Results 1-20 of 2,482 for in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates' speaker:Lord Spicer
- Airports: London — Question (10 June 2013)
Lord Spicer: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to expedite the announcement of their policy on the future of London airports.
- Airports: London — Question (10 June 2013)
Lord Spicer: My Lords, does not the recommendation in the report of the Transport Select Committee that a rapid decision be made in the go-ahead for a third runway at Heathrow count for anything?
- Queen's Speech — Debate (3rd Day) (13 May 2013)
Lord Spicer: Can my noble friend confirm that one of the reasons why it will be so difficult to renegotiate the repatriation of powers that he has implied already is the acquis communautaire? The acquis insists on all movement, all the changes in the treaty, going in one way: towards a federal state. It is endemic in the treaty and is always supported by the court.
- Human Trafficking — Question (25 April 2013)
Lord Spicer: My Lords, the letter to my noble friend Lord McColl states clearly that primary legislation is required. Will this be in the Queen's Speech?
- Death of a Member: Baroness Thatcher — Tributes (10 April 2013)
Lord Spicer: My Lords, my noble friend Lord Tebbit said that his top two PMs-using the terminology of today's Sun-were Margaret Thatcher and Clem Attlee. Word has it that Clem Attlee was a very skilled sacker of Ministers. The norm when sacking a Minister would be something along the lines of, "Thank you very much for coming to see me, Michael. With your sophistication you will know that I've got to make...
- Liaison Committee — Motion to Agree (21 March 2013)
Lord Spicer: My Lords, one piece of evidence in favour of the proposition of the noble Lord, Lord Jopling, is the very high proportion of Questions asked on foreign affairs-which is almost as high as the proportions of those asked on old age and health.
- Human Trafficking — Question (21 March 2013)
Lord Spicer: Will my noble friend join me in congratulating Mr Anthony Steen on the tremendous work that he has done on this matter? Will she use her influence to try to gain him some status for the work that he does here and abroad on the matter?
- House of Lords: Oral Questions — Question (21 March 2013)
Lord Spicer: My Lords, why?
- Railways: Reopenings — Question (11 March 2013)
Lord Spicer: My Lords, does my noble accept that before privatisation all the talk was of the closure of railway lines and that after privatisation it is all about reopening them? Nowhere is this more true than on the line to Worcester that the noble Lord, Lord Faulkner, champions.
- EU: Subsidiarity Scrutiny — Question (5 March 2013)
Lord Spicer: My Lords, is not one of the ironies of subsidiarity that it requires greater centralisation to determine with whom the subsidiarity should remain?
- Airports: Heathrow — Question (13 February 2013)
Lord Spicer: To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the average daily spare capacity at Heathrow Airport over the last six months.
- Airports: Heathrow — Question (13 February 2013)
Lord Spicer: My Lords, most people think that Heathrow is now pretty well full up. What would a third runway do for capacity at Heathrow and what would it do for the economic growth of our country?
- Airports: Capacity — Question (8 January 2013)
Lord Spicer: To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average percentage of total capacity used at London's commercial airports over the past six months.
- Airports: Capacity — Question (8 January 2013)
Lord Spicer: My Lords, why are we allowing the London airport system to run out of capacity?
- Foreign Affairs: Global Role, Emerging Powers and New Markets — Motion to Take Note (6 December 2012)
Lord Spicer: How long can we go on trading at a loss with Europe?
- EU: UK Balance of Trade — Question (14 November 2012)
Lord Spicer: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the United Kingdom's balance of trade with the European Union, once shipments in transit through the ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam to non-European Union destinations are excluded.
- EU: UK Balance of Trade — Question (14 November 2012)
Lord Spicer: That Answer confirms the fact that this country runs a trade deficit with the continent of Europe. To that extent, our membership of the European Union is of greater value to it than it is to us. Will that not considerably strengthen our bargaining position when we come to renegotiate the treaty of Rome?
- Aviation: Policy — Question (23 July 2012)
Lord Spicer: To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their aviation policy.
- Aviation: Policy — Question (23 July 2012)
Lord Spicer: Does my noble friend agree that aviation in general and Heathrow in particular are vital to the nation's economic prosperity and growth, and that this is particularly apparent in the week in which we begin to host the Olympic Games? If he does, and if the Government do, why the delay in the consultation process about airports?
- EU: Personal Data — Motion to Take Note (20 June 2012)
Lord Spicer: I am most grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. I wish that I could call him my noble friend because he is a close friend. I wish that he was still in the Conservative Party and hope that he comes back soon. Is he aware that, to my recollection at least, three Prime Ministers in the past 10 years have given a firm assurance that we would not tangle with corpus juris, which is one way of...