Lord Dobbs
The Lord Dobbs
Conservative
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 18 December 2010
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
20/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, perhaps I might impose for just a few moments on this matter. I think it is relevant to remark on a very significant anniversary for the Lab...
Afghanistan
15/07/2025 • Lords
I am afraid I am a little less sanguine about some of this than others. This catastrophic cock-up—and it was a cock-up, not a criminal event—is a dire...
My Lords—
Female Genital Mutilation
15/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I thank the Minister for that information and his very encouraging response. Female genital mutilation means cutting off a young girl’s clit...
To ask His Majesty’s Government how many cases of female genital mutilation have been reported in the past 10 years, and how many cases have been pros...
Taxes
14/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I understand why the Minister refuses to give hypotheticals on forthcoming tax. However, this Government made a clear commitment not to intr...
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
01/07/2025 • Lords
I had finished my remarks but will respond to say that I would love that to be the case.
My Lords, I shall make a very brief comment on the points of the noble Lord, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, about the image of the House.
We know and acc...
Peers’ Entrance Security Door
01/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, last week when we were discussing this issue I made a silly mistake. I suggested that the wretched front entrance had cost as much as
View full contribution →Palace of Westminster: Restoration and Renewal
24/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I welcome the emphasis on cost-effectiveness and timeliness, and welcome the mention by the noble Lord, Lord Harris, of frivolousness. Are t...
Police Service
10/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I come from a family of four generations of police officers. I am proud to refer to that, as a matter of interest. The Labour manifesto prom...
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking in response to concerns expressed by the leaders of the Police Superintendents’ Association...
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
10/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, of course the Government have the right to do what they intend to do, but that does not make the Government right to do what they intend to ...
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
03/06/2025 • Lords
Before the noble Lord sits down, on Monday I asked almost precisely the same question of the Government and asked for a guarantee that no side deals o...
My Lords, like the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin, I need to declare my interest. I was in a bookshop and a lady of, let us say, a certain number of ye...
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