Viscount Thurso

Viscount Thurso

The Rt Hon. the Viscount Thurso

Liberal Democrat
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Member since 19 April 2016

Recent Debate Contributions

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Tourism Levy

13/07/2025Lords

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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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North Sea Vessel Collision

13/03/2025Lords

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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...
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North Sea Energy

12/03/2025Lords

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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...
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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...
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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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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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