Viscount Thurso
The Rt Hon. the Viscount Thurso
Liberal Democrat
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 19 April 2016
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Tourism Levy
13/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I am sure that the Minister’s words will be greatly reassuring to the hospitality industry. However, in light of the important contribution ...
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
08/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, briefly, I support the noble Lord, Lord Burns, having added my name to this amendment. The noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, expressed perf...
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
08/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I am grateful to all those who have taken part in this short debate, which highlights the important issue of the size of your Lordships’ Hou...
My Lords, one of the great joys of being a chalk stream trout fisherman is to land a fly on top of the fish and watch it take with such vigour. I am v...
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
01/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I support the amendment from my noble friend on the Front Bench and I very much echo the noble Earl’s thoughts. I have spent 30-something ye...
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
01/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I support my noble friends on the Front Bench in Amendment 5, to which I have added my name. I say in passing to the noble Lord, Lord Hannan...
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
25/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, agreeing with the noble Lords, Lord Taylor and Lord Davies, that we are here for judgment, not experience, I would ask the noble Lord, Lord ...
My Lords, I offer my support to the noble Lord, Lord Burns, in this amendment. The key point is that his report was based on a situation where there w...
North Sea Vessel Collision
13/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, my noble friend on the Front Bench mentioned the “Braer” incident, and I remember well the “Ascania” incident off the coast of Caithness. Bo...
North Sea Energy
12/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I join my noble friend on the Front Bench in broadly welcoming the Statement. The Beatrice wind farm, which has been extremely successful, h...
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
10/03/2025 • Lords
May I respond to the noble Lord briefly, as we are in Committee? If one looks at the average age at which people come into this House, it is at the en...
My Lords, my Amendment 66 has been grouped with these amendments. I will briefly explain what the amendment does and then make a valiant, though likel...
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UK Airports: British Passport Holders
03/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, as a former chairman of VisitScotland and ex officio member of the British Tourist Authority, I regularly saw research which showed that tou...
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