Baroness Coffey
The Rt Hon. the Baroness Coffey DBE
Conservative
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 17 January 2025
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Recent Debate Contributions
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Planning and Infrastructure Bill
16/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I was astonished when I saw Amendment 52, but I will start briefly with Amendment 47. As my noble friend Lord Banner pointed out, this is ju...
I am not moving Amendment 46A, although I would like to speak to the Minister about this, because I am not overly satisfied and may seek to bring the ...
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Planning and Infrastructure Bill
16/07/2025 • Lords
I appreciate that, and I have not seen it in my inbox, but I am referring to Minister Pennycook making a pledge to write in Committee in the Commons. ...
My Lords, I am delighted to be in Committee. I agree with the impact of these clauses in consideration of future judicial decisions. It matters becaus...
Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2025
15/07/2025 • Lords
I asked the Minister two specific questions about the number of rural households affected by this change. I appreciate that he may not have that numbe...
My Lords, these regulations come about as a consequence of a consultation. Unusually, it was only a four-week consultation, which is not unprecedented...
Electricity Capacity (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025
15/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I have a couple of quick questions for the Minister. I completely understand why trying to move off gas is a clear policy of the Government,...
Renters’ Rights Bill
14/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Grender, and the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Stirrup. I put my name to Amendment 106 be...
Employment Rights Bill
13/07/2025 • Lords
The Minister was very helpful in saying who he felt would be in the scope of other people to be specified—the partner or somebody involved in surrogac...
My Lords, I speak to the two amendments that I have tabled. The loss of any foetus or potential child is a massive grief, and I entirely understand wh...
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Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
09/07/2025 • Lords
I appreciate what the Minister is saying, but, ultimately, this is a decision about whether or not Rwanda is a safe country. Do the UK Government beli...
My Lords, I support my noble friends in opposing this clause. While I will try to avoid repeating what my noble friends have already said, to take a s...
Overarching National Policy Statement for Energy
08/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I was considering aspects of information that would be provided. It would have been helpful to know at least the summary responses, but we w...
My Lords, I start by declaring an interest: I still live in Suffolk and probably within a mile—perhaps even 500 metres—of where a substation is propos...
UK Constitution: Oversight and Responsibility (Report from the Constitution Committee)
03/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, it is a pleasure to contribute to today’s debate on the constitution. I have been in government more recently than some of the people speaki...
Welfare Reform
01/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I am very conscious, having run the DWP for three weeks—three years, rather; in some ways, it did go by in a flash—during Covid, of how chal...
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