Horsemeat

Debate between Lord Geddes and Lord De Mauley

Thursday 14th February 2013 Lords Chamber

[Lord De Mauley]

The noble Lord is absolutely right that what we have to do at the end of this is learn the important lessons. I entirely agree with him on that.

[Lord Geddes]

Is my noble friend aware of this problem arising elsewhere in the world—in other words, outside the European Union?

[Lord De Mauley]

That is an interesting question. I am sure that countries in the rest of the world have their own problems. I am not aware of this specific problem arising elsewhere.

Environment: Rio+20 Conference

Debate between Lord Geddes and Lord De Mauley

Thursday 14th June 2012 Lords Chamber

[Lord De Mauley]

I quite agree with my noble friend. Training is at least as important as the dropping of the well in the first place.

[Lord Geddes]

Does my noble friend agree that water is already, and will increasingly become, the most valuable commodity that the world has and that its conservation is vital?

[Lord De Mauley]

Yes, that is becoming increasingly apparent.

Trade Unions: Ballots

Debate between Lord Geddes and Lord De Mauley

Thursday 31st March 2011 Lords Chamber

[Lord De Mauley]

My Lords, let me say, if I may be so bold, that that was not what the Question was about. The Question was about union recognition ballots. The Government’s position on that is, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”.

[Lord Geddes]

My Lords, for the avoidance of doubt, is the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, not slightly misinformed? We are not voting for a change in the constitution on 5 May. We are voting as to whether we should have such a change.

[Lord De Mauley]

My Lords, I do not think that I have anything to add.

Visas

Debate between Lord Geddes and Lord De Mauley

Thursday 22nd July 2010 Lords Chamber

[Lord De Mauley]

I cannot disagree with anything the noble Earl has said. It is very important to us to encourage and foster culture in our country. Foreign artists and performers are extremely welcome here, but the system has to be conducted in a robust but fair way.

[Lord Geddes]

My Lords, where an artist—let us say for reasons of health—has to drop out of a performance at very short notice and the only suitable replacement artist is from abroad, is my noble friend aware of the potential difficulty in obtaining a visa for the artist coming in as a subsidiary?

[Lord De Mauley]

My Lords, yes, I am aware of that. As I have tried to explain, there are certain routes to facilitate an artist in that situation, but they have to be used with a system of undertaking proper checks of documentation.