"My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 133 to 135 and 136 to 139 in my name, but not Amendment 135A, which is in the name of my noble friend Lady Lawlor. I thank my noble friends Lady Noakes and Lady Lawlor and the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, for putting …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"My Lords, I should like to speak briefly and, in so doing, declare my interest as an adviser to and shareholder in Banco Santander. I very much support these amendments. I think that we would all agree that we want our regulations and the entire process to be simple and …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"I just do not understand this argument at all. The committees in this House and in the other place, as my noble friend Lady Noakes said, have the power to summon but, as far I know, they have one policy adviser and one expert adviser—and that is it—to analyse regulations …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"I completely agree, but this is not about making them inflexible; it is about giving Parliament the ability to hold them effectively to account. I do not hear anyone saying that there is that means at the moment, and I cannot think that there would ever be a committee, of …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"My Lords, I shall briefly speak in response to the noble Baroness, and I once again draw attention to my interest as an adviser to the chairman of Santander. I want to make three quick points.
"My Lords, I will speak very briefly on this. I declare my interests as employee adviser to Banco Santander in Madrid and a shareholder in Santander. I also apologise to noble Lords, as I was unable to speak at Second Reading.
"My Lords, I agree with all the amendments to which my noble friend Lady Noakes just spoke, but Amendment 99 merits attention. I will speak to it very briefly, as I get a sense that everyone is wanting to get out of this lovely Room to eat something.
"My Lords, it is a very great pleasure to follow the noble Lord’s extremely powerful and searing critique of the Government. To help the Minister in his summing up, let me suggest some parts that he might like to cut. I know he likes always to refer in his speeches …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"My Lords, in response to my noble friend Lord Clarke’s question, the Minister spoke of the cuts that the Government are planning to make to the welfare budget. Is he saying that those cuts are sufficient and that that is all the Government will be doing?..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"My Lords, I hope I am not going to test the noble Lord’s legendary diplomatic skills in answering this question but, last year, the Prime Minister said that “security and defence” were
“not one priority amongst many others but the central organising principle of government. The first thought in the …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech