Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 09 Jan 2020 Fracking
"My Lords, given that the moratorium seems to be going on for a long time, what can local residents around the Preston New Road site in Lancashire expect to happen in the near and medium term? Also, are the areas that have been given licences for exploratory drilling, which is …..." Lord Greaves - View Speech
"My Lords, I have been listening with great admiration to the knowledge and expert understanding of all this of noble Lords who have spoken. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, for tabling his amendment and my noble friend Lord Oates for explaining it all, so that I understand it …..." Lord Greaves - View Speech
"The Minister might like five seconds’ rest. He has not tackled the point I raised, which is that none of this new money—or extra money, if that is what it is—for local government appears to be coming to ordinary district councils and unitary councils for their ordinary local, street-level, neighbourhood …..." Lord Greaves - View Speech
"My Lords, I would like to apologise for not hearing most of the Minister’s opening speech. I am afraid that the change in the arrangements passed me by completely. I apologise for that and ask for the House’s forgiveness.
"To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the comments by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on 22 October about investment in housing, whether they intend to finance an increase in house building by councils and housing associations through increased borrowing; and if so, how …..." Lord Greaves - View Speech
"My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, and remind the House of my interest as a district councillor...." Lord Greaves - View Speech
"My Lords, at the weekend the Communities Secretary said that the Government should borrow a lot more money in order to build between 275,000 and 300,000 houses a year in England alone. Since then, the Chancellor said in reply to my right honourable friend Vince Cable in the House of …..." Lord Greaves - View Speech
"That this House takes note of the future availability of resources for the provision of District Council services in two-tier areas...." Lord Greaves - View Speech