"Can she give the House information on the tier 4 pilot that is being undertaken? What are the results so far and what can be done to extend it to give even greater benefit across the sector?..." Lord Holmes of Richmond - View Speech
"My Lords, over the past two decades we have seen extraordinary increases in rail. The number of trains and the number of carriages have increased, and there has been a massive increase in the number of passenger journeys. It is high time we now enabled a similar boon for the …..." Lord Holmes of Richmond - View Speech
"My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, on securing this timely and important debate. I also congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Brown of Cambridge, on her excellent maiden speech. I note that her PhD was on fracture mechanisms in embrittled alloy steels. I am sure we all agree …..." Lord Holmes of Richmond - View Speech
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact shared spaces have on blind and vision-impaired people and whether guidance for local authorities on shared spaces is fit for purpose...." Lord Holmes of Richmond - View Speech
"My Lords, it is with mixed feelings that I rise to open this debate. It is an important debate but it is a debate that we should not need to have. Shared space is a completely artificially created problem which should never have come across our urban landscape. It is …..." Lord Holmes of Richmond - View Speech
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will consider reintroducing a post-study visa for international students studying at bona fide higher education institutions in the United Kingdom...." Lord Holmes of Richmond - View Speech
"I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper and in doing so declare my interests as set out in the register...." Lord Holmes of Richmond - View Speech
"My Lords, there is an economic imperative: we are pretty much at full employment. We do not just need to attract the brightest and the best from around the world to come to study in the United Kingdom, we also want them to stay and play their part, be economically …..." Lord Holmes of Richmond - View Speech
"My Lords, in the spirit of that announcement, I am prepared to give up those 20 seconds of my time to the Deputy Chief Whip for that announcement.
I will focus on energy, but before I do that, I congratulate in particular the two Ministers who are bookending this debate …..." Lord Holmes of Richmond - View Speech
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to remove international students from the headline immigration figures...." Lord Holmes of Richmond - View Speech