Baroness Laing of Elderslie

My Lords, I declare an interest: I live very close to the town of Epping, having served as the Member of Parliament for the Epping Forest constituency...

My Lords, in answering his noble friend, the Minister seems to have forgotten that the cost of servicing debt is higher now than it was at the worst t...

My Lords, it is an honour and a pleasure to follow the noble Lord. Like him, I have added my name to this amendment. The noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, s...

My Lords, I put my name to this amendment and I wholeheartedly support it. We, as parliamentarians, have a duty to cherish and care for this wonderful...

I am grateful to the Minister, but why is the model not here today? Today is the day when noble Lords are considering this extremely important issue, ...

I thank the Minister for directly answering my questions. I have a supplementary question: can the model be brought back for noble Lords to look at ag...

I thank the Minister for her optimistic Answer to my Question. I wonder how many noble Lords are at this very moment distracted by the smartphone that...

To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure mobile phones are kept out of schools.

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Amos, who made some very important points. It is a privilege to take part in this ...

My Lords, I had not intended to speak in this short debate. However, I feel compelled to do so as a member of the Constitution Committee, because the ...

In consideration of the feelings of the noble Lord’s mother, let me make it absolutely clear that I share the Minister’s admiration for recent Ministe...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his assessment of the amendment that I have put before the Committee. It had not been my intention to have any argu...

My Lords, I rise to support this group of amendments, in particular Amendments 15 and 28. I can be very brief because the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, ha...