"I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Foster, and his most interesting speech. This is an excellent debate on crucial issues, and I am so glad that the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, has managed to bring it forward. I also say how glad I am that the noble …..." Baroness Butler-Sloss - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the right reverend Prelate for his very kind words—totally undeserved but very kind. I very much support this report and its recommendations. As we have a manifesto commitment, it seems to me extremely difficult to go behind it. I am well over the age of 80, …..." Baroness Butler-Sloss - View Speech
"In the absence of any back-up, as I understand it, is it sensible that eight airports were operated by only one system?..." Baroness Butler-Sloss - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare that I am co-chair of the parliamentary group on modern slavery and vice-chair of the Human Trafficking Foundation. The Modern Slavery Act 2015 was transformational in its ambitions, but it was a long time ago and much of what came from it has not really been …..." Baroness Butler-Sloss - View Speech
"Can I suggest to the Minister that in addition to what has been suggested there should be a campaign to encourage people who have any sort of land to start saving water on it? For instance, I am thinking of whether I can put down a borehole—I have only 16 …..." Baroness Butler-Sloss - View Speech
"My Lords, on the “Today” programme I heard an American former defence expert saying that the US-Iran war had got to such a point that the only thing for the Americans to do was to bomb for the next month. What is the Minister’s view?..." Baroness Butler-Sloss - View Speech
"My Lords, I am very happy often to bow to the expertise of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Garnier. It is unnecessary for him to be quite so polite about me, although I am grateful to him for it.