Lord Burns

My Lords, I am grateful to all who have contributed to the debate, particularly the noble Baroness, Lady Finn, and the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe of Epso...

My Lords, my amendment proposes removing Clause 59 from the Bill. This would maintain the current arrangements whereby members joining the union since...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for introducing these amendments and for setting out the reasons behind them. On Report in March, the nob...

My Lords, I am very grateful to all those who have taken part in this debate, and indeed for the degree of support for the principle of constraints on...

My Lords, I welcomed the statement from the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, at the beginning of Report and her proposal to establish a dedicated Select Co...

My Lords, I declare an interest as former chairman of the South East Wales Transport Commission and the North Wales Transport Commission. I want to ma...

I thank the noble Baroness for those kind words. Unfortunately, it is the season of the year when I take various inhalers for hay fever and such like ...

My Lords, my Amendment 217 relates to Clause 59 and the requirement to contribute to a political fund, and I am grateful for the support of the noble ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bridges, for his time as chair of the Economic Affairs Committee and for securing this debate. He played a cruc...

My Lords, I support the intention behind the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, and I agree very much with the broad thrust of the co...

It is 16 miles per hour.

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Gray, and to be able to congratulate her on her fascinating maiden speech. She has a long ...

My Lords, I am very grateful for all the comments that have been made about the Lord Speaker’s Committee’s report and in response to the amendment. I ...

My Lords, we have spent many hours examining individual proposals for reform, including term limits, age limits, participation limits and the strength...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, on Newcastle’s win yesterday. As a season ticket holder of Sunderland in the late 1950s, I ha...