Wales

Lord Hunt of Wirral Excerpts

Tuesday 26th November 2024 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab)]

Our thoughts and prayers go to the people who are currently living with the impact of Storm Bert. As we discussed last week, this Government invested £25 million, for the first time, to make sure that additional funding is in place to protect communities and ensure the safety of our coal tips. We will continue to do so and to have active conversations with the Government of Wales about what they need.

[Lord Hunt of Wirral (Con)]

My Lords, will the Minister please assist me? By my calculations, this Government have been in power for nearly 150 days, but we still do not have a Lords Minister for the Wales Office, nor indeed for the Scotland Office or for Northern Ireland. How does all this fit in with Sir Keir Starmer’s pledge to produce a Council of the Nations and Regions?

[Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab)]

I thank the noble Lord, but I believe that the Prime Minister has faith in me to deliver for this Government in this House.