The Earl of Caithness
The Rt Hon. the Earl of Caithness
Conservative
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 1 December 1969
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
20/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I have long supported the abolition of the right of hereditary Peers to sit in your Lordships’ House. I have said it in the House before and...
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
24/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, and I am very glad that he mentioned healthy homes. It is just one of the many issues missing fro...
Wildfires
11/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, wildfires are a natural phenomenon and an essential process in some ecosystems. Climate change is driving not only increasingly frequent per...
To ask His Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to (1) reduce the risk, and (2) mitigate the effects, of wildfires.
Climate Change: Wildfire Strategy and Action Plan
07/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, would the Minister agree that there are three key ingredients to a wildfire: ignition, oxygen and fuel load? As most of the owners of our tr...
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025
05/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I would briefly like to support the statutory instrument before us. There have been very many good speeches and some that I disagree with, w...
Renters’ Rights Bill
05/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I think it is relevant. If I rent a property in which I am allowed a dog and I have a bitch and she has puppies, I would then have perhaps 1...
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her reply. I am glad she will produce the guidance, though perhaps not in the form I would have liked. Can...
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Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2025
29/04/2025 • Lords
My Lords, the present financial crisis that farmers face was an inevitability the moment we voted for Brexit—I said so at the time. It was a question ...
Food, Diet and Obesity Committee Report
28/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords it was a privilege to serve on the committee. I thank our chairman, the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, Professor Martin White, our clerk Stua...
Biodiversity and Conservation
13/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, bracken is a plant that deserves admiration. It is thought to be largely unchanged since the time of the dinosaurs and it has been found on ...
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
03/03/2025 • Lords
Can I just finish? My point was that this could be abused. If I recall rightly the noble Baroness said, and I agree with her, that most Prime Minister...
As a result of this Bill, there will be a greater percentage of the House appointed by the Prime Minister than now.
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