"My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Dodds, for securing this debate and ensuring that we have three whole minutes to discuss the dismemberment of the United Kingdom.
I began by trying to find out what this was about by reading the Explanatory Memorandum. I want to …..." Lord Lilley - View Speech
"My Lords, first, it is entirely unacceptable that we have only two minutes to discuss this piece of legislation. Secondly, it is an outrage that the democratically elected Chamber has been given no opportunity at all to discuss it.
Thirdly, it sets a dangerous precedent—or, rather, it perpetuates a dangerous …..." Lord Lilley - View Speech
"My Lords, the Statement in another place said that reducing emissions would lower bills. This country has reduced emissions by more than any other country, yet our bills are now higher than any other OECD country, nearly all of which rely on gas like us. Can the Minister explain this? …..." Lord Lilley - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of why UK electricity prices are among the highest in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development...." Lord Lilley - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a great privilege to open this debate, especially with the high calibre of people proposing to participate in it.
The basic science of global warming is rock solid, but we have been told fairy tales about its economics ever since the Climate Change Act 2008. We …..." Lord Lilley - View Speech
"My Lords, it is always a great and nostalgic pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, whose enthusiasm for rejoining the European Union reminds me of the remarks of Samuel Johnson about a friend of his who was contemplating a second marriage—that it was a triumph of hope over …..." Lord Lilley - View Speech
"My Lords, does the noble Baroness speak to the NFU, which does not want to rejoin Europe because it believes that the divergences from EU rules since Brexit have benefited it enormously? Doing away with those divergences would cost £600 million to £800 million a year just for PPPs, and …..." Lord Lilley - View Speech