🗣️ Speeches and Debates
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My Lords, I declare my interests as a vice-president of the Local Government Association and a vice-president of National Energy Action. Deciding on which day to speak in the Queen’s Speech debate was a bit tricky, as I wish to raise the Government’s fuel poverty strategy for England. That cuts across the areas of climate change, social justice, housing standards, health and funding. I...
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My Lords, how many people who had first- generation smart meters came up against problems when they tried to change their supplier? It was anticipated that people would make savings when they had smart meters. Have those savings reached the Government’s anticipated level?
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My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of Dillington, on securing this debate. I feel somewhat intimidated by the two previous speakers, who have a lot of expertise in the area we are discussing, but this is a very important and timely debate about technology that we hope will reduce the UK’s carbon footprint and therefore contribute towards the sustainability of our...
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My Lords, the Minister dismissed the idea of land value taxation. Is he aware that it operates in many countries entirely successfully, so it is not something that does not work?
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Does the noble Lord have any comment on the idea that one way out of this would have been to allow Christchurch to look at going into Hampshire? The Government were less than helpful when Christchurch wanted to do that.
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In speaking to these instruments, I declare an interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association. However, I have another interest in that, from 1993 to 1997, I was the Member of Parliament for Christchurch. I had lived in the area for a long time. I had been to school in Brockenhurst—indeed, that was when Christchurch was in Hampshire and I had friends who came to the school...
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My Lords, I am sure that all of us in this House are considerably concerned about those older women who at the moment are suffering acute anxiety because of what happened, and not only them but their families. It would appear that this was a software error. As I understand it, the same situation has not occurred in Wales, although the health service there appears to be on the same system. Can...
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My Lords, has the Minister read reports in recent days that the A1 from London to Edinburgh is the most dangerous road in the country? Does he agree that, if we are serious about growth in north Northumberland, we need to get on and dual the A1 north of Alnwick and across the border in Scotland?
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✍️ Written Questions and Answers
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asked Her Majesty's Government: When they will publish reports for 2003–04 pursuant to the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of the amount of energy saved to date as a result of the implementation of the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of the impact upon energy conservation activities, pursuant to the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995, of the comprehensive performance assessment regime whereby councils declared "excellent" no longer have to publish under the Act.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: When they expect to reach their target that 85 per cent of 19 year-olds achieve a level 2 qualification.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they expect funding for 16 to 18 year-olds in colleges to match that provided to schools; and, if so, how.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have to expand the provision of 14 to 16 year-old education in further education colleges.[HL Question number missing in Hansard, possibly truncated question.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will reform financial support for adults so as to encourage learning.[HL Question number missing in Hansard, possibly truncated question.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the statement on their sustainable energy policy network website that lists as "Commitment EE6" "improvements in household energy efficiency of 5 megatonnes of carbon by 2010 and a further 4-6 megatonnes of carbon by 2020" is accurate.
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