"I thank my noble friend for that Answer. Does she appreciate the vitality of this new process for new reactors, particularly small modular reactors? The only material available at the moment for that kind of process is from China and Russia. It looks as though the UK, and the USA, …..." Lord Rooker - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made towards their target to develop High Assay Low Enriched Uranium domestic enrichment capacity at the Capenhurst facility in Cheshire; and how much of the £196 million funding has been spent to date...." Lord Rooker - View Speech
"In the last three seconds of this Question, I thank my noble friend for the positive answers that she has given. But can she convince the House that, as far as civil nuclear power in this country is concerned, there is one overall policy and not a series of silos? …..." Lord Rooker - View Speech
"My Lords, this will not take long—as I have said in the past. The purpose of this amendment is to strengthen the role of the elected Members of the Commons. There is no way anything I say or have said before is critical of Commons Members. My criticism is purely …..." Lord Rooker - View Speech
"After “Whole House,” insert “but that Committee stage will not commence until the Minister has made a statement setting out which clauses and schedules of the bill, including amendments made to the bill, the House of Commons did not have time to consider on the floor of the House;”...." Lord Rooker - View Speech
"I would say to my noble friend the Minister that it is not his fault that he got the short straw, but he answered the first of these Motions that I tabled four Bills ago. I am not interested in what the Commons said at Second Reading or in Public …..." Lord Rooker - View Speech
"My Lords, the precision, clarity and delivery of this report show what a class act my noble friend Lady Taylor of Bolton is. When I do Learn with the Lords programmes, I explain to students that for every decision in Parliament, the elected House has the last word. There might …..." Lord Rooker - View Speech
"My Lords, in the 1990s, when the Labour Party, via the Plant commission, looked at the age of voting, we were very sceptical about lowering it to 16. I have tracked what has happened in Scotland’s local government in the last decade, but, above all, what has really convinced me …..." Lord Rooker - View Speech
"My Lords, I spoke for less than a minute on Second Reading and therefore I did not have an opportunity to congratulate my noble friend Lord Macintosh of Eastwood on his very powerful maiden speech. My purpose with this amendment is exactly the same as the one on the public …..." Lord Rooker - View Speech
"I am grateful to my noble friend, but let us get this absolutely clear: the Committee in the Commons did not discuss the stuff that was dumped in the Bill after the programme Motion on Report. The Committee did not know about it. The reality is—noble Lords can read Commons …..." Lord Rooker - View Speech