"My Lords, I am delighted to lead the customary and important tradition of giving thanks to staff across the House, especially those who have retired this year, as we head towards the Christmas Recess. As 2025 draws an end, it is nice to have a moment to reflect on the …..." Lord Kennedy of Southwark - View Speech
"My Lords, I expect the Employment Rights Bill to return to this House from the House of Commons this afternoon. I thought that it would assist the House to set out the arrangements for the Bill tomorrow. Once the Bill returns and all amendments are printed, Members have until 12 …..." Lord Kennedy of Southwark - View Speech
"My Lords, before we move on to the fourth day of Committee, I will make a statement about proceedings, as I did on the previous three sitting Fridays. I hope again that this will help planning and is in line with how business has proceeded previously.
"When the noble Baroness spoke, I remembered the Countess of Mar, who would regularly get up and correct noble Lords when they were getting things wrong. The noble Baroness is absolutely right. We should all follow the Companion. We are all responsible. We are a self-regulating House and we …..." Lord Kennedy of Southwark - View Speech
"I can confirm that I had never heard of the one and a half days figure until I saw the letter that arrived yesterday. We are a self-regulating House. There is no formal algorithm that we use for Committee days. I talk to the usual channels to try to get …..." Lord Kennedy of Southwark - View Speech
"My Lords, we have completed four groups of amendments today, which in my opinion is still slow progress. It means that, in four days of Committee, we have completed only 10 groups of amendments. Before we return to Committee in the new year, I think that all noble Lords should …..." Lord Kennedy of Southwark - View Speech
"My Lords, before we proceed, I will just say that we are getting to the point where we should begin to think about Front-Bench replies to this group of amendments so we can finish at around 3 pm. I do not want to break mid-group because that, of course, is …..." Lord Kennedy of Southwark - View Speech