Restoration and Renewal

My Lords, in moving the amendment in my name on the Order Paper, I wish to indicate a debt of gra...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness the Leader for moving the Government’s Motion and for her in...

My Lords, it is not just the effect of the heat that makes the prospect of this debate so dispiri...

My Lords, alongside the noble Lords, Lord Carter and Lord Deighton, and the noble Baroness, Lady ...

My Lords, I am certainly not inclined to quarrel with this Motion, nor the amendment tabled by th...

My Lords, I support the new mandate because clearly the existing arrangements are not working. In...

My Lords, I agree very much with what the noble Lord has just said about the Government and their...

Cross-Bencher.

In my position as a Cross-Bencher, I think that it is a very odd position for the Conservative Pa...

My Lords, I am sure that I speak for all of your Lordships when I say that I am very fond of this...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in this debate, and I am surprised to hear myself saying ...

My Lords, I find it difficult adequately to communicate the sense of frustration that I feel at t...

My Lords, I remind your Lordships of my registered charitable interest as chairman of the Charter...

My Lords, I very much regret the situation that we find ourselves in today. I served on the spons...

My Lords, I remind noble Lords that I chair your Lordships’ Finance Committee and therefore sit o...

My Lords, I do not share the noble Lord’s optimism, having listened to and participated in debate...

My Lords, I have some sympathy with the noble Lord, Lord Mann. I too would like an answer on the ...

My Lords, I wish to raise three related points: transparency, cost and risk.

At the outset,...

My Lords, I take note of the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Mann, and the noble Baroness, Lady ...

My Lords, I begin by echoing the general thrust of the vast majority of comments made in this deb...

My Lords, if today’s approach to restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster had been ta...

My Lords, clearly, I know next to nothing about construction, albeit that I oversaw from a distan...

My Lords, when I was a schoolboy in India, we were told stories about the British Parliament. One...

My Lords, this Motion marks the end of a very sorry chapter. I entirely agree with my noble frien...

My Lords, this has been an interesting and very thoughtful debate. Like the noble Baroness who in...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for taking part in today’s debate and those who have engaged wi...

My Lords, I am very grateful for the indications of support from around your Lordships’ House for...