"My Lords, I am glad to follow the noble Baroness. I agreed with the first third of her speech. The latter part, however, I disagreed with. Less than 1% of agricultural land will be taken over by solar farms and similar sites. We need compulsory purchase to deliver some of …..." Lord Whitty - View Speech
"My Lords, I too served on the committee, and I thank the noble Baroness, Lady O’Grady, for her chairmanship and her introduction. I thank all members of the committee who have spoken today—and stolen all my lines—because they have done a great job in pointing out both the analysis of …..." Lord Whitty - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady Lister. I hope the Government, in this Bill or elsewhere, follow up some of those points as a matter of urgency.
I am prone to write my speeches at the last minute. When I noticed I was number …..." Lord Whitty - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness on the Woolsack for that clarification.
I applaud completely Amendment 8, and am glad that the Government have moved this amendment which reflects the discussion in Committee. However, I am deeply disappointed that they failed to reflect an amendment that I tabled in …..." Lord Whitty - View Speech
"My Lords, I will withdraw this amendment to an amendment. I tabled it because Clause 3(2) restricts the objects without mentioning the workforce. If my noble friend has other ways of dealing with this, that is fine...." Lord Whitty - View Speech
"My Lords, could I ask the Minister one question? I apologise to him: I realised this was being done today only about 20 minutes ago.
A significant number of existing heat networks are run by local authorities or hived-off organisations owned by local authorities. The aim of this legislation, as …..." Lord Whitty - View Speech
"My Lords, I will make a couple of brief points. I apologise to the Committee that I am Boxing and Coxing with another meeting this afternoon and that I did not table my amendment for today’s Committee. Formally, I support Amendment 17 tabled by my noble friend Lord Woodley, but …..." Lord Whitty - View Speech
"My Lords, first, I am sure that the whole House endorses my noble friend’s opening words. It is indeed a moving day.
On my Question, the biggest problem for local authorities is not structure or assessment. This Government and every other Government depend on local authorities’ ability to deliver many …..." Lord Whitty - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government whether, before or alongside changes in local government structure in England, they will undertake a thorough review of the sources of funding, basis, and equity of local government financial resources at all levels, having regard to both the responsibility of individual councils and the balance …..." Lord Whitty - View Speech