Debates between Lord Adonis and Lord Fox during the 2019-2024 Parliament

Tue 2nd Jun 2020
Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill
Lords Chamber

Committee stage:Committee: 2nd sitting (Hansard) & Committee: 2nd sitting (Hansard) & Committee: 2nd sitting (Hansard): House of Lords

Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill

Debate between Lord Adonis and Lord Fox
Lord Fox Portrait Lord Fox (LD)
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I thank my noble friend Lord Clement- Jones for setting out this amendment so effectively. He promised to be brief; I will be even briefer. Is this not symptomatic of the whole Bill, where the balance is against things happening rather than for making things happen? What was in the Government’s mind when they wrote this clause and put this Bill together? Is this an enabling Bill or a sort of grudging Bill that somehow lets a few things happen but ends up stopping a lot of other things? Why did the Government take this kind of attitude, which is symptomatic of the whole Bill?

Lord Adonis Portrait Lord Adonis (Lab)
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Am I coming through loud and clear? I suddenly have the Throne as my picture on the screen. Should I be worried?