Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 06 Mar 2013 EU: Salaries
"My Lords, lest the Question be viewed as in any way anti-European Union, which I am sure is not the noble Lord’s intention, will the Minister confirm that the tax regime he mentioned not only applies to the United Nations but also to a number of other organisations based within …..." Lord Anderson of Swansea - View Speech
"My Lords, the conventional wisdom is that in a second term the President need not be constrained by the same sort of considerations as apply in a first term. In what areas does the Minister feel that the President is now less constrained, in spite of Congress and in spite …..." Lord Anderson of Swansea - View Speech
"Does not the Minister protest too much? Is not the key driver of this move away from the school and a return to learning on the job simply cost saving?..." Lord Anderson of Swansea - View Speech
"My Lords, I have a possible compromise suggestion. If there were to be functional constituencies, as in Hong Kong, I suspect that the noble Lord, Lord Thomas, would be head of the historians’ functional constituency. Indeed, I am sad that there were not more historians or people with a historical …..." Lord Anderson of Swansea - View Speech
"If all the indicators are that the public are in favour of the reform, why is the noble Lord so adamantly opposed to a referendum? It could only confirm his view...." Lord Anderson of Swansea - View Speech
"My Lords, my noble friend Lord Sugar made a typically robust and wise opening speech, drawing on his vast commercial experience, and what a reservoir of experience throughout the House has been revealed by this debate. My only interest to declare is that I am a Welsh Peer and I …..." Lord Anderson of Swansea - View Speech
"My Lords, as a fellow Christian I am delighted to follow my noble friend. I can call the noble Lord, Lord Boswell, my noble friend as he has a proud record in the other place and here—and, I may say, in the Council of Europe, which takes hate crime very …..." Lord Anderson of Swansea - View Speech