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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 23 Jul 2025
Independent Water Commission

"My Lords—..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 23 Jul 2025
Independent Water Commission

"My Lords, I declare an interest as a former water company director—one involved in clean water only, not wastewater. In the speech made on Monday by the Secretary of State, he made it clear as a priority that the customer would come first in all these considerations. The customer matters …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 14 Jul 2025
Transport Act 2000 (Air Traffic Services) (Prescribed Terms) Regulations 2025

"My Lords, in the new spirit in the House of declarations of interests, I declare mine at the outset. I do so as a private pilot, a former director of Newcastle airport and the author of an investigation into lower airspace, which was brought about at the request of the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 14 Jul 2025
Tax on Imports under £135

"My Lords, this imprecision is not helping. In answer to my noble friend Lord Bridges and the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, there was an attempt by the Minister to indicate what modest incomes were. However, equally confusing and rather upsetting is the Government’s inability to define what exactly they mean …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 07 Jul 2025
Prisons: Mothers and Babies

"My Lords, there is a great difficulty here in that the penalties have to be applied equally to men and women despite their circumstances, which might be different. Is the Minister satisfied that it is more in the interests of children always to be with the mother in prison, rather …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 03 Jul 2025
Grangemouth Oil Refinery Closure: Job Losses

"My Lords, there is a certain irony in all this and in discussing net zero, because next door to the Grangemouth oil refinery is the Alexander Dennis bus company, which produces some of the finest electric buses in this country. The danger there is that a great number of jobs …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 01 Jul 2025
Plastic Pollution

"My Lords, plastic pollution starts with packaging. Will the Minister therefore join me in commending the British retail sector, which has done so much, particularly recently, to produce packaging of a better environmental nature for recycling and to draw to the attention of all customers who visit retail outlets the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 23 Jun 2025
Planning: Energy Efficiency and Fire Safety

"My Lords, the issue of sustainable energy concerns us all, particularly with the advent of a large number of applications for solar farms. Is the Minister aware that, on fire safety, there are deep concerns among the population because of the lithium battery plants that have to go with these …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 19 Jun 2025
Rivers and Estuaries: Derelict Boats

"My Lords, this is a very serious matter. I think of the history of the River Hull, for instance, where the dredging authorities, in order to keep the flows going and avoid flooding in irrigation, had great problems in being able to move sunken or half-sunken boats. Surely something more …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 11 Jun 2025
Online Abuse: Protection for Children

"My Lords, is the Minister not concerned that in present and projected legislation for online content the responsibility of those who provide the source of this material is out of proportion to that of the platforms? Is she satisfied that the platform operators are sufficiently responsible for what happens?..."
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