"My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, on securing this debate and I am grateful for how he opened it. I thought he was going to be a little more critical and, in turn, I have written a counter speech. I want to speak primarily about rehabilitation, which …..." Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare an interest in that I used to be a government director of the PPP for NATS. In those days, the airlines made up 51% of the ownership of the operation. Has that changed? Do they still have an interest? Have they been canvassed on the views …..." Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe - View Speech
"My Lords, will the Minister acknowledge that our most famous whistleblower here in the House of Lords is probably the noble Lord, Lord Agnew, who was very dissatisfied indeed with the way that fraud was being pursued? Can we ensure that his views are again sought to see whether he …..." Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe - View Speech
"My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for that reply. I am pleased to hear today that the Chancellor has mentioned the possibility of involving mayors in these investment programmes. Can my noble friend ensure that we do some further work to keep the momentum going …..." Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe - View Speech
"My Lords, is it not a fact that we may raise any funds we need by having further work done on VAT? Does the Minister welcome the review announced on 23 June to extend online marketplace VAT liability examinations? Perhaps we might also explore the growing amount of money being …..." Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe - View Speech
"My Lords, I hope we will raise our sights above some of our traditional disputes. The threat we face is a worldwide one, as is recognised with what happened with the attack on Hugging Face by OpenAI. This is truly a threat to the whole world, regardless of where we …..." Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe - View Speech
"My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Mohammed of Tinsley, on coming so high in the ballot; I hope his luck continues in his dealings with the Government on the Bill. I am one of those who support his efforts. I, too, would have welcomed the presence of …..." Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe - View Speech
"My Lords, I am pleased to add my support to my noble friend Lady Hayter of Kentish Town. We need more lobbying transparency in the Lords.
We have been here before. My noble friend encouraged me to table a Private Member’s Bill on this topic back in 2016. I remind …..." Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe - View Speech