Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
The Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts CBE
Conservative
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 6 June 2000
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Planning and Infrastructure Bill
24/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, as they say, follow that. It is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Rooker. He is always trenchant and always given with verve and det...
NHS: Private Equity
24/06/2025 • Lords
Will the Minister look at the National Security and Investment Act 2021? This gives the Government the power to designate a sector as having particula...
Holocaust Memorial Bill
10/06/2025 • Lords
I added my name to these two amendments. I will add very briefly to the remarks that have already been made by the noble Lord, Lord Lisvane, in moving...
My Lords, I added my name to this amendment because it seems a brave attempt to bridge a gap between two very entrenched positions.
Having sat thro...
Immigration System
14/05/2025 • Lords
When the Minister comes to report to the House in a couple of years’ time, what will success for this package of measures look like? With the present ...
Ex-offenders: Reintegration
14/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I ask the Minister about progress on de-bunching prisoner releases on Friday. He will be aware that prisoners who are due for release on Sat...
Holocaust Memorial Bill
20/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendment 15, particularly the use of the words “surrounding area”. The Minister and my noble friend Lady Scott pla...
I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. As I understand it—and I am prepared to be corrected—neither of these amendments amend the plan. They ...
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Integration and Community Cohesion
13/03/2025 • Lords
That was a rather sobering speech from the noble Baroness, which I listened to carefully. It was a more uplifting speech from my noble friend about he...
Holocaust Memorial Bill
11/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I shall just say a few words in support of my noble friend Lord Blencathra’s Amendment 11. If, along the way, I gently chide my noble friend...
On that question, given the number of bodies on the sheet of the National Audit Office, will the Minister write to Members of the Committee to say, “T...
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Conduct Committee
05/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness and her committee for all the work they did. My few remarks are based on the work I undertook in the City, where ...
Holocaust Memorial Bill
04/03/2025 • Lords
Well, my Lords, that just shows that you should never speak after my noble friend Lord Blencathra, because of course he is right. I hope I made it cle...
My Lords, I was half way through explaining my position on the proposals of the Bill. I believe that there should be a memorial to the Holocaust and t...
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