"My Lords, it is customary to congratulate the chair of the committee—in this case, the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor—on the report being debated, but I am afraid I cannot do that because it is completely incoherent. Let me explain why. I am going to be 85 at the end of …..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"The Minister has made it quite clear that he wants to see this on the statute book. Is it being blocked by the Treasury?..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"My Lords, I join my noble friend Lord Ahmad in congratulating the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Southwark on his final speech. I hope he enjoys an excellent retirement and has every opportunity to go on worshipping God and doing his best to swell the congregations in our churches. …..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"The JEF point is interesting. Does the Minister agree that, if neutral countries such as Finland and Sweden can join, then so could Ukraine?..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"My Lords, does the Minister not accept that the dumping of illegal waste is a direct result of the quite high charges that are made for dumping legally? Should not some of the money raised from legal dumping be allocated to clearing away illegal waste?..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of staffing levels at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency...." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"The fact that it is taking 66 days to answer would explain my problem, as I met all the DVLA’s criteria when I replied in an email on 27 March. If my Question were to have come up next month, we would have been commemorating three months of me waiting …..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"My Lords, can the Minister update us on the coalition of the willing in terms of the final settlement that there will be on any peace agreement in Ukraine? Does she accept that the coalition of the willing will form the basis of European defence in the future if we …..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"The Minister has stated that the reason why this ship was stopped and many others were let through was that the circumstances aligned. Does he mean to say that, when all the other ships went through our territorial waters, for none of them did the circumstances align?..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech