Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay

Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay

The Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay

Conservative
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Member since 7 October 2019

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My Lords, as my noble friend Lord Lansley says, I signed his Amendment 55, but I am also broadly supportive of Amendment 54, in the names of the noble...
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Employment Rights Bill

22/07/2025Lords

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My Lords, I support the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, and others who have tabled amendments, and I congratulate them on persevering to Report on this im...
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My Lords, it feels like a long time since I stood at the Dispatch Box opposite, taking part in similar debates on what became the Media Act 2024 and t...
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My Lords, the other amendment in this group, Amendment 5, is in my name. It is a small change, consequential to the amendment your Lordships made duri...
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Employment Rights Bill

20/07/2025Lords

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My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who spoke in this short but important debate, particularly to the noble and learned Baroness, Lady But...
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My Lords, Amendment 126 stands in my name and the names of the noble Lords, Lord Faulkner of Worcester and Lord Palmer of Childs Hill, and the noble E...
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Newspapers: Foreign Ownership

15/07/2025Lords

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My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for the letter that she sent to the noble Lord, Lord Pack, and others who have an interest in this, ahea...
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Parthenon Sculptures: Return

15/07/2025Lords

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My Lords, I am glad the Minister has confirmed that the Government have no plans to change the law. She is right that we do not need any change in the...
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The Leader of the House has been consistent in saying this in opposition and in government. Is that therefore a firm commitment that she does not want...
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I am sorry if I have angered the Leader, but this comes from conversations I have had with noble Lords in other corners of the House about amendments ...
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The other place did pass the 2014 Act, which requires us to turn up only once per Session.
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That is true, but it would have been open to my noble friend to make the decision that he felt was best in terms of how he could best serve his countr...
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But we will have ended their right to sit and vote in the Lords and they will leave in the same way as the rest of us, including the over 80s, who at ...
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My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness and all who have spoken in this debate. I will not detain the House much longer; we have debated this fo...
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