Restoration and Renewal: Annual Progress Report

My Lords, there is a Division in the House. The Committee will resume at the end of the Division ...

I was talking about the progress that we have made and how well we have been served by the offici...

It is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord. I have nothing but admiration for those, past and pres...

My Lords, it is an honour to speak after the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett. I will try, first, not to...

I had not put my name down for this debate but I am absolutely delighted that the noble Lord is t...

In a way, the noble Lord is asking me to answer a hypothetical question, but if a new Government ...

My Lords, when I put my name down to speak in this debate the general reaction was “Why? It has a...

My Lords, I have come today mainly to listen and learn, but I think one particular issue that was...

My Lords, I declare an interest: I am the president of Historic Buildings & Places, which was kno...

My Lords, I am not going to repeat what is in the report, but it is worth stressing, especially a...

My Lords, I have written down “energy, passion and zest”. It seemed to me, from noble Lords’ cont...