Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 07 Sep 2011 Localism Bill
"The noble Baroness is making a very interesting speech, but she will talk in acronyms. She talks about HBs, DCLGs and so on, and some of the more modest of us are not quite certain what she is talking about...." Earl Ferrers - View Speech
"Perhaps I may interrupt my noble friend for a moment as one who intended to make a speech but was unable to do so because the noble Baroness got up too quickly. Does my noble friend agree that it is in fact impossible to have equality between people? You can …..." Earl Ferrers - View Speech
"My Lords, would my noble friend the Leader of the House agree with me that the Government are perfectly mad to increase the size of the House to 800?..." Earl Ferrers - View Speech
"I just want to ask my noble friend whether, in referring to the chair of Ofcom, she really meant the chairman of Ofcom...." Earl Ferrers - View Speech
"Might I just interrupt my noble friend for a moment? I wondered whether he might think that he would serve the national interest best if he remained here to the end of the debate...." Earl Ferrers - View Speech
"My Lords, only the very best of the best become Clerk of the Parliaments. I am taken back to the time when the late Lord Soames was Leader of the House and was then made the Governor of Southern Rhodesia. As a result, I found myself being made the acting …..." Earl Ferrers - View Speech
"My Lords, will my noble friend be kind enough to revisit the answer he gave to the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Boyce? His question, as I understood it, was: will the redundancy payments that are being offered to these people be meaner than those offered to people made redundant …..." Earl Ferrers - View Speech
"I am sure that the noble Lord wishes to adopt the courtesies of the House. It is incorrect to refer to people below the Bar...." Earl Ferrers - View Speech
"Does my noble friend not realise that he is now making the same mistake in referring to people who are below the Bar and are not in the Chamber?..." Earl Ferrers - View Speech