"My Lords, it is 18 months since this House effectively forced RedBird IMI to sell the Telegraph. It is more than unacceptable that the Telegraph’s ownership remains unresolved. Can the Minister confirm that IMI, the Emirati fund, cannot transfer any debt on to the Telegraph that it incurred from paying …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"My Lords, if I may, I will come back to the topic of this group. I too have an amendment in this group, Amendment 351. I am pleased to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hannett, and indeed my noble friends. I endorse a lot of what they have said and …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"I would be very happy to join a group meeting rather than the Minister having to have several meetings with each of us. If there were to be third parties involved in a meeting, such as USDAW, I wonder whether he would also consider including the Institute of Customer Service. …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"My Lords, as no one else is seeking to ask a question, may I just return to this? The Minister seems to be suggesting in her answers that the Telegraph’s future remains in the destiny or hands of RedBird IMI, which has been found to be non-compliant with the law …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"Before the Minister moves on, will he respond to my question? Why have the Government decided to legislate only for that group of workers?..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 16 September (HL10228) and following media reports in August of Redbird Capital Partners’ formal notification to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to acquire Telegraph Media Group, when they will update Parliament on action they …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"My Lords, I am grateful for the Minister’s confirmation that the formal bid has been received and that during this phase of scrutiny the existing protections for the Telegraph remain in place. I very much hope that the Secretary of State will soon be able to say that she is …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"My Lords, I will focus on disorder in public places and spaces, which is having such a detrimental effect on our lives. In doing so, I will concentrate on Clauses 37 and 38, which create a new stand-alone offence of assault against a retail worker and build on the aggravated …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"My Lords, the topic of space makes us think about rockets, astronauts and faraway places, but one of the great things about being a Member of your Lordships’ space committee has been learning that there is a UK space economy. It is vital to so many industries on earth and, …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"My Lords, although I take a different position on this from the noble Lord, Lord Fox, I too would like to welcome him back to his place, and I am pleased to see that he is making a good recovery from his accident.