"I am always very grateful to hear from the noble Lord, Lord Murphy of Torfaen. There is a reminder in what he said that you should be careful what you wish for and that it may just be worth considering what has changed in the opinion polls between when this …..." Lord Hannan of Kingsclere - View Speech
"My Lords, I think the most interesting thing in this debate is the things that were not said. When the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, and the noble Lord, Lord Jackson of Peterborough, went directly to the point that everyone else had been tiptoeing around and, slightly indelicately but deliberately, said …..." Lord Hannan of Kingsclere - View Speech
"My Lords, I will start with some statistics, some raw numbers that are sobering, alarming, and, in their way, shaming. Some 30,000 people every day are signing on for long-term invalidity and incapacity benefits. The largest rise, incredibly in every sense, is among people aged between 25 and 34, the …..." Lord Hannan of Kingsclere - View Speech
"My Lords, I add my voice to the swelling paean of praise for the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Llanfaes. Peers on all sides have commended her for her courage, which is true but also very telling. It presupposes that she knew that her Bill would be unpopular here, which …..." Lord Hannan of Kingsclere - View Speech
"My Lords, I would like to congratulate my noble friend Lord Weir of Ballyholme on introducing this Motion and on the manner in which he introduced it. It is very rare that we get second chances. Providence has provided us with one here, and I really hope that Ministers will …..." Lord Hannan of Kingsclere - View Speech
"I thank the noble Baroness. Under Tony Blair, the Minister’s predecessor in Sedgefield in another place, the state was taking 34% of GDP, spending about £1 in every £3. Now, since the pandemic, it is closer to £1 in every £2. That has coincided with an extraordinary flattening of our …..." Lord Hannan of Kingsclere - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a great pleasure to see the Minister in his place. He has always represented the best of the Scottish Labour tradition, that of building people up rather than trying to tear things down.
"My Lords, the Windsor Framework was not an inevitable product of Brexit, as the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie, claimed—and as has been endlessly claimed. If anything, it was a product of the Benn Act. Or, I should say—to spare the familial honour of that good and worthy man, the noble …..." Lord Hannan of Kingsclere - View Speech
"My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his answers. He is always informative, courteous and diligent at that Dispatch Box. If it is true that we have, as reported, widened the quota for India, we have presumably done so on two very sensible grounds. The first is good …..." Lord Hannan of Kingsclere - View Speech