"My Lords, as president of the British Chambers of Commerce, I have spent many happy days in Doncaster and can attest to how delighted local businesses are at the reopening of the airport. How are the Government thinking of addressing the very substantial digital infrastructure gaps across the north of …..." Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho - View Speech
"My Lords, I also thank the noble Lord, Lord McConnell, for this important debate, in particular for focusing on the human experience at the end of his remarks. I too will tell a story.
"My Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, for this extremely important debate. I am beginning to think that the only place that there is no skills shortage is in this Chamber, although the real skill might well be fitting all that we have to say into the …..." Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho - View Speech
"My Lords, I too thank the committee for this extremely effective and wide-ranging report. I shall make a short intervention with three different hats on.
The first of those hats is as president of the British Chambers of Commerce. We work closely with the Bank on our quarterly economic survey, …..." Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho - View Speech
"My Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Bird, for his timely debate and his relentless and indefatigable championing of this issue. I declare my interests, most particularly as president of the British Chambers of Commerce and chancellor of the Open University.
"My Lords, I, too, thank the committee for its work on this important subject, although I must confess to raising my eyes to heaven when I saw that it was still necessary to do this work. I studied ancient history, so forgive me a minute, but my ancient history has …..." Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho - View Speech
"My Lords, I will start with some thanks. First, I thank the team that helped us during our committee; it was patient beyond belief, especially with the novice chair. I thank the Whips’ Office for a protracted process of finding a date to debate our various reports; I am delighted …..." Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho - View Speech
"That this House takes note of the Report from the COVID-19 Committee Living in a COVID World: A Long-term Approach to Resilience and Wellbeing (3rd Report, Session 2021–22, HL Paper 117)...." Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho - View Speech
"I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in the debate. It has been incredibly interesting to hear about some substantial areas of coalition, particularly around health inequalities and disparities. I have been surprised at how many noble Lords have homed in on that issue specifically. Perhaps surprised is …..." Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho - View Speech
"My Lords, I speak today at what I think might be my least last-minute event ever. We completed the work of this committee nearly two years ago and, after a year of hospitalisation, it is entirely on me why we have had to move the debate so far into the …..." Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho - View Speech