"My Lords, the Government have made their long-term choice for our farmers, and it is to align with the EU. I accept that the Minister cannot talk about the detail of the SPS, but it has been reported that it does a huge amount of harm, whether it is the …..." Lord Fuller - View Speech
"My Lords, the arithmetic of the sustainable farming incentive proposals for later this year is that the £240 million, divided by the typical claim from last year, means that only about 5,000 claims would normally be successful, out of a total constellation of 60,000 eligible claimants. This means that less …..." Lord Fuller - View Speech
"My Lords, I will focus on the unintended consequences that flow from the 16 words in the order that place an arbitrary cap on our nation’s economic potential. There are hard truths that need to be told about the practical effects, which include incentivising the importation of the most polluting …..." Lord Fuller - View Speech
"My Lords, the premise behind this Bill is that we need to help the organisers of the really big events put on a really good show and ensure that the country itself sweeps away those showstoppers. It recognises that putting on these events requires a national effort. My amendment seeks …..." Lord Fuller - View Speech
"I reassure the noble Lord, Lord Hayward, that I did not mean chance as in random, because I accept that in sport the harder you work, the luckier you get...." Lord Fuller - View Speech
"My Lords, my noble friend Lady Evans and I have a lot in common—we both support Norwich City Football Club, and we show our allegiance to it—but I disagree with her in her amendments. I did not contribute to the last debate, but it is safe to say that it …..." Lord Fuller - View Speech
"We are ending up in a mission creep by introducing new offences for individuals—we will talk about ticketing later on.
I realise I have a minority view, but I want to express it, and I should do. There is a misdirection with all these amendments that by putting them on …..." Lord Fuller - View Speech
"My Lords, I will speak briefly to my Amendment 56 in the group. The Bill unashamedly tries to snare and capture the large global events that can make a national impact in our country, but national impact and national scale also have local effects. One of the purposes of hosting …..." Lord Fuller - View Speech
"My noble friend has painted a picture and enumerated it with examples of sports stadiums. Under the Bill, there is to be a zone cast around the stadium where trading will be banned. But there are other provisions that have other events; for example, fan zones. Has my noble friend …..." Lord Fuller - View Speech
"My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 31. I wish to associate myself with the words of my noble friend Lord Moynihan. This is an unnecessary provision in the wrong Bill. At Second Reading, I posed the question: what is so bad about somebody who has bought a ticket …..." Lord Fuller - View Speech