"My Lords, I want to say a few words about something that has not been talked about very much. Let me turn this damn phone off first—this happened in my Select Committee yesterday and it was not very good.
"We had a problem up in the Committee room last week with the mice eating through the electric cables. We have got a few problems here.
More seriously, it is a big problem. We only covered probably a small fraction of it tonight, but I would be very grateful if …..." Lord Berkeley - View Speech
"My Lords, I am really grateful to noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate and made many contributions, which indicate that it is a difficult subject and it would the better if the whole thing went away. But of course, it will not go away. When my …..." Lord Berkeley - View Speech
"My Lords, the new clause proposed in Amendment 323E in my name has been given the rather surprising title “Substitution”, and one or two noble Lords may be wondering what that means, so I will try and explain. It refers to the substitution of people with the intention of avoiding …..." Lord Berkeley - View Speech
"My Lords, I welcome the Government’s Statement on HS2 yesterday. It has good detail and a lot of the plans that the Government intend to do. I was also pleased that the latest cost estimate of about £100 billion to get it to Birmingham, is much closer to the one …..." Lord Berkeley - View Speech
"My Lords, can the Minister explain the best and most environmentally friendly way to dispose of boats, most of which are made from glass fibre these days? I suspect that many people, in extremis, set fire to them, which is not a good idea. Do the Government give any advice …..." Lord Berkeley - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they intend to apply to reinstate the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service...." Lord Berkeley - View Speech
"My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to introduce this short debate. I have an interest to declare in that I live in the Isles of Scilly much of the time, to which the only passenger access in the winter is by air. There are a few problems there, which …..." Lord Berkeley - View Speech