"My Lords, I think the noble Lord said that the Government will publish an economic assessment alongside the Bill. Why has the Chancellor refused to give the economic assessment that the Government have produced to the Treasury Select Committee?..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"Over the years that the noble Lord has been a Member of the House, he has regularly lectured it about its role in relation to the other place. Does he really think that this amendment, at this time, is at all appropriate for a revising Chamber?..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"My Lords, as I am going to make some mention of NHS staffing issues I should remind the House of my membership of the GMC board.
The noble Lord, Lord Bridges, in a very powerful speech, disagreed with the Motion before us. I would say to him that he has …..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"My Lords, the noble Earl has done a great service in bringing this amendment back after a very good debate in Committee. Although much of the focus tonight has been on Erasmus, his amendment actually goes wider. However young people voted in the referendum, and whatever the outcome of the …..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"My Lords, this has been a short but very interesting debate. The noble Baroness, Lady Jolly, really put her finger on it when she talked about trust. It seems to me that there are two threads running through the argument. The first is the legal one, about which the noble …..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"Perhaps I may ask the Minister to clarify what he said about providing no comfort. Speaking for the Official Opposition and, I think, for the Lib Dems, we have not had sight of the intervention that the Minister made this afternoon. I found that intervention helpful, as was the interpretation …..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"My Lords, I should welcome the long-term political suicide of the party opposite in its failure to embrace the wishes and ambitions of young people, but the tragedy is that those young people will be most affected by its approach to Europe and to Brexit. This approach seems to be …..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"My Lords, I rejoice in the success of the noble Lord’s family, though I do not think it takes away the point...." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"I do not think so. The point I am making is that the party opposite’s visceral hatred of the EU and its obsession with past glories is taking us down a path which will have a hugely negative impact on many young people.