Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 20 Jul 2026 British Steel
"Can I confirm that the Minister said yes when I asked whether the state is taking responsibility for all the historical debts and borrowings?..." Lord Redwood - View Speech
"On nationalisation, have the Government also taken responsibility for the historical debts and borrowings, pre-spring 2025, that the company incurred under Chinese owners? That is a very large historical debt that we should not have to share...." Lord Redwood - View Speech
"My Lords, I congratulate the Government on not accepting totally unacceptable terms on the first idea from the EU. Can the Minister confirm that our defence contractors can look forward to a very big increase in orders for our own defence requirements, so we do not need to pay a …..." Lord Redwood - View Speech
"What benefits and staff reductions will the Government achieve with their £3 billion commitment to spending on AI for their own purposes?..." Lord Redwood - View Speech
"Why do the Government think that this country has such a low level of air conditioning systems installed, and will they look again at their rather negative guidance on their acquisition?..." Lord Redwood - View Speech
"My Lords, I fully support my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe in her general statement about what needs to be done and in her specific criticisms and support for measures in this Bill. It is right that the best way out of the financial hole the Government find themselves in again …..." Lord Redwood - View Speech
"Why cut back and close jobs at home, shutting down oil and gas, food production and our factories when it increases world CO2? This is self-harm on a crazy scale. Why do the Government want to lose jobs and investment?..." Lord Redwood - View Speech
"Can the Government give us their estimate of the cost and the timetable for putting in the extra pipes and processing capacity so that we can clean up our rivers?..." Lord Redwood - View Speech
"My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Grender, posed an interesting question when she said that she thought that the mixture of amendments in this grouping created a tension and that maybe Amendment 4 was not compatible because it was trying to reduce the administrative and regulatory burden, whereas some of …..." Lord Redwood - View Speech
"My Lords, this is a very strange Bill; it is a Bill in search of a purpose, which proposes and transfers substantial powers to a regulatory body but which gives us no road map for how those powers are going to be used. In the debates we have had so …..." Lord Redwood - View Speech