"My Lords, music is international. Having spent many summers touring with youth orchestras, for whom the problems are just as great as those for the professional musicians that have been referred to in the noble Earl’s Question, can my noble friend please add to the list of things that the …..." Viscount Stansgate - View Speech
"My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, and to congratulate her on having outlined so clearly the purpose of the Bill, and for the skill with which she did so. She did it so well that I hope it has given the House …..." Viscount Stansgate - View Speech
"I thank my noble friend for that Answer. I am pleased to see things are going in the right direction, first, because scientific excellence and value for money remain at the heart of the Horizon Europe programme and, secondly, because academic participation rates have risen so much since we rejoined. …..." Viscount Stansgate - View Speech
"My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper and, in doing so, I am returning to the subject of my first ever Parliamentary Question...." Viscount Stansgate - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the draft European Framework Programme 10 on research and innovation...." Viscount Stansgate - View Speech
"My Lords, I will be so brief that they will not have enough time to put my name on the annunciator.
I welcome the agreement that has been reached and I think that this is a good example of the House improving what is an important Bill, which I hope …..." Viscount Stansgate - View Speech
"My Lords, I agree with my noble friend that it is important to get it right. But, in addition to the consultation, will it be the case that any future proposed Bill will be subject to pre-legislative scrutiny, to allow both Houses of Parliament to look in more detail at …..." Viscount Stansgate - View Speech
"My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Robertson and his colleagues on the report that we are debating today. I congratulate my noble friend Lord McCabe on his maiden speech. If the House will allow me, I join the many other people who are so pleased to see my …..." Viscount Stansgate - View Speech
"Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to an afternoon of four Questions for Short Debate. If there is a Division in the Chamber, we will adjourn for 10 minutes—but, as you can see, they are on Amendment 1. It will be a long day and there will not be any Divisions …..." Viscount Stansgate - View Speech
"My Lords, I welcome the Statement. Reference has been made to applications by open access operators. Will my noble friend the Minister take this opportunity to update the House on the Government’s current view of capacity and capacity constraints on the east coast and west coast main lines?..." Viscount Stansgate - View Speech