely agree with the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth—it is not very often that I say that...

My Lords, I draw the attention of the House to my registered interests as a councillor and a vice...

My Lords, in my brief remarks today I will address three issues which are of major importance in ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross, and other noble Lords who spoke on social ...

I wish the noble Baroness good luck in those five years.

My Lords, I declare an interest as...

My Lords, my noble friend referred to localism and local decision-making but the Mayor of the Wes...

I am aware of those prioritisations. They want both. I have talked to them. However, when I asked...

I do not accept that that is correct. If my noble friend asks the Mayor of the West Midlands, he ...

I will conclude. I am grateful to the Economic Affairs Committee, under the great chairmanship of...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, made some very trenchant points, for which we should tha...

My Lords, it is a new year with a new Government and there is new energy with new ideas and new p...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Bichard, speaks very wisely with the voice of experience, and I ho...

My Lords, declaring my interests in the register, I will briefly touch on three issues from the Q...

My Lords, since we have just had the 12 days of Christmas, I want to use my five minutes to sugge...

My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Lord and his 12 very good and challenging points. I...

My Lords, the commitment to ensure that children get an active start to life through an investmen...

My Lords, I too welcome the Government’s commitment to education. In a report, The Queen’s Speech...

My Lords, almost 10 years ago in this House my maiden speech highlighted my lifelong mission to e...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a series producer at Raw TV making content for CNN. I echo the...

My Lords, back to the economy.

We have been fortunate to date that the UK economy has outpe...

My Lords, the health service is obviously in crisis at the present time. The number of doctors an...

My Lords, this Queen’s Speech is our first and best chance to set out what kind of country we are...

My Lords, I think I am the only macroeconomist contributing to this debate, which is perhaps rath...

My Lords, I refer to my interests in the register. This is, to my mind, an excellent document and...

My Lords, I will make two points on the proposed employment Bill and three on the proposed restri...

My Lords, I thank the Minister and the other winders for graciously giving me permission to speak...

My Lords, in short, the election result will boost the UK economy in the short term as the major ...

My Lords, I shall speak today about the importance of support for the mental health of children: ...

My Lords, I return to a subject raised by only one speaker in front of me: sport. I am afraid I h...

My Lords, my Christmas was increasingly dominated by the disruption, noise and trails of destruct...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for the very thoughtful way in which she introduced this broadly b...

My Lords, it is a privilege to respond to the humble Address. It is ambitious to put the NHS at t...

My Lords, I understand that my contribution to the gracious Speech debate would have been more re...

My Lords, we have a new Parliament, and the most exciting part of election night 2019 for me was ...

My Lords, like most Members of your Lordships’ House, I have a life away from here—in my case, as...

My Lords, I am slightly surprised but delighted to be the third northerner in a row to speak from...

Follow that, my Lords. I will confine my remarks to a sentence in the Queen’s Speech that really ...

My Lords, I welcome Her Majesty’s most gracious Speech. At last we can start to deliver on our pr...

My Lords, I was really pleased to see in the gracious Speech a focus on enabling individuals to d...

My Lords, in her very expansive opening remarks the Minister referred to the Government’s agenda ...

My Lords, I rise to support Her Majesty’s gracious Speech. It is a huge pleasure to be able to ad...

My Lords, I will limit my remarks to just one aspect of the gracious Speech that has not been cov...

My Lords, I will speak about mental health.

I am thrilled by the Government’s commitment to...

My Lords, as the first of the winders, I hope that the House will not mind if I narrow my remarks...

My Lords, it is an honour and privilege to speak at the end of this day’s debate—indeed, this thr...

My Lords, at the beginning of this very long debate—rather like a long flight to the Far East—the...