"My Lords, this has been a long and very interesting debate, and I am extremely grateful to everybody who has contributed. To the people who have said very nice things about me, thank you very much; it is not deserved but it is very kind.
"I thank the noble Baroness for her good wishes; I hope she will still feel the same at the end of my speech.
The issue of population change and its consequences has long been an interest of mine, because I believe that successive Governments have failed to give the topic …..." Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts - View Speech
"That this House takes note of the Common Good Foundation and Centre for Policy Studies report Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow, published in July 2025, and of the implications of projected population growth for the UK’s demographic future...." Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Tyrie, with whom I have made common cause on a number of issues—most notably, the evils of extraordinary rendition.
"My Lords, if, as the Minister says, this is such an important matter, why did it not merit a single mention in the Chancellor’s speech on the Budget?..." Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts - View Speech
"The Minister says that he inherited a mess, but I have scars from trying to promote the idea of the Rwanda Bill, which might have provided an answer. We were excoriated as being mad, bad and dangerous to know. We were told then that Labour had the answers. Where are …..." Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts - View Speech
"The Minister talked about the monitoring procedures. Her remarks indicated they were going to be only when the projects were in their early stages. The worry is what happens maybe three, four or five years later, when the people who start owning it pass it on to someone who may …..." Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts - View Speech
"My Lords, I will say a word about Amendment 45, which has been tabled by my noble kinswoman, my noble friend Lady Hodgson of Abinger. My noble friend cannot be here—she is part of an IPU delegation in Geneva—and she asked if I would come tonight, apologise to the House …..." Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts - View Speech
"My Lords, I have not spoken in Committee so far, but in my four-minute contribution at Second Reading I raised two issues, which are the subject of these next two amendments. The first may be described as being in the weeds and the other in the stratosphere.