Information between 30th June 2025 - 9th August 2025
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2 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Burns voted No and against the House One of 36 Crossbench No votes vs 11 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 280 Noes - 243 |
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2 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Burns voted No and in line with the House One of 21 Crossbench No votes vs 6 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 55 Noes - 234 |
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9 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Burns voted No and in line with the House One of 13 Crossbench No votes vs 0 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 139 Noes - 158 |
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14 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Burns voted Aye and against the House One of 7 Crossbench Aye votes vs 11 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 161 Noes - 191 |
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14 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Burns voted Aye and in line with the House One of 25 Crossbench Aye votes vs 5 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 267 Noes - 153 |
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14 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Burns voted Aye and in line with the House One of 26 Crossbench Aye votes vs 12 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 264 Noes - 158 |
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16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Burns voted Aye and in line with the House One of 36 Crossbench Aye votes vs 5 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 160 |
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22 Jul 2025 - Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 - View Vote Context Lord Burns voted Aye and against the House One of 34 Crossbench Aye votes vs 17 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 155 Noes - 267 |
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23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Burns voted Aye and in line with the House One of 27 Crossbench Aye votes vs 2 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 271 Noes - 138 |
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23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Burns voted Aye and in line with the House One of 33 Crossbench Aye votes vs 4 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 290 Noes - 143 |
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Lord Burns speeches from: Employment Rights Bill
Lord Burns contributed 3 speeches (1,151 words) Report stage part one Wednesday 23rd July 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office |
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Lord Burns speeches from: Football Governance Bill [HL]
Lord Burns contributed 1 speech (575 words) Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons Tuesday 15th July 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport |
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Lord Burns speeches from: House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
Lord Burns contributed 3 speeches (656 words) Report stage part two Wednesday 9th July 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House |
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2 Jul 2025, 10:14 p.m. - House of Lords "and Lord Burns, I hope I'm not doing them a disservice by misquoting them, I will not try the patience of " Lord Blencathra (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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2 Jul 2025, 10:45 p.m. - House of Lords "point, and of course, the Lord Burns Report on the size of the House. And " The Duke of Wellington (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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2 Jul 2025, 5:37 p.m. - House of Lords "case. >> I've been waiting for Lord Burns to rise and contribute to this " Lord Dobbs (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 9:36 p.m. - House of Lords "talking shop and no progress is made. I think everybody is trying to avoid that happening. I do think and I spoke to her and Lord Burns on " Baroness Smith of Basildon, Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 9:35 p.m. - House of Lords "the mood. Could I say to Lord Burns and I will just other comments that of men made, I think you can be completely wrong if departures " Baroness Smith of Basildon, Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 9:34 p.m. - House of Lords "to that level. Can I thank Lord Burns for bringing this forward and " Baroness Smith of Basildon, Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 9:29 p.m. - House of Lords "is because of the profligacy of his predecessors, following the argument that the Noble Lord Lord Burns at " Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 9:32 p.m. - House of Lords "other. Lord Burns is Lord Young of Cookham has pointed out the forms " Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 9:42 p.m. - House of Lords "to a larger house. Lord Burns is amendment, I completely accept the purpose of putting it forward, I " Baroness Smith of Basildon, Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 10:10 p.m. - House of Lords "this later, I think I was quite clear to Lord Burns and Baroness " Baroness Smith of Basildon, Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 9:59 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Burns. And of course all this flows from the firm promise, firm " Lord True (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 10:01 p.m. - House of Lords "rather agreed with what Lord Burns in winding up his previous amendment " Lord True (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 10:01 p.m. - House of Lords "about in our debates which might actually usefully engage such a committee as Lord Burns and others reminded us. Indeed she double down " Lord True (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 6:41 p.m. - House of Lords "decide to retire. The result of this was I was able to achieve the balance that the Noble Lord burns " Lord Hope of Craighead (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 6:43 p.m. - House of Lords "other problem is, I think, and anticipating the Noble Lord burns " Lord Hope of Craighead (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 7:23 p.m. - House of Lords "in the name of Lord Burns, which I hope to speak to briefly later. With " AMDT: 21 Viscount Thurso (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 9:22 p.m. - House of Lords "please. >> I like to thank Lord Burns for his amendment and the way he " Lord Gove (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 9:23 p.m. - House of Lords "everybody who has been included in Lord Burns amendment has formed the view that the place would be better " Lord Gove (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 8:44 p.m. - House of Lords "23, I beg your pardon. Lord Burns. >> I begin by saying I welcome the " AMDT: 23 Lord Burns (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 8:51 p.m. - House of Lords "23 moved by Lord Burns will stop " Lord Young of Cookham (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 8:52 p.m. - House of Lords "turns to the noble Lord, Lord Burns, for an answer. Those of us with long " Lord Young of Cookham (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 8:56 p.m. - House of Lords "have added my name. The noble Lord, Lord Burns, has come up with an elegant formulation, as he did seven " Baroness Hayman (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 9:01 p.m. - House of Lords "performing their parliamentary duties. I very much believe that the elegant solution that Lord Burns has " Baroness Hayman (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 9:01 p.m. - House of Lords "elegant solution that Lord Burns has put before us is the right way " Baroness Hayman (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 9:05 p.m. - House of Lords "imbalance. The problem as Lord Burns set out so well in introducing his amendment is that each incoming " Viscount Thurso (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 9:05 p.m. - House of Lords "it's a suggestion to Lord Burns, I might have left out one in his " Viscount Thurso (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 9:08 p.m. - House of Lords "people coming into the House and I support very much the line of thinking that Lord Burns has outlined. There is just one point that troubles me, perhaps I can do " Lord Hope of Craighead (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 9:09 p.m. - House of Lords "chosen and the Frontbench was strengthened to the advantage of the House. The reason I say this is I think there's a great force in the point that Lord Burns is making that " Lord Hope of Craighead (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 9:10 p.m. - House of Lords "I mention this simply as a point towards the point which I think Lord Burns is making that this really " Lord Hope of Craighead (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 9:10 p.m. - House of Lords " I rise to support the amendment may feel it's only fair to Lord Burns he was smiling because I have lobbied him as I think most " Baroness Berridge (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 3:17 p.m. - House of Lords "amendment, Lord Burns proposing a two-out one in system of " Tributes to Sarah Davina Clarke CVO, OBE - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2025, 6:19 p.m. - House of Lords "later, by the noble Lord Lord Burns. The whole tenure of the feeling of " Lord True (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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15 Jul 2025, 9:30 p.m. - House of Lords "on the crossbenches, particularly the A team of Lord Bird, Lord Pannick, Lord Burns, and Lord " Baroness Twycross, The Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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15 Jul 2025, 9:25 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Burns, as We would incorporate evidence from the state game report, after the amazing model it would be explicit the regulator must use the " Baroness Twycross, The Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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15 Jul 2025, 8:44 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Thomas and Lord Burns for their diligence and thoughtfulness and " Baroness Brady (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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15 Jul 2025, 8:52 p.m. - House of Lords "this, the noble Lord, Lord Burns, referred to the golden goose, but we should not shame the goose will continue to make gold Living Planet " Lord Maude of Horsham (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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15 Jul 2025, 9:24 p.m. - House of Lords "ensure that we do get a better bill. I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Burns, noble Lord, Lord Pannick, and noble Lords across your " Baroness Twycross, The Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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15 Jul 2025, 8:30 p.m. - House of Lords "I'm grateful to Lord Burns for setting out with such clarity why " Lord Pannick (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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15 Jul 2025, 8:21 p.m. - House of Lords "however he will be resented by his crossbench colleagues. Right also thank Lord Burns, Lord Pannick and " Baroness Twycross, The Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Jul 2025, 4:47 p.m. - House of Lords "clause 59. >> I rise to speak in support of the amendment in the name of the noble Lord Lord Burns. Several noble Lords " Baroness Finn (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Jul 2025, 4:47 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Lord Burns. Several noble Lords including bespoke at committee stage so I will not repeat the powerful " Baroness Finn (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Jul 2025, 4:52 p.m. - House of Lords "part on report, and we wanted to get away, as Lord Burns does, from the " Lord Whitty (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Jul 2025, 4:56 p.m. - House of Lords "union on the point of joining. In the noble Lord burns makes the argument today that the bill before " Lord Barber of Ainsdale (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Jul 2025, 5 p.m. - House of Lords "solution to a tricky problem in the period that Lord Burns and his committee did such good work. But I " Lord Monks (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Jul 2025, 5 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord burns may be prepared to reconsider and not press his amendment. " Lord Barber of Ainsdale (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Jul 2025, 5:08 p.m. - House of Lords "we adopt more Burns amendment -- we adopt Lord Burns amendment and we hope this matter will go to sleep for at least another 10 years. " Lord Balfe (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Jul 2025, 5:10 p.m. - House of Lords "to get away from that. So I would ask and hope Lord Burns amendment " Lord Balfe (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Jul 2025, 5:19 p.m. - House of Lords " I raised to support the amendment 147 in the name of Lord Burns. I'm " Baroness Cash (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Jul 2025, 5:27 p.m. - House of Lords " I rise to speak to Lord Burns " Lord Leigh of Hurley (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Jul 2025, 5:27 p.m. - House of Lords "In so doing, I must congratulate Lord Burns on this amendment. I remember the date -- debate that we " Lord Leigh of Hurley (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Jul 2025, 5:56 p.m. - House of Lords "149ZA. Before I do that, can I thank Lord Burns for his commonsense amendment. We think political contributions must always be a " Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Jul 2025, 5:56 p.m. - House of Lords "pertain to international law. I hope he was paying attention. If Lord Burns decides to test the opinion of " Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Jul 2025, 6:02 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord, Lord Burns. I would like to thank Lord Burns for the ongoing engagement we had on the topic of " Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Jul 2025, 6:02 p.m. - House of Lords "the conclusions of the Lord Burns committee on trade union political funds and political party funding. I am also grateful to my noble friend, " Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Jul 2025, 6:06 p.m. - House of Lords "union. In line with the recommendation in the report of the noble Lord, Lord Burns committee the membership form will also make it " Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Jul 2025, 6:19 p.m. - House of Lords "ask Lord Burns to withdraw amendment 147. 147. " Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Employment Rights Bill
78 speeches (16,102 words) Report stage part one Wednesday 23rd July 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Finn (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I support the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Burns. - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Cash (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I support Amendment 147, which is in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Burns. - Link to Speech 3: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con - Life peer) In so doing, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Burns, on this amendment. - Link to Speech 4: Lord Goddard of Stockport (LD - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Burns, is right. We support his amendment. - Link to Speech 5: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) I ask the noble Lord, Lord Burns, to withdraw Amendment 147. - Link to Speech |
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
31 speeches (9,209 words) Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons Tuesday 15th July 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) I thank the noble Lords, Lord Burns and Lord Pannick, and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas of - Link to Speech 2: Lord Goddard of Stockport (LD - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Burns, covered most of what I was going to say on the technical stuff. - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Brady (Con - Life peer) I thank noble Lords including the noble Lords, Lord Birt, Lord Pannick and Lord Burns, and the noble - Link to Speech 4: Lord Maude of Horsham (Con - Life peer) Competition is healthy, but we should not assume that the golden goose that the noble Lord, Lord Burns - Link to Speech 5: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) I am very grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Burns and Lord Pannick, and noble Lords from across your - Link to Speech |
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
129 speeches (26,113 words) Report stage part one Wednesday 9th July 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) Indeed, this was one of my recommendations to the noble Lord, Lord Burns, for his report. - Link to Speech 2: Lord True (Con - Life peer) We have an important and interesting debate which is being put to us later by the noble Lord, Lord Burns - Link to Speech 3: Lord Hope of Craighead (XB - Life peer) In that year my noble friend Lord Burns produced his report, which received quite a lot of support across - Link to Speech 4: Earl of Kinnoull (XB - Excepted Hereditary) I suspect that, when we come to the amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Burns, the subject of the - Link to Speech |
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Black Rod
14 speeches (2,628 words) Wednesday 9th July 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: None Looking at today’s Marshalled List, I see the important amendment on Report from the noble Lord, Lord Burns - Link to Speech |
