NATO: Eastern Flank

Debate between Lord Trefgarne and Baroness Evans of Bowes Park

Monday 30th January 2017 Lords Chamber

[Lord Trefgarne (Con)]

My Lords—

[The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Evans of Bowes Park) (Con)]

My Lords, it is the turn of the Conservative Benches.

[Lord Trefgarne]

My Lords, will it be possible to persuade the eastern flank nations which have the benefit of all the arrangements my noble friend has described to contribute 2% of their GDP to the cost of all these arrangements?

Strathclyde Review

Debate between Lord Trefgarne and Baroness Evans of Bowes Park

Thursday 17th November 2016 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Evans of Bowes Park]

Again, I am not going to make any promises that I cannot keep, but I am very happy to say that I want this House to work effectively and I want us to make sure that we use our expertise properly. I want to improve the processes that we have, if we can. I am happy to take that point away, but I cannot promise what the outcome will be.

[Lord Trefgarne (Con)]

My Lords, as the chairman of your Lordships’ Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, I warmly welcome the announcement made by the Leader this morning. My committee made representations along the lines that have now been agreed to, and I am very satisfied with that.

[Baroness Evans of Bowes Park]

I thank my noble friend for that and thank his committee for all the work that it did in relation to the review and the work that it does regularly for the House.