"My Lords, in the spirit of the offer of the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, when this Bill is enacted will the noble Lord buy everybody present a round?..." Lord Hayward - View Speech
"My Lords, on Monday at 5.38 pm, the Minister gave details of letters that had been sent to four councils—Norfolk, Essex, Southampton and Oxford—and said that they were expected to reply by 10 am the next day, indicating their views. The Minister was asked just now about the timetable that …..." Lord Hayward - View Speech
"My Lords, as the former chief executive of the British Beer & Pub Association, I am only too conscious of the problems that the hospitality industry has faced over a large number of years. I listened to the Minister’s answers from the Peers’ Gallery in the Commons yesterday, and the …..." Lord Hayward - View Speech
"My Lords, I take the opportunity to wish my former constituent a happy new year. Following up the observation the Minister has just made on reviewing all forms of communication, would it not have been a good idea to send out one day earlier the suggestion that local authorities postpone …..." Lord Hayward - View Speech
"My Lords, the Minister is replying specifically in relation to science and the like, but women play an inadequate role in very many parts of society, most notably, for example, in sport. Will she take this opportunity to congratulate the England women’s football team and, in particular, the England women’s …..." Lord Hayward - View Speech
"My Lords, when we discussed these elections the other day, the Minister, for whom I have great respect, suggested that I was dancing on the head of a pin. I am a little surprised that, only a few days later, she should be coming forward and dancing on the head …..." Lord Hayward - View Speech
"My Lords, can I pick up on the comment at the end of the question from the noble Lord, Lord Cashman, in relation to speaking to people voice to voice? Blind spots exist in the web and the web crashes on many occasions, so it is not just those unfortunate …..." Lord Hayward - View Speech
"My Lords, according to opinion polls, the public at large in this country think that Rishi Sunak was a better Chancellor of the Exchequer than the current one by a ratio of over 2:1. Does the Minister agree with the public at large?..." Lord Hayward - View Speech
"My Lords, I echo the request for consolidation of election law made by the noble Lords, Lord Shamash and Lord Pack: it is a complete mess at the moment. I will pick up on the answer that the Minister gave to the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, where she said that …..." Lord Hayward - View Speech
"My Lords, in my PNQ on Monday, I asked the Minister, for whom I have enormous respect, two questions. He was then reminded by the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, that he had not answered one of the two questions. Much of this discussion has related to moving away …..." Lord Hayward - View Speech