"My Lords, I start by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for pointing out that I am actually here. I intervened on my noble friend Lady Stowell to make the point that we all support the introduction of AI, but AI is going to be tremendously consumptive of electricity. Electricity …..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"My Lords, I started this debate by saying that my real concern about all these green initiatives is that they are adding to costs and are one of the reasons why our electricity prices are some of the highest in the G7 and make this country very uncompetitive, particularly when …..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"Before my noble friend sits down, the problem with AI is that it uses astronomical amounts of electricity, and we have some of the highest electricity prices in the developed world. Does she think electricity prices are going to inhibit the growth of AI in this country?..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"My Lords, the press have indicated that there could be enormous improvements in public sector productivity if AI were introduced. What savings might be made in the public sector if we introduce AI?..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"Does the noble Lord accept that, if you are going to elect your Lordships’ House, you have to decide what it will do beforehand?..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"My Lords, I shall speak to my Amendment 101, which calls for a constitutional conference. We have spent much time debating what the composition of your Lordships’ House should be in the future, but I am afraid that we have the cart before the horse: before you decide on how …..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare a personal interest, in that my son-in-law, my noble friend Lord Johnson of Lainston, acted as an unpaid Minister of State in the previous Government. I am grateful that he did not look to his father-in-law to subsidise him, and that he managed to survive without …..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"My Lords, I apologise unreservedly for the comments I made last week during the debate in Committee on the Holocaust Memorial Bill. I realise that what I said was grossly insensitive, and I apologise to the Committee and to the House...." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech
"My Lords, first, I congratulate the Conduct Committee on reducing the amount of the Code of Conduct by 30%. If this lesson was followed in other areas by Whitehall, we would have less legislation to worry about. Perhaps the team that has done this might offer its services to other …..." Lord Hamilton of Epsom - View Speech