Air Quality: London

Debate between Baroness Garden of Frognal and Lord Lea of Crondall

Tuesday 24th March 2015 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Garden of Frognal]

Construction would be a contributory factor, but it is up to local government to take note of the pollution that is being caused by building sites in their areas.

[Lord Lea of Crondall (Lab)]

My Lords, taking asthma as an example, is it not a fact that the trade-off in terms of extra costs to the health service would be as great as the cost of reducing air pollution? How does that arithmetic work out?

[Baroness Garden of Frognal]

I am not entirely sure how that arithmetic is worked out, but I know that the departments are in constant dialogue with each other to try to ensure that the best case is made for improving air quality and for tackling the health problems that go with poor air quality.

EU: Recent Developments

Debate between Baroness Garden of Frognal and Lord Lea of Crondall

Thursday 16th February 2012 Lords Chamber

[Lord Lea of Crondall]

If people would stop interrupting, I have a question.

[Baroness Garden of Frognal]

My apologies to the noble Lord but the noble Lord, Lord Lamont, has sat down, and it is time to move on.

[Lord Lea of Crondall]

Is this a new doctrine? It is quite normal to intervene if the noble Lord has not actually sat down. That is the convention of the House. Is that not the case? Can the Whip say whether it is not normally case that before the noble Lord has actually sat down, one can say, “Before the noble Lord sits down”?

[Baroness Garden of Frognal]

It is also the case that no Member who is speaking has to give way to an intervention. It is up to the Member who is speaking. I think the noble Lord made it clear that he wished to finish his comments and sit down.

[Lord Lea of Crondall]

The noble Lord indicated that he was about to sit down. I intervened in the normal way. There have been some very rude interruptions from the Conservative Benches and I will take this further in a different form. I am very sorry to be discourteous to the Liberal Democrat Whip but I do not think she will find that the doctrine she has now enunciated is correct.