Lord Cromwell
The Lord Cromwell
Crossbench
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 9 April 2014
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Independent Water Commission
22/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, the Minister and I have a long and mainly happy history of trying to reform the water industry, including the replacement of Ofwat. I read w...
Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025
21/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, two practical things are puzzling me. First, if we swallow the ideas that 15% does not bring influence and that it can be checked, monitored...
Renters’ Rights Bill
14/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I thank all those who spoke in support of this amendment. The noble Lord, Lord Hogan-Howe, was very candid in his acknowledgement—he is on h...
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Employment Rights Bill
13/07/2025 • Lords
I will speak very briefly on the three amendments. I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady O’Grady, for namechecking me among the illustrious s...
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
01/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I will be brief. I have very much enjoyed the last contribution. I am sure we all did. We are all encouraged to declare if we are hereditary...
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
01/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, much of the debate on the Bill has focused on what should be in it, rather than what is in it. Amendments 8, 14 and 29 seek to bind the Gove...
I cannot resist responding to that, because I agree with it. One of the problems we have is that the Whips do not have sufficient power to tap people ...
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Renters’ Rights Bill
30/06/2025 • Lords
I hear what the Minister is saying about pushing a tenant out to put a carer in, but she is touching on a very specific case, where you are putting ou...
In respect of Amendment 21, does the Minister accept that denying someone the ability to move in a carer to look after their family in the way that wa...
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Renters’ Rights Bill
30/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, Amendment 58 is in my name. I express my gratitude to the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, who apologises that he is unable to be with us today but...
If I may add one note to what the noble Lord has just said, it is very common in commercial contracts to have CPI over a series of periods followed by...
Abducted Ukrainian Children
17/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, we normally think of war as being about lost and gained territory, but this is a surreal nightmare for any parent that is almost impossible ...
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
03/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I will be mercifully brief. We have heard a lot of powerful eloquence about property rights, both in this debate and in the days that preced...
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