Prime Minister: Meetings with First Ministers of the Devolved Governments

Lord West of Spithead Excerpts

Monday 10th January 2022 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GP)]

My Lords—

[Lord West of Spithead (Lab)]

My Lords, I invited the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes—oh, I see that the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, wants to speak. You are unaffiliated, are you not, so I shall let you go.

[Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GP)]

Thank you so much. What a gallant gentleman.

I am quite curious about the dynamics of these meetings, and I wonder whether Westminster goes in with any sort of listening attitude. The Scottish Government are now much greener than the Westminster Government, and I suggest that Westminster could learn a lot.