Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 05 Dec 2017 Rural Poverty
"My Lords, while rural poverty is of course of immense importance, does the Minister not agree that as far as rural areas are concerned there is a comprehensive disadvantage? In almost any heading of amenity they come a long way down in the list. It is a question of not …..." Lord Elystan-Morgan - View Speech
"My Lords, I would like to raise a constitutional point relating to Wales in the context of these storms. Some weeks ago, a number of noble Lords, including myself, were told by the noble Baroness, the Minister, that essentially, responsibility for these matters had been devolved to the Welsh Assembly. …..." Lord Elystan-Morgan - View Speech
"The Minister may well recall some weeks ago, in reply to a supplementary question which I raised, that I was told that about 50% of bovine tuberculosis was attributable to badgers and about 50% to other sources. Can the Minister tell the House roughly, in the last financial year or …..." Lord Elystan-Morgan - View Speech
"My Lords, I accept that badger-borne bovine TB is the despair of the agricultural industry, but has the ministry ever made any calculation of how much bovine TB is non badger-borne? If it has not, how can it possibly indulge in detailed experiments, including culling, unless this information is to …..." Lord Elystan-Morgan - View Speech
"My Lords, following the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Clark, does the Minister agree that phenylbutazone is an active carcinogenic agent? If within the next two weeks the FSA is satisfied that there is evidence of such contaminated horsemeat having come into the United Kingdom or, indeed, any …..." Lord Elystan-Morgan - View Speech
"Everybody who has spoken in this debate already and very probably everybody present in the House would probably agree with the proposition that if the Government make a mistake in how they deal with this matter, a death blow could be struck at the very existence of the Welsh language. …..." Lord Elystan-Morgan - View Speech
"I am sorry; I have not yet resumed my seat. I was only collecting my notes. I shall not delay that event very long...." Lord Elystan-Morgan - View Speech
"It is very late in this debate but I wholeheartedly agree. A survey carried out about 100 years ago showed that of words in general common parlance in the English language, 75 per cent were of Latin derivation. In Wales, it was well over 85 per cent. I believe …..." Lord Elystan-Morgan - View Speech
"“Senedd” indeed means senate; it is one and the same. However, the origin of senate is “senex”, meaning an old man...." Lord Elystan-Morgan - View Speech
"My Lords, I hope I make this point sincerely and in an attempt to assist the situation. At the moment, the funding of S4C is tied to RPI under Section 61A of the Broadcasting Act 1990. That can be changed without putting S4C into Schedule 4. That is the short …..." Lord Elystan-Morgan - View Speech