"My Lords, I was going to intervene on the question of the definition of “business attire”, and I look forward to the Senior Deputy Speaker elucidating that in a moment. Since we are talking about speeding up the business of the House, I have to say that the suggestion that, …..." Lord Harris of Haringey - View Speech
"My Lords, the question of ownership is not the only security question that we should consider. There are reports that Iranians carried out a cyber attack on dozens of water plants in the United States at the same time as they attacked an electricity generator in this country. I refer …..." Lord Harris of Haringey - View Speech
"My Lords, the Prime Minister has made very clear his desire that more and more services should be focused regionally, on mayoral areas and so on, and in particular that the educational offer should be linked clearly to what is needed in those areas. To what extent are the DWP, …..." Lord Harris of Haringey - View Speech
"My Lords, I refer to my interest in the register as chair of the National Preparedness Commission. I recall that I asked a very similar Question to my noble friend’s a couple of months ago. I am slightly disconcerted by the assumption that this will somehow not have an impact …..." Lord Harris of Haringey - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made towards drafting the Defence Readiness Bill recommended by the Strategic Defence Review; and whether they intend for the scope of the Bill to include national resilience more broadly to encompass preparations for other risks contained in the National Risk Register...." Lord Harris of Haringey - View Speech
"My Lords, I remind the House of my registered interest as chair of the National Preparedness Commission. The starting point for today’s debate is that we live in a turbulent, uncertain, volatile world. The need for the nation to be better prepared and resilient is ever more pressing. We are …..." Lord Harris of Haringey - View Speech
"My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Doocey, talked about lessons learned from the original case, but are there lessons to be learned about the release process and the way in which this individual’s immigration status was flagged up to the authorities at an early stage? I have the impression that …..." Lord Harris of Haringey - View Speech
"My Lords, my noble friend the Leader of the House has quite properly referred to the esteem in which my right honourable friend the Prime Minister is held by most foreign leaders—possibly with one major exception. I think we all share with her the desire that, whatever comes next, whoever …..." Lord Harris of Haringey - View Speech
"My Lords, my noble friend the Minister has, very properly, talked about enforcement and the role of Ofcom, but there are other enforcement agencies which have a role in all of this. The issue of advertising standards has been raised, and that has got to be looked at, but there …..." Lord Harris of Haringey - View Speech
"My Lords, it is reported on Sky News that the “Admiral Grigorovich”, a Russian warship, has fired a warning shot at a yacht in the English Channel. Should we regard this as being a sign of an escalation in the tensions between us and Russia?..." Lord Harris of Haringey - View Speech