"Why are local authorities now asking people to give all this personal detail when they are registering to vote? If it is voluntary, you either do not give it or you do—and I suspect that a lot of people are giving too much information, which the local authorities proudly say …..." Lord Hunt of Chesterton - View Speech
"My Lords, I would like to reinforce that point. In the previous election in Stoke, I found people complaining bitterly that you had to speak Polish and that all the health and safety instructions were in Polish in certain factories. There are other such stories, so it is a serious …..." Lord Hunt of Chesterton - View Speech
"My Lords, the worrying thing about the remarks made by my noble friend Lady Smith is the idea that the police decide whether to prosecute on the basis of their chances of winning or losing some court case. That is extremely worrying. It means that the law as put into …..." Lord Hunt of Chesterton - View Speech
"My Lords, we have heard one story about a knife, but I have a good friend in America and his wife took a gun to him. It does happen with guns too...." Lord Hunt of Chesterton - View Speech
"I was a civil servant in the Met Office and used to visit other agencies. The variability in the publication of annual reports is quite extraordinary. A Minister visited the National Physical Laboratory and asked, “Why do you publish all these annual reports?”. I am glad to say that the …..." Lord Hunt of Chesterton - View Speech