"My Lords, years ago, when I was a council leader, we had some instances where there were really large buildings lying empty, so the landlords would have to pay some form of business rent on them. What they did was put a desk and a chair inside for a charity, …..." Lord Sahota - View Speech
"My Lords, I welcome this Bill because the integrity of our democracy is increasingly under threat, not only from foreign money and misinformation, but from politicians who deliberately seek to divide people by race, religion and immigration status. I want to concentrate on that wider democratic culture.
"My Lords, West Mercia has a police commissioner but no mayor. That area of Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin—where I used to be the leader—Herefordshire and Worcestershire is known as a devolution desert. What is the Government’s plan for that particular area? Will we get a mayor or are we to …..." Lord Sahota - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a real honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Carlile. What I want to say has mostly been said but, still, I shall continue. I support the Bill because it addresses one of the most important principles in public life: when a state is responsible for …..." Lord Sahota - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of people migrating into the UK in each of the last five years...." Lord Sahota - View Speech
"I thank the Minister for that. I congratulate the Government on reducing net migration from, as the Minister said, its peak of 900,000 to 171,000, an impressive reduction of approximately 82%. However, despite this significant progress, a recent opinion poll suggests that almost half the public still believe that immigration …..." Lord Sahota - View Speech
"My Lords, I read this report from cover to cover. It acknowledges that ethnic-minority officers have a poorer retention rate and slower progression because they continue to face discrimination within their organisation. Some 20 years ago, when I was on the West Mercia Police Authority as a councillor, I raised …..." Lord Sahota - View Speech
"My Lords, the Edinburgh incident happened last week. In Belfast the week before that, people were driven out of their homes because they were immigrants. A couple of weeks ago, a Sikh was attacked in the West Midlands; and a couple of months ago, two female Sikhs were raped in …..." Lord Sahota - View Speech
"My Lords, in recent months, I came across a very strange case in my community. A couple who had lived here for about three or four years had a child, and they were working and paying their taxes and so on. They then went on holiday to India and took …..." Lord Sahota - View Speech