🗣️ Speeches and Debates
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My Lords, the Treasury gets criticised for being too short-termist these days. I am wondering whether it undertakes market research among the public about the extent to which there may be an opportunity to get greater investment from them if we were ambitious enough to try one or two tactics such as, for example, reviving post-war credits. That produced money for the Government when they...
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To ask the Leader of the House what plans she has, if any, to establish a modernisation committee to review the effectiveness, efficiency and cost of the House of Lords’ legislative procedures.
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My Lords, just over 15 years ago, there was considerable dissatisfaction here with the way our scrutiny work was being performed. The Leader’s Group was set up and reported in 2011, recommending improved focus and better organisation for more effective and efficient scrutiny. In the light of recent events, some of us have come to the view that it is high time again that we had a look at the...
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My intervention will be brief and is addressed to the noble and learned Lord. Does he believe that his amendments will ever be adopted and incorporated into a piece of legislation that will be passed in this Session? If in fact, as we read in many newspapers and in other media, it is unlikely to be adopted, I therefore address a question to my noble friend the Minister: why are we permitting...
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My Lords, I think the Minister ought to get my noble friend Lord Sikka a job in HMRC. I have some connections there too. However, I start by paying great tribute to my good friend and associate, the noble Lord, Lord St John, with whom I have spent many hours together over the years. I wish his club Chelsea well, and I wish him and his family a long and happy enjoyment of many years ahead. I...
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My Lords, my recent experience in care homes is that there are vacancies—unfilled beds—in private care homes. When are we going to do something about the mismatch of people in corridors, when beds are available? There needs to be some system introduced to get people into them.
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✍️ Written Questions and Answers
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To ask The Senior Deputy Speaker why there is a limit on the number of oral and written questions that Members of the House of Lords may table to scrutinise the performance and the legislation of His Majesty's Government.
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To ask The Senior Deputy Speaker why there is no limitation on the number of amendments that Members of the House of Lords may table to legislation.
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To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have conducted research into the behavioural response of the public if alcohol labelling displayed the calorie, sugar and energy contents on the same basis as all other drinks; and, if so, when the research will be completed and published.
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To ask The Leader of the House what is the current disproportionate cost threshold for written parliamentary questions and when was it last adjusted.
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To ask The Leader of the House what steps they are taking, if any, to develop a methodology for assessing the cost of answering written questions; and, if so, whether this involves the use of artificial intelligence.
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To ask The Senior Deputy Speaker how many written questions were tabled in 2025.
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To ask The Senior Deputy Speaker how many written questions tabled in 2025 contained a declaration of a peer's relevant interest; whether those declarations of interest were published; and, if not, why not.
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To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to develop a cross-department strategy on the use of artificial intelligence for children; and what steps they are taking to ensure that the UK leads in the use of safe and socially positive artificial intelligence by young people.
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