Lord Whitty
The Rt Hon. the Lord Whitty
Labour
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 20 October 1996
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Planning and Infrastructure Bill
23/07/2025 • Lords
That is true at present, but we are about to invent a new system of regulation of the total water system, which must have some interface with the plan...
I too did not intend to speak on this group, but it occurs to me that these are such wide-ranging provisions that the charging of one local public aut...
Employment Rights Bill
22/07/2025 • Lords
That is true, but it does not require a ballot of individual shareholders. There is a vote once a year, or whenever, so that a donation can be made at...
My Lords, I would like to correct, in a sense, the impression given by the noble Lord, Lord Burns, of the activity of his Select Committee at the time...
Independent Water Commission
22/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, like others, I would have preferred renationalisation, but a strengthened and unified regulator was my second choice so I welcome much of th...
Taxes
14/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, the concentration during this Question has been on national finance and national taxation, but the real crisis is in the finance of local au...
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
24/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I am glad to follow the noble Baroness. I agreed with the first third of her speech. The latter part, however, I disagreed with. Less than 1...
Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee Report
28/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I too served on the committee, and I thank the noble Baroness, Lady O’Grady, for her chairmanship and her introduction. I thank all members ...
Employment Rights Bill
27/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady Lister. I hope the Government, in this Bill or elsewhere, follow up some of those points as ...
Great British Energy Bill
11/02/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I will withdraw this amendment to an amendment. I tabled it because Clause 3(2) restricts the objects without mentioning the workforce. If m...
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness on the Woolsack for that clarification.
I applaud completely Amendment 8, and am glad that the Government have...
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Heat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) Regulations 2025
03/02/2025 • Lords
My Lords, could I ask the Minister one question? I apologise to him: I realised this was being done today only about 20 minutes ago.
A significant ...
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]
28/01/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I will make a couple of brief points. I apologise to the Committee that I am Boxing and Coxing with another meeting this afternoon and that ...
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