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Written Question
National Income: South West
Friday 5th December 2014

Asked by: Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much revenue (1) the South West of England, and (2) Bristol, have been responsible for as a percentage of the United Kingdom's gross national product since May 2010.

Answered by Lord Wallace of Saltaire - Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Written Question
Unemployment: Young People
Thursday 4th December 2014

Asked by: Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people in (1) the United Kingdom, (2) the South West of England, and (3) Bristol, are not in employment, education or training a year after having left (a) compulsory education, (b) further education, and (c) higher education.

Answered by Lord Wallace of Saltaire - Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Written Question
National Income: South West
Tuesday 2nd December 2014

Asked by: Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much revenue (1) the South West of England, and (2) Bristol, has been responsible for in real terms as a percentage of the United Kingdom’s gross national product since May 2010.

Answered by Lord Wallace of Saltaire - Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 18 Nov 2014
Strategic Defence and Security Review

"My Lords, coalition at the end of a fixed-term Parliament is a difficult beast. I would like to know what the Government’s policy is on having a strategic defence review in every Parliament as a statutory review. It is very difficult to ask a member of the Liberal Democrat Party …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 13 Oct 2014
Scottish Referendum

"My Lords, the Minister mentioned that disillusionment with London and Westminster in particular is a problem that has been thrown up by the referendum and in more recent polls, so why are the Government bent upon having a government Cabinet committee of all-white, all-male privy counsellors as a way of …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 13 Oct 2014
Scottish Referendum

"I beg noble Lords’ pardon. Clearly, there is going to be one woman on the committee, which is fantastic; nevertheless, it is a London-based committee. Why can we not now have an agreement in principle from the Government on a constitutional convention to take these things forward rather than the …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 26 Jun 2014
Egypt: Human Rights

"My Lords, while I quite often agree with the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, on this occasion I fundamentally disagree with him. I agree that we should be critical friends, but this is a country where there is no proper judicial process, where hundreds and thousands of people are sentenced to …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 04 Mar 2014
Intelligence and Security Committee

"My Lords, I have to preface my remarks by saying that I speak as a member of a party that values marriage but also values all stable relationships.

Sir David Omand, the former director of GCHQ, has said that,

“staff in the intelligence agencies would welcome deeper but more informed …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 05 Feb 2014
Electoral Registration

"

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps are being taken to increase the number of people who are registered to vote in the United Kingdom...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 05 Feb 2014
Electoral Registration

"My Lords, I welcome that announcement from the Government and I pay tribute to Bite the Ballot for organising hundreds of events with the aim of registering today thousands of young people to vote. The Minister spoke warmly yesterday of citizenship lessons but warm words butter no parsnips. I strongly …..."
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