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
95 speeches (19,803 words) Report stage part two Wednesday 9th July 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Lord Young of Cookham (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 23, moved by the noble Lord, Lord Burns, and I will add a - Link to Speech 2: Viscount Thurso (LD - Excepted Hereditary) My Lords, briefly, I support the noble Lord, Lord Burns, having added my name to this amendment. - Link to Speech 3: Lord Hope of Craighead (XB - Life peer) I support very much the line of thinking that the noble Lord, Lord Burns, outlined. - Link to Speech 4: Lord Newby (LD - Life peer) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Burns, for his amendment and the way he introduced it. - Link to Speech 5: Lord True (Con - Life peer) It is really a coda to the very interesting debate provoked by the noble Lord, Lord Burns. - Link to Speech |
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
118 speeches (25,726 words) Report stage part two Wednesday 2nd July 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) I think he also had the support of the noble Lords, Lord Cromwell and Lord Burns, and the noble Earl, - Link to Speech 2: Duke of Wellington (XB - Excepted Hereditary) improvement in the regional balance—a very good point—and of course the report by the noble Lord, Lord Burns - Link to Speech |
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
135 speeches (25,182 words) Report stage part one Wednesday 2nd July 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Baroness Browning (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I have been waiting for the noble Lord, Lord Burns, to contribute to this debate. - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 22nd July 2025
Oral Evidence - HM Treasury, HM Treasury, and HM Treasury Economic Affairs Committee Found: meeting Members present: Lord Wood of Anfield (The Chair); Lord Agnew of Oulton; Lord Blackwell; Lord Burns |
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Jul. 22 2025
HL Bill 113-IV Fourth marshalled list for Report Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BURNS BARONESS FINN LORD SHARPE OF EPSOM 147_ Leave out Clause 59 Member's explanatory statement |
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Jul. 17 2025
HL Bill 113-III Third marshalled list for Report Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Clause 59 LORD LEIGH OF HURLEY BARONESS FINN 146_ [Withdrawn] LORD BURNS BARONESS FINN LORD SHARPE |
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Jul. 15 2025
HL Bill 113-II Second marshalled list for Report Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BURNS BARONESS FINN 147_ Leave out Clause 59 Member's explanatory statement This amendment would |
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Jul. 10 2025
HL Bill 113-I Marshalled list for Report Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BURNS BARONESS FINN 147★_ Leave out Clause 59 Member's explanatory statement This amendment |
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Jul. 07 2025
HL Bill 49-R-II Second marshalled list for Report House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BURNS LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM VISCOUNT THURSO BARONESS HAYMAN 23_ After Clause 1, insert the following |
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May. 29 2025
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill 2024-25: Progress of the bill House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill 2024-26 Briefing papers Found: conventional cap on the Prime Minister’s prerogative powers” to appoint people to the House of Lords.90 Lord Burns |
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Tuesday 15th July 2025 3 p.m. Economic Affairs Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 22nd July 2025 2 p.m. Economic Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Chancellor’s Annual Scrutiny Session for 2024-2025 At 2:00pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP - Chancellor of the Exchequer at HM Treasury Beth Russell - Second Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury Stephen Farrington - Director of Fiscal Policy at HM Treasury View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 2nd September 2025 3 p.m. Economic Affairs Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 1st July 2025
Oral Evidence - Office for Budget Responsibility, Office for Budget Responsibility, and Office for Budget Responsibility Preparing for an Ageing Society - Economic Affairs Committee |
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Tuesday 22nd July 2025
Oral Evidence - HM Treasury, HM Treasury, and HM Treasury Economic Affairs Committee |
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1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
None speech (None words) Wednesday 2nd July 2025 - None |
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Wed 02 Jul 2025
No Department None 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales <p>Well, can I thank the Member for his question? There's nothing really new in anything that's been raised today on this matter. The UK Labour Government, however, has, for the first time, acknowledged that there is significant underinvestment—historic underinvestment—in our railway network, and the £445 million extra was a down payment on that. Now, the reason that the Government was able to assign that level of funding to Welsh rail infrastructure was because over the years, in spite of austerity, we were able to fund and take forward numerous schemes around what Lord Burns had recommended, to ensure that they were shovel ready, to ensure that we could proceed with the planning consents, that we could proceed with the detailed plans, and then get them either delivered within a single spending period, or enable them to draw down additional funds through future spending periods. And that's what we've been hearing from the Chancellor, that's what we've heard from the Secretary of State for Wales, from our own First Minister, that this is only the beginning in addressing that historic underfunding.</p> |