"My Lords, intergovernmental relations are set out in a quarterly report. In the first six months of this year, the Northern Ireland Executive had 29 interministerial group meetings, the Scottish Government had 23 and the Welsh Government had only 21. When one looks by department, one sees that the Wales …..." Earl of Kinnoull - View Speech
"My Lords, North Korea has form in attacking financial markets to fund its foreign currency requirements. It attacked the London reinsurance markets 15 years or so ago, when there were heavy losses for London reinsurers and losses for German reinsurers. This is a pattern of attack by North Korea. Can …..." Earl of Kinnoull - View Speech
"Among the useful tools that we used to have for assessing how intergovernmental relations were going were the annual and quarterly reports that were published. The last annual report, for the year 2023, was published in April 2024. The last quarterly report, for the fourth quarter of 2025, was published …..." Earl of Kinnoull - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the typically energetic noble Lord, Lord Hunt. I enjoyed his contribution as ever. I am yet another to add my congratulations to the committee and particularly to its redoubtable chair, the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Bolton, who must have been …..." Earl of Kinnoull - View Speech
"My Lords, the Interministerial Group for Business and Industry last met on 3 February by videophone. The communique lays out the four items that were discussed, which did not include this very important area. Will the Minister, whom I welcome to his position, tell us when the interministerial group will …..." Earl of Kinnoull - View Speech
"My Lords, No. 10 North is approximately 200 miles north of where we are. Perthshire, where I am from, is more than 200 miles further north than that. The north of Scotland is another more than 200 miles north of that. I wondered whether there were any plans to rethink …..." Earl of Kinnoull - View Speech
"My Lords, there is some speculation in the press that farmland might be included in the calculation of the value of a home when it comes to the mansion tax. Perhaps the Minister could confirm whether or not that is true because, clearly, if it is, an awful lot of …..." Earl of Kinnoull - View Speech
"My Lords, Section 44(4) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act says that you must not tell your auditor either “knowingly or recklessly” something which is incorrect. Can the Minister tell me whether there have been any prosecutions under that section? I am sure she will have to write …..." Earl of Kinnoull - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a great privilege to follow three such wonderful speeches that have so captured the man who is so dear to my colleagues on the Cross Bench here. Herbert Laming was born in 1936. He left school at 15, and in 1954 he was called up for …..." Earl of Kinnoull - View Speech
"My Lords, another language in Scotland is Scots. Indeed, Burns wrote roughly half his poetry in in Scots, not least “Address to a Haggis”. Can the Minister tell us whether there will be money directed at the preservation of Scots as a language as well in this process?..." Earl of Kinnoull - View Speech