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Debate between Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb and Lord Ashton of Hyde
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GP)
I completely agree that long speeches are boring; I do not have a problem with that. My contributions this afternoon and this evening will be short. However, I point out that the Government do this House a disservice when they bring to us huge Bills that really ought to be four different Bills—the police Bill, for example. If they do that, we have to table a lot of amendments, which means a lot of debate. Perhaps the Government should extend the Committee and Report stages so that we can discuss these really important issues with enough time.
Lord Ashton of Hyde (Con)
My Lords, I do not want to have a long debate; it rather defeats the object of my original remarks. I just point out to noble Lords and the noble Baroness that it is not simply a question of extending our Committee time. The only time left before Easter, if we are to complete the Bills that are already in progress, would mean going into the second half of the Easter Recess. We do not want to do that.
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Debate between Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb and Lord Ashton of HydeWednesday 24th November 2021
(2 years, 5 months ago)
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Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GP)
Something that we did last week was to start early. Why could we not start earlier today so that we did not need to go into the early hours of the morning? We could have started at 10, which would have been a reasonable start for most people.
Lord Ashton of Hyde (Con)
Because when we started three hours earlier, the usual channels asked us to finish three hours earlier—so it did not achieve anything.
Flybe
Debate between Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb and Lord Ashton of Hyde(4 years, 4 months ago)
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Lord Ashton of Hyde (Con)
Order. We cannot have two people. It is the turn of the Green Party.
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
My Lords, the Minister must know that aviation is the fastest-growing source of dangerous carbon emissions. If we are to get to net-zero by 2050, we will have to cut flying in some way. At the moment, aviation is subsidised by being exempt from a tax on its fuel. Will the Government consider lifting that exemption and imposing a tax that reflects the true cost of flying?