"My Lords, the ICC prosecutor could have sought warrants for the Hamas leaders who were behind the 7 October massacre straight away, but he waited seven months and then announced them together with warrants for Israeli elected leaders, as if the two were equivalent. This timing served to draw attention …..." Lord Grade of Yarmouth - View Speech
"My Lords, while there is still time, would the Minister welcome an intervention at this point from representatives of the Green Party?..." Lord Grade of Yarmouth - View Speech
"My Lords, is the Minister aware that one of the solutions to food production and the use of land lies in the agritech sector? The sector can produce a lot of food under glass, et cetera, which will reduce the carbon footprint of imports, use less land and help provide …..." Lord Grade of Yarmouth - View Speech
"I declare my interest as a recently retired chairman of Ofcom. It is very easy to criticise the Online Safety Act and to criticise the regulator, and it is even easier to criticise the Government, but does the Minister agree with me that the force of the Online Safety Act …..." Lord Grade of Yarmouth - View Speech
"My Lords, for the avoidance of doubt—as the lawyers are fond of saying—it would be interesting to know from the Minister whether someone earning more than £100,000 a year and paying their taxes can still be classified as a working person...." Lord Grade of Yarmouth - View Speech
"I commend the noble Lord, Lord Forbes of Newcastle, on that amazing and practical analysis of where we are and what needs doing. I am somewhat nervous about following him. For the record, I declare that I have now rejoined the Conservative Party after four years as a non-aligned Peer …..." Lord Grade of Yarmouth - View Speech
"My Lords, I think we all know that money is very tight and getting tighter. I am trying to understand why the very distinguished trustees, who are charged with governing these great institutions, cannot be trusted to decide themselves on the charging or non-charging policy...." Lord Grade of Yarmouth - View Speech
"My Lords, I also thank the Minister for his support of the Jewish community and his keen understanding of what the Jewish community in this country is going through at the moment. There is no possibility of underestimating the complexity of this problem; we are all struggling with it. I …..." Lord Grade of Yarmouth - View Speech
"My Lords, following up the question of the noble Lord, Lord Birt, I ask the Minister a simple question: does she think it is fair that UK licence fee payers should have to pay so much towards the World Service?..." Lord Grade of Yarmouth - View Speech