"My Lords, it is a real honour and privilege to follow the right reverend Prelate’s short but moving speech. This is a bittersweet moment for us all because, as he said, he has been with us for only two years. It is less than two years since he made his …..." Lord Cormack - View Speech
"But is it not right to have the battle again, because there are other advantages? For a start, it is much cheaper than a ticket to Rwanda...." Lord Cormack - View Speech
"Does my noble friend agree that there is a very real difference between informing and consulting? Is he confident that we are properly consulting and not just informing?..." Lord Cormack - View Speech
"My Lords, the Minister has not answered my noble friend Lord Forsyth’s question. Some £10.9 million of public money has been spent on the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre. It is completely wrong for that money to have been spent for the Government arbitrarily to make a decision that rules …..." Lord Cormack - View Speech
"My Lords, will my noble friend tell me whether it is strictly necessary to dumb down the English language in order to level up?..." Lord Cormack - View Speech
"I was under the impression that this was grouped with a whole group of amendments that had been debated and therefore there was no need for a further debate. If I am wrong, of course I apologise...." Lord Cormack - View Speech
"My Lords, I intervene very briefly, as I did at the substitute Second Reading and in Committee. I am concerned only with Clause 1 of the Bill, and I declare again—as I have in the past—that I have from time to time over the last nearly 50 years given advice …..." Lord Cormack - View Speech
"My Lords, I am very glad to follow my noble friend Lord Holmes of Richmond. I associate myself with some of the remarks made by my other noble friend, but particularly underline the very real importance of the speech made by the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, who has a lifetime’s …..." Lord Cormack - View Speech