"My Lords, we should concentrate on and give priority to building smaller nuclear reactors, as the Minister’s noble friend has suggested, which can be built in two years, rather than building the gigawatt giants, which apparently we are dedicated to doing, which take years to build and are far more …..." Lord Howell of Guildford - View Speech
"My Lords, bond markets obviously charge for their lending to certain countries, on the basis of differing judgments on the health of the borrower, on the prospects and on the signs of coherent strategy and direction. Could we interpret the movement of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury over to …..." Lord Howell of Guildford - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare an interest as a former Minister for the Civil Service—although it was an awfully long time ago. The record shows that the biggest increase in output and productivity in the Civil Service and the biggest fall in numbers in modern times occurred between about 1972 and …..." Lord Howell of Guildford - View Speech
"The question is: what areas are the Government going to look at now to remove functions from the state sector, which will be the sure way to increase productivity and reduce numbers?..." Lord Howell of Guildford - View Speech
"My Lords, in addition to more pension saving, the Chancellor talked the other night at the Mansion House about encouraging more retail investment in the stock markets and wider share ownership generally. This is an excellent cause and one that all parties should support. Will we see more measures from …..." Lord Howell of Guildford - View Speech
"On all sides, the international rule of law and rules of war are being broken, and for that, above all, we must be alert, prepared and defended...." Lord Howell of Guildford - View Speech
"My Lords, like others, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord McCabe, on his maiden speech, which seemed to be robust and sensible. No doubt we will hear many more excellent words from him. I cannot conceal from noble Lords my extreme pleasure that we are able to hear again the …..." Lord Howell of Guildford - View Speech
"My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, is entirely right to emphasise the importance of soft power. I just add a note of regret that Joe Nye of Harvard, who is a strong friend of this country and the inventor of much of the thinking behind the whole soft power …..." Lord Howell of Guildford - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register, as an adviser to the Kuwait Investment Office and, on the unremunerated side, as chairman of the Windsor Energy Group and several other similar groups.