"My Lords, generating growth is the key to paying off interest and reducing the debt. The Government are doing good work on that across the economy. I hope that they will not forget public sector productivity as part of generating growth. As a Government, we spend £3.5 billion every day. …..." Lord Barber of Chittlehampton - View Speech
"My Lords, given the pace of change in the nature of defence and warfare, does my noble friend the Minister agree that expenditure on defence research is increasingly important and that the establishment of the Defence Universities Alliance is a major step forward?..." Lord Barber of Chittlehampton - View Speech
"My Lords, it is an honour to follow the right reverend Prelate; I strongly support the sentiments he described. I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan, for putting this on the agenda in the way that the noble Lord, Lord Baker, welcomed, because it is such a fundamental subject …..." Lord Barber of Chittlehampton - View Speech
"My Lords, I welcome the strong message yesterday from the Prime Minister on hope. Hope is definitely the right message, but it can be sustained only if it is followed by real, visible, continuing delivery. It is great to see the progress on small boats, NHS waiting times and school …..." Lord Barber of Chittlehampton - View Speech
"My Lords, I congratulate my good and noble friend on his appointment to this job, which is a wonderful thing for the country as well as for him. On growth, does he agree that, while the amount of tax is obviously important, so too is the effectiveness with which the …..." Lord Barber of Chittlehampton - View Speech
"My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend the Minister on his speech this afternoon, and the many Members across the House who made moving and powerful contributions, including the noble Lords, Lord Blunkett, Lord Bichard and Lord Roe, and the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester.
"My Lords, I declare an interest as the chair of the former Devon land use framework under the previous Government. Does the Minister agree that, in the past, decisions about land use were too often made in silos; that the land use framework will encourage thinking about combinations and multifunctionality; …..." Lord Barber of Chittlehampton - View Speech
"My Lords, I am humbled by the quality of this debate and conversation about somebody I did not know. My association comes from being a resident of Devon, living on the other side of Dartmoor and having spent significant time at Buckfast Abbey, and the shock of hearing of her …..." Lord Barber of Chittlehampton - View Speech
"My question to the Minister is: in taking through the agenda set out in the Statement, will the Government think in the sophisticated way I have described about broad areas of land as our population grows and the challenges of every acre of land become greater and greater? I have …..." Lord Barber of Chittlehampton - View Speech
"My Lords, I had the privilege of chairing the Devon land use pilot a few years ago. We learned that people think in silos but the solutions are in combinations. On Exmoor, you have water challenges and energy challenges, and challenges relating to tourism, mental health, exercise, housing, transport, wind …..." Lord Barber of Chittlehampton - View Speech