Results 1-20 of 210 for speaker:Lord Puttnam

Energy: Sustainability — Question (13 Oct 2009)

Lord Puttnam: My Lords—

Energy: Sustainability — Question (13 Oct 2009)

Lord Puttnam: Can my noble friend advise the House on what progress the Government are making in establishing an economically viable pricing structure for feed-in tariffs? Without any such meaningful structure, the Government's ambitions for low-scale generation are likely to be stillborn.

Climate Projections — Statement (18 Jun 2009)

Lord Puttnam: My Lords, I congratulate the Minister on what is a very useful, although it is hard to say "welcome", report. I want to touch on something that the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, said. There is a need for a broader, more holistic take on all this. I have no doubt in my mind that the initial impact on the UK will come from climate change migrants and refugees. That will be the first time that this...

Parliament and the Public — Question for Short Debate (16 Jun 2009)

Lord Puttnam: My Lords, as noble Lords have just heard, along with the noble Lord, Lord Renton, who we have to thank for this evening's short debate, I had responsibility for delivering to Parliament in 2005 a report entitled Parliament in the Public Eye. That report concluded with the following words: "We want to see a Parliament which is an accessible and readily understood institution, which people know...

Public Service Broadcasting (Communications Committee Report): Motion to Take Note (4 Jun 2009)

Lord Puttnam: My Lords, I add my thanks to the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, for not only securing the debate but for the excellent report on which it is based. His committee goes from strength to strength and I am far from alone in the House in hoping that as soon as possible it could lose its provincial driving licence and have its long-term future secured. It will not have escaped your Lordships' notice that...

Creative Industries — Debate (4 Jun 2009)

Lord Puttnam: My Lords, I, too, am extremely grateful to my noble friend Lord Bragg for initiating this debate, which comes just a week or two ahead of my noble friend Lord Carter's Digital Britainreport. This Labour Government, I am proud to say, and my noble friend Lord Smith of Finsbury should take enormous credit for having put the creative industries on the public policy map since 1997. Twelve years...

Companies' Remuneration Reports Bill [HL]: Second Reading (24 Apr 2009)

Lord Puttnam: My Lords, may I begin by apologising for my late arrival? I was given to understand that the Bill would be read at noon. I shall compensate by keeping my remarks short. Different people arrived in this House in different ways. In different ways, many of us have a great deal to thank our ancestors for. In my case, it is my father. He was the model on which I have tried to base my life. He used...

Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]: Report (1st Day) (25 Mar 2009)

Lord Puttnam: My Lords, I apologise for not having spoken in any earlier part of this Bill, but I think that the noble Lord, Lord West, understands my concerns relating to this exact issue and has helpfully allowed me to talk to his officials about it. However, I want to get something from the Dispatch Box and on the record on this important issue of "without let or hindrance". Would the Minister confirm...

Economy: Skills Development — Debate (5 Mar 2009)

Lord Puttnam: My Lords, I am sorry to interrupt my noble friend's flow. I do not think that he will have an answer, but he could write to me. We are in new and uncharted territory. I, and I am sure the House, should like to know under what circumstances the Government would be prepared to revisit the issue of statutory levies, or are there no circumstances whatsoever under which that will be revisited?

Economy: Skills Development — Debate (5 Mar 2009)

Lord Puttnam: My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross, for initiating what we would all agree is a timely debate. Bearing in mind what I am about to say, I should declare my interest as Deputy Chairman of Channel 4, President of the Film Distributors' Association and as a former chair of Skillset. I emphasise the timeliness of this discussion because I think we have entered one of those...

Economy — Debate (5 Feb 2009)

Lord Puttnam: My Lords, will the Minister address the question I put to him? Can I take it that the phrase "light touch" has now been expunged from the Government's vocabulary in favour of "appropriate and effective regulation"?

Economy — Debate (5 Feb 2009)

Lord Puttnam: My Lords, I, too, thank my noble friend Lord Eatwell for introducing this timely and incredibly important debate. To be honest, when I first heard of it I expected that there would be at least double the number of speakers. However, what we have lacked in quantity I suggest that we have more than made up for in quality, although the next few minutes may well throw that assertion into doubt....

Parliament: Communication with the Public — Debate (18 Dec 2008)

Lord Puttnam: My Lords, I add my thanks to those offered to the noble Lord, Lord Norton, for introducing this debate. It was a model introduction, and it leaves me only to support and amplify his points, although, encouraged by the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Elton, I think that I shall go a fraction further. Eleven years ago today, at this very moment, I gave my maiden speech. I deliberately chose the...

Queen's Speech — Debate (6th Day) (11 Dec 2008)

Lord Puttnam: My Lords, I apologise to the House for diving in and out all day. I have been attending and speaking at a government conference organised many months ago. I apologise and will not delay the House long. I pay tribute to the extraordinary speech of the noble Lord, Lord McColl. For three years, from 2002-05, in my capacity as president of UNICEF UK, I did almost nothing but deal with issues...

Climate Change Bill [HL] (17 Nov 2008)

Lord Puttnam: My Lords, I, too, wish to speak on the subject. This evening marks the final phase of a legislative journey that for me started 18 months ago when I was asked to chair the joint parliamentary committee scrutinising this Bill. In another sense, it also represents the starting point in the far longer and more difficult slog of implementing the Bill's best intentions. This Bill will only be the...

Climate Change Bill [HL] (17 Nov 2008)

Lord Puttnam: I apologise, my Lords; that was me trying to contact the airport to say I would be late for my plane. As I was saying, no amount of ministerial tautology can convince me that "supplemental" means anything other than less than the principal sum, which this amendment generously concedes might be up to 50 per cent. The full implications of this Bill will over time ask a great deal of every...

Ownership of the News (Communications Committee Report) (5 Nov 2008)

Lord Puttnam: My Lords, I am very grateful to the House for allowing me to speak in the gap, and I am very conscious of the time constraints under which that places me. I feel as though I have crashed a private party, so I shall at least endeavour to bring a bottle. I have three reasons for wanting to speak. The first is to welcome, and listen to the maiden speech of, my very good and much valued noble...

Energy Bill (5 Nov 2008)

Lord Puttnam: My Lords, I apologise for having just had to run out to a meeting. If it became evident that 3 megawatts was not an economic figure for community generation, what mechanism would be used to raise it to 5, or even 10, megawatts? It is one thing to create investment confidence for the big companies, but there is surely an obligation to create investor confidence for the small generator.

Energy Bill (5 Nov 2008)

Lord Puttnam: My Lords, I was delighted to add my name to this flurry of amendments. I will speak only the once and hope that what I have to say will apply to everything I have added my name to. I woke up this morning, in common with many of your Lordships, to hear a young man tell almost 300 million people, "Yes we can". It reminded me that if I go back over the 50 years I have been in the commercial...

Energy Bill (28 Oct 2008)

Lord Puttnam: My Lords, I thank the Minister. I not only accept what he said, but I wish to add that his department has been extraordinarily courteous and has gone to a lot of trouble in reaching the point that we have managed to agree. I am grateful for that. My dearest hope is that I will never have to stand up and say, "I told you so". I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.