Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 13 Feb 2025 E-scooters
"My Lords, this is a tangential issue which I hope the Government can get ahead of. On Monday I was walking back towards the Tube and came across two people with two small fridges about this big on six wheels—they were robots. I said, “What are these things?”, and one …..." Baroness Boycott - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare my interest as a long-term member of the Hay Festival. We have worked for many years with the British Council and we now are working with the Soft Power Council. Despite many questions across the House just now, I do not understand why we need both. …..." Baroness Boycott - View Speech
"My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 13 and 44 in this group. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Young, and the noble Lord, Lord Randall of Uxbridge, for supporting Amendment 13, which is very straightforward. Very simply, it would exclude biomass from the things that GB Energy can invest …..." Baroness Boycott - View Speech
"My Lords, I rise briefly too to speak to my Amendment 22. I am very grateful for all the support of so many noble Lords, and I am thrilled to be standing here after so many attempts to get community energy into the statute books. I note the work of …..." Baroness Boycott - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare my interest as director of the Hay Festival Cartagena in Colombia. We will have our 20th anniversary next week, when we will be joined by many politicians, environmentalists and tribal leaders. Perhaps I might extend the question from the noble Baroness, Lady Coussins, about the $13 …..." Baroness Boycott - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply, and it is great to hear the steps that the Government are taking, but when we held our recent inquiry into ultra-processed food, we found a considerable conflict of interest. Although this is a legal and declared conflict of interest, it …..." Baroness Boycott - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the obstacles presented by industry to delivering policies to prevent obesity, and what steps they plan to avoid such obstacles...." Baroness Boycott - View Speech
"I will speak to my Amendment 46A and to Amendment 46, to which I have added my name. I also support Amendments 50 and 51A in this group, among others. I tabled Amendment 46A because I want to ascertain from the Minister whether this was something that GB Energy would …..." Baroness Boycott - View Speech
"My Lords, we welcome the Government’s housing targets, but can the Minister assure us that new houses will be built to very high sustainable levels? We all know the cost to retrofit a building; it is much cheaper to put the right measures in place now...." Baroness Boycott - View Speech