"I am very grateful to the Minister. I come very late to this discussion, but what does influence my mind is the Resolution Foundation. Could I ask the Minister what his answer to that is?..." Baroness Butler-Sloss - View Speech
"Just after the war, a large number of prefab houses were built, with great success, and they lasted very well. Is there any good reason why one could not put up a lot of prefabricated houses, which would go a long way towards this number the Government want?..." Baroness Butler-Sloss - View Speech
"My Lords, I understand what the noble Lord, Lord Jackson, is saying about immigration. It is in the press every day and it is a serious issue that the public care about. However, he spoke a great deal about adults and, on this, we are particularly talking about children.
"My Lords, while I oppose the Bill, I recognise we have heard arguments that people support it, so I am particularly relieved at the Motion of the noble Baroness, Lady Berger, to get some proper scrutiny of the Bill.
"My Lords, as a general South Western Railway passenger, it used to take three hours for me to get to Devon, but it now takes just under four. I now go by GWR, which takes two hours and 10 or 20 minutes to get to roughly the same area. I …..." Baroness Butler-Sloss - View Speech
"My Lords, I support Amendments 469 and 470, particularly the speech of the noble Baroness, Lady Longfield, who has such experience.
I should like to concentrate briefly on listening to the child. In 1987-88, I chaired the statutory inquiry into the Cleveland child abuse. I heard, with my assessors, a …..." Baroness Butler-Sloss - View Speech
"I add to that the fact that I remember listening to the Archbishop of Canterbury, who had one minute to speak...." Baroness Butler-Sloss - View Speech