"My Lords, is it not the case that international agreement and regulation is needed? We need that as quickly as possible, given the pace of this matter...." Lord Watts - View Speech
"My Lords, when the Government produce their guidance, will they notify local and regional governments about their decision and expect them to abide by the rules or suggestions they make? Quite frankly, a lot of procurement is done through those bodies...." Lord Watts - View Speech
"My Lords, is it not the case that farmers and golfers use a lot of water inefficiently? Do we not need to do more to encourage them to be more effective?..." Lord Watts - View Speech
"My Lords, is the Minister aware of the Merseyside mayor’s proposals to lever in private sector money using this levy for some exciting schemes that will create wealth, growth and jobs? Does she not think that the mayor of Merseyside will know more about generation than the Tory party, which …..." Lord Watts - View Speech
"My Lords, does the Minister agree that this is an international issue and that the only way we can deal with it is internationally? The most important part will be to make sure that the regulator has the ability to police what is going on in China, America and the …..." Lord Watts - View Speech
"My Lords, has the Minister noticed that the opposition parties are very keen on fighting fraud in the welfare system, but they are very slow to fight blue-collar fraud and their own fraud?..." Lord Watts - View Speech
"My Lords, does the Minister agree with me that everyone would like a tax cut? Any individual, company or sector will want tax cuts, but you have to be responsible. The Truss Government were not responsible and that set the bond markets off and caused a lot of the problems …..." Lord Watts - View Speech
"My Lords, does the Minister remember when the Conservative Government closed all the Remploy sites? When they closed them, they told the people they would find them alternative jobs. That did not happen. Should they not apologise before they ask a Question on this subject?..." Lord Watts - View Speech
"My Lords, does the Minister agree with me that health trusts could do a lot more than they do at the moment to offer flexible hours for nurses and other medical staff? I have known of many cases where nurses, for example, have tried to get flexible hours and, having …..." Lord Watts - View Speech