"My Lords, will my noble friend confirm that some of the best fishing is around the Falkland Islands? Will she also confirm that, as far as this Government are concerned, the Falklands are, always have been and will remain for ever British?..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"My Lords, let me first say that, like all sensible Scotsmen, I will be supporting England tonight. I can tell the noble Lord, Lord Addington, that soccer is my main interest, as a former chairman of Heart of Midlothian Football Club, so I have a particular interest this evening.
"My Lords, I am told that we should never start a speech with an apology, but I sincerely apologise if I have to leave before the end of the debate to get back up to Scotland—I had not expected the debate to be taken so late. I did not want …..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"My Lords, I too congratulate my noble friend on her well-deserved appointment to the Front Bench. On this occasion, however, I agree—for once—with the Opposition spokesperson...." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"It had to happen some time. We should not wait for the Scottish Government to ask for the legislation to be changed. This is a responsibility of the UK Government and the UK Parliament. There are other areas, such as the Murrell controversy—that embezzlement. Now, there is £1.2 million of …..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"When I was listening to the Opposition Front Bench, I was trying to recall who it was who first suggested the transfer of Diego Garcia to Mauritius. Perhaps my noble friend could remind me and the House but, above all, the opposition spokesperson who it was...." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"My Lords, does my noble friend get increasingly exasperated, as I do, when Front-Bench spokesmen opposite get increasingly strident in their attacks on the Government? We have not cleared up their mess in defence spending, immigration and schools, which they left us after 14 years in power...." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"My Lords, as my noble friend knows, in my advancing years I have become more understanding, particularly of those who find themselves, sadly, in opposition. The Front-Bencher opposite clearly got up early this morning to put in this PNQ so that he could have a go and attack the Government. …..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for that reply, but does he not think it strange that Peter Murrell is in jail for embezzlement of £400,000 whereas not one person responsible for £10 billion of fraud has been charged, let alone convicted? Will the Government speed up …..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech