Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 01 Dec 2025 OBR Forecasts
"My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for coming to the House and repeating this Statement, which is in two parts. On the first part, some of the comments and exchanges so far have had an element of artificial outrage about them—but we can leave that to the …..." Viscount Stansgate - View Speech
"Good afternoon and welcome to three debates on three statutory instruments. I welcome the Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Lloyd, to her place for what I believe is her first appearance in Grand Committee. If there is a Division in the Chamber, we will adjourn the Committee for 10 minutes, …..." Viscount Stansgate - View Speech
"As Members know, on many occasions at the start of a session in the Committee Room, a pro forma notice is given about the possibility of a Division. Today, in view of the business in the House, it is entirely possible that there will be Divisions. If there is one, …..." Viscount Stansgate - View Speech
"My Lords, I am very glad to take part in this interesting and very worth while debate. I begin by congratulating my noble friend the Minister on his excellent opening speech. Like him, I declare an interest: I am very proud of the fact that my son-in-law is a senior …..." Viscount Stansgate - View Speech
"I thank my noble friend for that Answer. The House knows better than it did that undersea cables—not to mention the land cables under the City of London—are part of our critical national infrastructure because of the vital importance of the data they carry. The Joint Committee’s report said that …..." Viscount Stansgate - View Speech
"In begging leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, I declare an interest: I was a member of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy earlier this year when we agreed to hold an inquiry into this subject...." Viscount Stansgate - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the national security threat to undersea cables connected to the UK...." Viscount Stansgate - View Speech
"My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on his Question; I submitted exactly the same Question yesterday. Is it possible that some of the sites affected in the UK, including the GOV.UK portal, were not aware that the data was held in America rather than in the UK and that, …..." Viscount Stansgate - View Speech
"My Lords, my noble friend the Minister said that the Government are still consulting, so I hope that my supplementary question can be part of that process. I am one of many Members in this House who are concerned about the future of youth orchestras. Can my noble friend say …..." Viscount Stansgate - View Speech
"Can my noble friend the Minister tell the House how the Government plan to address the arguments that will be made against these proposals, in particular in relation to concerns about individual privacy?..." Viscount Stansgate - View Speech