Viscount Hailsham

On that point of the use of statutory instruments, does my noble friend agree that many of the problems he has identified arise from the fact that sta...

My Lords, yesterday, the Secretary of State for Defence described the super-injunction as “unprecedented, uncomfortable and, in many ways, unconsci...

My Lords—

Is the Minister satisfied that the Probation Service is properly resourced to manage and supervise prisoners on discharge?

Statutory instruments are not amendable; that is to say that this House would not be able to change whatever was in the statutory instrument.

My Lords, in assessing malign actions, may I suggest that the ordinary criminal law should be used whenever possible and that proscription should be t...

My Lords, on the fiscal rules, may I suggest the following? First, the welfare budget is far too high and must be substantially reduced. Secondly, eco...

We need to have anti-deadlock mechanisms. That is perfectly right. I think that you could have qualified voting, but there are a variety of measures t...

My Lords, I strongly support, with one qualification, the observations of my noble friend Lord Brady. I have always been a strong supporter of the con...

My Lords, I shall speak very briefly to my Amendment 29, which would link the exclusion of hereditary Peers to a stage-two proposal. In Amendment 29, ...

My Lords, I very much welcome the suggestion that there should be a Select Committee addressing some of the issues covered by Amendment 7. With your L...

My Lords, would it not be better to incorporate the allowance into the pension, which is taxable, making it easier and fairer to administer?

My Lords, does the Minister agree that one of the greatest hazards among users of e-bikes comes from delivery drivers who have disengaged the speed li...