"My Lords, I support these amendments in the names of my noble friend Lord Murray and others, which concern substituting the age of 21. I do so not because I think 21 is the perfect age but because it becomes a workable solution in trying to prevent the young smoking.
"My Lords, my noble friend Lord Jamieson was quicker to his feet than I was. I will make a few comments on Amendment 87F, standing in the name of my noble friend Lady Coffey.
"I thank my noble friend for his clarification. As I said, I was only guessing that the figure was in the hundreds of thousands; I am glad to have the clarity that is 1.1 million. There we have it: there is the potential for the growth that we are looking …..." Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
"My Lords, I will present five bases of rejection to the Bill. The first is the evolution of the Bill in the other place, which we can hardly call Parliament at its best. It was deemed to be a Private Member’s Bill, but I am sorry to say that I …..." Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
"My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Swire’s application that these things should be buried. I am the director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation; that is not relevant to this debate, but it is somewhat relevant to the discussion about renewables.
"My Lords, I have a pal who has a fairly good-grade job. Many months ahead, he had booked four-star accommodation two days a week at a well-known hotel chain. He had a phone call out of the blue and was told, “I’m very sorry but your months-ahead booked accommodation in …..." Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
"My Lords, I sat as a magistrate for some 10 years and remain on the supplemental list. I have to say that it is a grave mistake to take away the ability, as a norm, to give out small and shorter sentences, for the simple reason that we magistrates did …..." Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
"My Lords, I have declarations to make. These are TASKA hands, and they are on long-term loan from Steeper Group. Similar, Steeper Group paid for me to attend a prosthetics conference in France just a couple of weeks ago. As ever, we owe thanks to our library facilities—both the House …..." Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that amputees receive appropriate prosthetics at an appropriate time...." Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
"My Lords, the House will note my directorship of the Global Warming Policy Foundation. For the diminishing number of people who still believe that diminishing Britain’s 0.8% of global CO2 still further is an undertaking worth having, I bring good news: the amount of CO2 to be released …..." Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech