"The noble Lord is of course completely correct that there is nothing in the Companion. It is however difficult for many Members, when they have spoken in a debate, not to be able to hear from the Front Benches because they have arrangements for another occasion. I say gently …..." Baroness Hayman - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare my interests as a past chair and present director of Peers for the Planet. It is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord in what he has just said. We have worked together on these issues before, and I feel somehow that on the issue …..." Baroness Hayman - View Speech
"My Lords, very briefly, I am extremely grateful to the Chief Whip for what he has said. Enforcing the Companion is obviously a prime responsibility of the Whip, the Front Bench and the Government Whips, but it extends further. Would he confirm that any of the Whips can intervene and …..." Baroness Hayman - View Speech
"My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that encouraging reply, and particularly for the reinstatement of the parliamentary donation service. However, as she says, this is a very heavy winter season for the NHS. It is a heavy flu season and a heavy holiday season, which puts pressure …..." Baroness Hayman - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure the supply of blood and blood products this winter...." Baroness Hayman - View Speech
"I follow the noble Lord’s argument, but he said that we should say, “We should do this again”. I think that if we reach that situation, the proper formulation is, “You should do this again”, and the other place could consider that. But the way we undertake that scrutiny should …..." Baroness Hayman - View Speech
"I obviously did not express myself very clearly. I was not in any way suggesting that this was a government Bill to which the conventions applied or that there was any reason why we should not properly scrutinise it; I absolutely stand by that, and I do not think that …..." Baroness Hayman - View Speech
"My Lords, I profoundly disagree with the argument just made by the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra. He suggested that using “ability” rather than “capacity” would end misunderstanding. I cannot agree that that is true because you would be creating an undefined and novel test and substituting that for one that …..." Baroness Hayman - View Speech
"I cannot accept that. I am talking about the Bill that we have before us. The noble Lord, Lord Harper, asked: should we have a novel approach to this? My answer is no; it is safer to continue with the approach that we have.
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to end routine non-emergency venting and flaring on offshore oil and gas infrastructure...." Baroness Hayman - View Speech