Lord True
The Rt Hon. the Lord True CBE
Conservative
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 23 December 2010
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
20/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness the Lord Privy Seal for her emollient words. I hope very much that in the time that elapses between now and our r...
My Lords, I put my name to this amendment. I underline the thanks that have been expressed to all the various people mentioned, including the lawyers,...
Black Rod
08/07/2025 • Lords
I had probably better not go on. But we all know who made that choice, and that was Sarah Clarke. How grateful we are that she did, despite the fact t...
It is a pleasure, on behalf of these Benches, to follow the Lord Privy Seal, who spoke beautifully for us all as our Leader in her generous tribute to...
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
08/07/2025 • Lords
Well, that is true. The elements are greatly mixed in us, as Shakespeare taught us. There is that terrible duo word of “PR” that always lurks around i...
My Lords, I am slightly disappointed that this is the second time this evening that the noble Lord, Lord Newby, has failed to put the case for electio...
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
08/07/2025 • Lords
I am again startled, as always, by an intervention from those Benches. The noble Lord may remember that we had a referendum on proportional representa...
My Lords, the amendment includes a separation.
Do we have such a low view of the public that we think they cannot tell one person from another? In ...
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
01/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I have spent a whole life in the Conservative and Unionist Party, and I dare say people in the Labour Party could probably say the same thin...
My Lords, it has been an interesting debate, even if it started slightly predictably. If an all-appointed House is eventually created by this Bill, ma...
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
01/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, this has been an interesting discussion. In some ways it ran over from the previous group, I rather thought. There were so...
May I ask the Minister a clarifying question? I think this is important, irrespective of which party is in office. I think she has described the situa...
G7 and NATO Summits
30/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I sincerely apologise for the discourtesy to the House. I had not realised that the Statement was not going to be read, so I thought I had b...
Allowances
01/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness the Lord Privy Seal for making this statement, which I think will be very welcome to the House. She referred to t...
UK-EU Summit
20/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for repeating the Statement. I say at the outset that we share her concern about the humanitarian situation in Ga...
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
31/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, this goes wider than the Bill. That is the second or third time that we have heard the doctrine that this House must never propose or sugges...
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