"My Lords, another language in Scotland is Scots. Indeed, Burns wrote roughly half his poetry in in Scots, not least “Address to a Haggis”. Can the Minister tell us whether there will be money directed at the preservation of Scots as a language as well in this process?..." Earl of Kinnoull - View Speech
"Can the Minister tell us what the Treasury is doing to collect the stamp duty that should be chargeable on transactions where there is documentation executed in the United Kingdom, and whether looking at that might represent some method of providing a toolkit to defeat these bad practices?..." Earl of Kinnoull - View Speech
"My Lords, is it not the case that one thing that has allowed Reform and Nigel Farage to get off a little here is the sheer complexity of electoral law and the whole area around this? We are about to start consideration of the 27th Representation of the People Bill, …..." Earl of Kinnoull - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a great privilege to follow three such speeches. The cries of dismay that greeted the Lord Speaker’s sad news of the death of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, were as loud on our Benches as anywhere else in the House, having, as …..." Earl of Kinnoull - View Speech
"I also welcome the Minister to her seat. The conflicts that have been described are particularly bad for political party and election law. The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, which applies to the whole of the United Kingdom, has an enormous raft of criminal offences. If you look …..." Earl of Kinnoull - View Speech
"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