"My Lords, can I address the Committee on a personal note? My late brother-in-law suffered from muscular dystrophy, a horrendous progressive disease that many noble Lords may have come across. In the last years of his life, he was pushed around in a wheelchair. It was very difficult for the …..." Lord Shamash - View Speech
"Thank you. I apologise to the Front Bench about that.
The problem was, in the later part of his life, his lungs began to give way. I remember him saying to me, in the last two or three months of his life, “I just wish somebody could help me so …..." Lord Shamash - View Speech
"My Lords, in my experience, the fastest and most dangerous group of cyclists are Deliveroo and Uber Eats riders. That would be the case because they have to get as many deliveries in as they can. In my experience, an awful lot of them wear face masks. I would be …..." Lord Shamash - View Speech
"My Lords, I remember attending the Law Commission, some 10 years ago if not more, when it promised to bring forward a new electoral registration Act, together with a review of the whole of election law. I declare my interest as the solicitor of the Labour Party in relation to …..." Lord Shamash - View Speech
"My Lords, I listened very carefully to what the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, said. She has put an enormous amount of work into the background of this Bill. One thing she did not address was the wording of the change from “capacity” to “ability”. It seems to me that the …..." Lord Shamash - View Speech
"Tomorrow evening, Aston Villa will be playing Maccabi Tel Aviv. What steps are the Government taking to monitor the possible antisemitic statements that may appear in the press and, obviously, online?..." Lord Shamash - View Speech
"My Lords, thank you very much for allowing me to speak in the gap. I fully support this Bill and congratulate my noble friend Lord Brennan on it. The comments from the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, and my noble friend Lord Mann have been fascinating. I have a slight interest …..." Lord Shamash - View Speech
"My Lords, I specifically remember this as it involved Manchester United. It is propitious that the noble Lord, Lord Johnson, has arrived as it was his brother, the then Prime Minister, who said “I would drop a legislative bomb on this proposal”. Do your Lordships remember the language? That is …..." Lord Shamash - View Speech