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Postal Services Bill [HL]: Second Reading (10 Mar 2009)

Lord Soley: ...agreement with a lot of what my noble friend has just said, but I want to take us back to the opening speech by the Minister. He drew attention to the history of this subject. The noble Lord, Lord Hunt, said that there has been a long history of being uncertain about how we approach the reform of postal services in the United Kingdom. I have great respect for my noble friend Lord Clarke,...

Orders of the Day — Protection of Animals (Penalties) Bill (24 Apr 1987)

Mr Clive Soley: ...life and of not deriving enjoyment from suffering. I hope that the hon. Member for Ealing, North agrees that further action must be taken in due course. I think in particular of some aspects of hunting. I find it difficult to justify condemning dog fighting while not being critical of hunting for pleasure. I can understand killing for food or to control animal populations, but when it is...

Orders of the Day — Criminal Justice Bill: Director's Powers (Insider Dealing) (31 Mar 1987)

Mr Clive Soley: ...rumour, rather than the issue, was the problem. We now have further evidence that it is more serious than that. Two years later, on 17 February 1984, Farmers Weekly published a news item headed: Hunt for 'mole' at Potato Board HQ. That is a suitable title, one might think, in the circumstances. The article states: A telephone call to Farmers Weekly from a since-untraceable potato merchant...

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c.: Miss Thi Minh Bui (9 May 1985)

Mr Clive Soley: ...likely to remain in refugee camps indefinitely unless they are allowed to join their families in Britain. That powerful point was emphasised and given more power by the hon. Member for Ravensbourne (Mr. Hunt) who, alas, but probably for good reasons, is not here tonight. When he questioned the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, he said: Because it is a fact, is it not,...