Results 1-20 of 206 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 Acton

Banking Reform — Statement (3 Nov 2009)

Lord Acton: My Lords, I understood my noble friend to say that the Royal Bank of Scotland would divest itself of 300 branches. If I am correct, does a thread link those 300 branches and how many branches will the Royal Bank of Scotland be left with after those 300 have gone?

Health: Side Effects of Medication — Question (3 Nov 2009)

Lord Acton: My Lords, does my noble friend agree that "next year" is a rather long and elastic time? Could the review not be tightened up a bit?

Zimbabwe — Question (2 Nov 2009)

Lord Acton: My Lords, my noble friend said that the noble Baroness, Lady Kinnock, was going to South Africa. We wish her very well in her diplomatic efforts. What is the current position of South Africa on the Zimbabwean situation? I do not ask this just to monitor how good the noble Baroness, Lady Kinnock, is at diplomacy.

Agriculture: Sheep — Question (9 Jun 2009)

Lord Acton: My Lords, I was not clear from what my noble friend said—

Agriculture: Sheep — Question (9 Jun 2009)

Lord Acton: My Lords, I was not clear from what my noble friend said who is going to pay.

Houses of Parliament: Freedom of Passage — Question (2 Jun 2009)

Lord Acton: My Lords, I have become so old that I cannot hear every word that the noble Baroness, Lady Trumpington, says, which is most unfortunate. Are there any circumstances in which a Member of this House can be rightly impeded by the police from coming to this House?

Zimbabwe — Question (16 Mar 2009)

Lord Acton: My Lords, are the Government satisfied that the money they give Zimbabwe via United Nations agencies is allocated as it should be? Is there monitoring that is independent of the United Nations of the distribution of such international funds?

Zimbabwe: Elections (23 Jun 2008)

Lord Acton: My Lords, I add my compliments to those offered by the noble Baroness, Lady Williams of Crosby, and my noble friend Lady Jay of Paddington, to my noble friend, who has proved such a great asset in regard to Zimbabwe since he came to this House and to government. He pointed out how crucial SADC is in the present situation. I have already described him as a great asset; I cannot do better than...

Health: Diabetes (23 Jun 2008)

Lord Acton: My Lords, like the noble Viscount, Lord Falkland, I declare an interest in that I have type 2 diabetes, as no doubt do many other noble Lords. Is my noble friend aware that I am terrified of blood and machines? However, when I started testing, I persevered, and like the noble Viscount I now find blood testing an invaluable guide. This morning, my test was high. I realised that I had eaten too...

Health: Diabetes (23 Jun 2008)

Lord Acton: Boiled, my Lords.

Zimbabwe (7 May 2008)

Lord Acton: My Lords, following my noble friend's comments on SADC observers, is it British policy to back as strongly as possible the diplomatic efforts of the more positive SADC countries?

Health: Cousin Marriage (21 Apr 2008)

Lord Acton: My Lords, is my noble friend aware that my great-great-great-grandfather, Sir John Acton, the Bourbon Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, married his niece with the benefit of papal dispensation, and that their grandson was the first Lord Acton, who was a Liberal and not a Bourbon, and of whom the noble Lord, Lord McNally, thoroughly approves? From what has been discussed so...

Asylum and Immigration: Detainees (26 Mar 2008)

Lord Acton: My Lords, further to the question of the noble Earl, Lord Onslow, with whom I by no means always agree, surely a stage of illness from cancer comes when the Government would not send people back.

Identity Cards (3 Mar 2008)

Lord Acton: My Lords, is my noble friend aware that the noble Lord, Lord Waddington, spoke of the "depths of Iowa"? As an honorary citizen of Iowa, I am horrified at such an expression. Iowa has nothing but joys.

Gambling (26 Feb 2008)

Lord Acton: My Lords, my noble friend mentioned a current figure of 130 casinos. Can he say how much money each year is gambled in those casinos and how much the Government estimate would be gambled per year in the 16 casinos he mentioned today?

Disabled Persons (Independent Living) Bill [HL] (25 Feb 2008)

Lord Acton: My Lords, Lady Darcy de Knayth's mother and my mother were step-sisters, so she was my step-first cousin. I think she was the first person ever to be referred to as a "kinswoman" in this House. She did not know the meaning of the word "self-pity". When the appalling car crash happened in 1964 when her husband was killed and she suffered the most dreadful injuries—she had three little...

Victoria Tower Gardens (21 Feb 2008)

Lord Acton: My Lords, is not the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, mildly out of order in referring to the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, as his "noble friend"? My impression historically is that she is his noble kinsman. That is slightly out of date; I may be wrong, but perhaps she is his noble kinswoman.

Women's Justice Board (31 Jan 2008)

Lord Acton: My Lords, before my noble friend sits down, I asked him three specific questions. Would he be good enough to write me three specific letters?

Women's Justice Board (31 Jan 2008)

Lord Acton: My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, with his vast experience, for introducing this debate. In 1972, my former wife, Judith Garfield Todd, was imprisoned in colonial Rhodesia by the Smith regime. There was no question of a charge or a trial, and she went on hunger strike. She was taken to another prison, where she was force fed. Then she was put under house arrest. Judith was in...

Iraq: Refugees (21 Jan 2008)

Lord Acton: My Lords, my noble friend mentioned the sum of £15 million for 2007 for 2 million refugees and 2.2 million internally displaced people. If my maths are correct, that works out at just under £4 a head. Can we look to a rather more generous settlement than £4 a head for refugees and internally displaced people in 2008?