"My Lords, does the Minister agree that, if we are to get a substantial move of freight on to the railways, we need to move to palletisation as opposed to containerisation as the principal unit that is used, and that to do that we need to construct proper freight villages …..." Viscount Thurso - View Speech
"My Lords, my Amendment 6 is entirely consequential on the amendment your Lordships agreed to. I am very grateful to the Public Bill Office for its advice in helping me to correct this, and I will move it formally when the moment comes...." Viscount Thurso - View Speech
"My Lords, I support Amendment 155 from the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, and will speak briefly to my Amendment 162, which seeks to achieve exactly the same effect. Since the noble Baroness has explained it so well, I do not have to repeat the arguments in favour of it. Amendment …..." Viscount Thurso - View Speech
"My Lords, briefly, I support the noble Baroness in her amendments, to which I have added my name. As usual, she has done a splendid technical exposition of the amendments. More importantly, as the noble Lord, Lord Hain, said, she outlined the immense emotional damage that was done to so …..." Viscount Thurso - View Speech
"My Lords, very briefly, I will support our Front Bench and the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, because it is quite a wise thing to have an inquiry. I wholly reject the argument the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, just made: his maths is suspect and his conclusions are wrong. I have …..." Viscount Thurso - View Speech
"My Lords, as I move my Amendment 161, I can hear the Minister saying, “Not another review”. I apologise. I say to her at the outset that I recognise how much the Government have done in many of the areas that we have been pushing. Notwithstanding my ingratitude sometimes, that …..." Viscount Thurso - View Speech
"My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken, particularly the noble Lord, Lord Davies, for his support. As an actuary himself, his words were of great comfort and support. I am also grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, who has worked on this case …..." Viscount Thurso - View Speech