"I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in the last very interesting 90 minutes. I thank particularly the Minister for answering very fully quite a lot of questions that were put to him in an encouraging way.
"That this House takes note of the regulatory regime for political party finance and the role of the Electoral Commission...." Earl of Kinnoull - View Speech
"My Lords, at the core of any western liberal democracy is trust. The citizen must trust the institutions that make up their democracy and the people within those institutions. They must trust also that the oversight arrangements will work and, if someone or something breaches that trust, that there will …..." Earl of Kinnoull - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare an interest in that I farm organically in Scotland and we have a number of hares around. In fact, when the close season came in in Scotland, it did not really do much to help the hare population, because there are enough foxes around to kill …..." Earl of Kinnoull - View Speech
"My Lords, the current 2p piece has an image on the back of a red squirrel. I wonder, as a serious point, whether the Green Paper could look at the establishment of red squirrel enclosures as one way of getting people access to nature. There are one or two red …..." Earl of Kinnoull - View Speech
"My Lords, on behalf of the Cross Benches, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, on his appointment as Senior Deputy Speaker, and most importantly, actually, as Chairman of Committees, which is sometimes forgotten. I wish the names were reversed in importance in the way we consider them.
"My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow on from the speeches of the noble Lords, Lord True and Lord Purvis. It was, if they do not mind me saying so, an even greater pleasure to hear from the noble Baroness, Lady Crawley, and the noble Lord, Lord Roe—or, …..." Earl of Kinnoull - View Speech
"My Lords, flood prevention still requires affordable insurance to back it up, because floods still happen when you try to prevent them. The eligibility criteria of Flood Re mean that for the outbuildings of small farms, if the farm office is inside the farmhouse, the farmhouse is not eligible for …..." Earl of Kinnoull - View Speech