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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 05 Sep 2025
Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill

"That the Bill be now read a second time...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 05 Sep 2025
Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill

"My Lords, in England, if you vote at any election, whether it is for Parliament, a local authority, a mayor or a police commissioner, you can apply for a postal or proxy vote online. In Wales and Scotland, you can vote having applied online only for parliamentary or, in Wales, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 05 Sep 2025
Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill

"My Lords, it has been a short but very interesting debate, and I am grateful for the unanimous support across all Benches for this short but important Bill.

If one theme has come through, it is the theme of speed and the necessity for the Bill to go through Parliament, …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 04 Jun 2025
Malvern Hills Bill [HL]

"That puts a different light on things.

I support my noble friend Lord Faulkner of Worcester in supporting this private Bill. I also commend the noble Earl, Lord Attlee, for explaining his points in detail, as did the noble Lord, Lord Faulkner. I understand the points that the noble Baroness, …..."

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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 28 Apr 2025
Governance of the Union (Constitution Committee Report)

"Who knows what will happen in the future? They used to sell tickets for the Devolution Committee, which my noble and learned friend Lord Irvine chaired in 1998. They were wonderful affairs, setting up devolution right across the country—including, later, in Northern Ireland. The committee did a great job, but …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 07 Feb 2025
Crown Estate (Wales) Bill [HL]

"My Lords, it is a great pleasure, as always, to follow the noble Lord, Lord Wigley. I was trying to work out how long we have been in Parliament together—it is 38 years since we first spoke on Welsh matters in the House of Commons. On and off, we have …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 20 Jan 2025
Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

"My Lords, I support this statutory instrument. It is very important that we try to ensure that as many as people as possible vote in Northern Ireland, and indeed the rest of the United Kingdom—..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 20 Jan 2025
Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

"Legally—I will come to that in a moment. Therefore, these regulations are absolutely right. We need to ensure that turnout is up, and that people vote and are encouraged to vote. I am quite attracted by the suggestion of the noble Lord, Lord Hayward, about the increased use of registering …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 10 Dec 2024
Opera

"My Lords, it is a great pleasure, particularly after listening to that very interesting debate on Northern Ireland, to come to a very different topic: the future of opera in this country. I tried at the time of the general election to obtain a QSD and succeeded—but the election stopped …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 10 Dec 2024
Opera

"To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support opera...."
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