Lord Bassam of Brighton
The Rt Hon. the Lord Bassam of Brighton
Labour
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 3 November 1997
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Tourism Levy
13/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I thank the Minister for that encouraging reply. Will he ensure that powers which might be required to enable local authorities to develop s...
To ask His Majesty’s Government what evaluation they have made of the potential benefits of a tourism levy to alleviate funding pressures facing seasi...
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025
02/07/2025 • Lords
Would the noble Baroness give way momentarily?
Business Rates Reform
22/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, could the Minister consider the position of ABIDs and perhaps, when the Government refuse a situation, provide some more incentives for ABID...
80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe and Victory over Japan
08/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, it is a privilege and an honour to take part in today’s debate with the opportunity that it provides to discuss the impact that war has on f...
US Tariff on UK Films
07/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I congratulate the Government on their calm approach, but the UK film and TV industry employs more than 200,000 people directly and indirect...
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of a USA tariff levied at 100 per cent on UK films, and what di...
Football Governance Bill [HL]
17/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I will add just a couple of comments to those from my noble friend Lady Taylor. The issue for me is the distortion of competition. In each o...
My Lords, I should like to counter some of the nonsense that we have heard from the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, and from the noble Lord, Lord Jackson of...
Football Governance Bill [HL]
11/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, we had a useful debate in Committee on environmental amendments. I was one of those promoting them, but I was much reassured by the Minister...
Paragraph (4) of the noble Lord’s amendment says the following:
“Where the relevant Parliamentary Committee has expressed a negative opinion on the...
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
11/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I will not add very much to what my noble friend has already said about the importance and value of having players and fans recognised in th...
Telegraph Newspapers
05/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, when we were in opposition, we were very concerned about the ownership of national titles and newspapers, and we made that very clear. But a...
Recruitment of Teachers
06/02/2025 • Lords
My Lords, the House of Lords Select Committee on the future of seaside towns back in 2019 identified a real problem with the retention of teachers in ...
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