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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 12 Feb 2025
Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill

"My Lords, I support this amendment. I wonder whether the Minister and the advisers have been to Northern Ireland, where, for a long time, buildings have been designed for the exact threats he is talking about. I am not sure of the system, but I do not think that those …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 03 Feb 2025
Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill

"My Lords, I may be accused of intruding, because I have not been here for the whole thing. It just interests me that, on one side, we are talking about what is in Clause 5, what we do when a terrorist incident takes place, and on the other hand, the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 03 Feb 2025
Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill

"My Lords, I too recognise that inevitably we have got to fix a figure, and that is for this House and/or another place to do. I would just like to say one thing about Amendment 8, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Murray, where he says,

“if smaller, …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 22 Jan 2025
Community Engagement Principles and Extremism Definition

"My Lords, will the Minister consider that there are a lot of good lessons to be learned from Northern Ireland on community relations? Those relations have come on a great deal, and that is often about creating neutral spaces and reasons for communities to come together that are not related …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 18 Nov 2024
Future of the Post Office

"My Lords, the Minister appears quite optimistic, but does she not accept that the withdrawal of some of these post offices through closures hits the most vulnerable people in rural communities? It is no good saying that this will be coped with; withdrawal means that many people will not have …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 12 Dec 2023
Bovine Tuberculosis

"My Lords, is it not about time that we put badgers more on the basis of deer—permissible culling throughout the country? People see deer old and diseased, and everybody realises what the problem is. With badgers, they have no idea of the cruelty going on underground with sick badgers, old …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 14 Sep 2023
Northern Ireland Budget (No. 2) Bill

"My Lords, I, too, thank the Minister for presenting this budget. I feel rather sympathetic towards him in that he cannot come here for happy debates. One day, I hope that he will be able to do so. Luckily, much of what I was going to say has been said …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 21 Jun 2023
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill

"My Lords, I have listened to everything. I have not bothered to intervene because I basically agree that this is not a great Bill and that all we can hope to do is make it less damaging to what is happening in Northern Ireland.

The one thing that strikes me …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 21 Jun 2023
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill

"I have just a quick point. When we talk about the individual giving all the relevant and truthful knowledge, to what extent will he be asked about the other people involved in the incident, whenever it was? If he fails to give information on them, does that mean that he …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Apr 2023
VAT: Building Repairs and Maintenance

"My Lords, this is not a devolved issue, and it therefore affects Northern Ireland as well. Does the Minister not agree that conservation of the countryside and the built environment is a very high priority? The effect of continued government policy along this line, especially in Northern Ireland, is that …..."
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