Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 23 Feb 2016 Middle East
"My Lords, this is by way of being my Dispatch Box swan song, unless I am summoned back here some time before 11 March. It is a great privilege to have the responsibility of winding up this debate. It has been sober, serious and thoughtful and my admiration for this …..." Lord Maude of Horsham - View Speech
"My Lords, this has been an excellent debate. It gives me great personal pleasure to congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Oates, on a terrific maiden speech—if I can say so from all the veteran status of having been here six months longer than he has. It was charming, humorous, thoughtful …..." Lord Maude of Horsham - View Speech
To move that this House takes note of Her Majesty’s Government’s support for trade and investment and the contribution such support makes to economic growth...." Lord Maude of Horsham - View Speech
"My Lords, this short debate covers the range of my new ministerial responsibilities, but also affords me the occasion for my maiden speech in your Lordships’ House. I was going to say, “in this unfamiliar Chamber”, but as I look around it, the less unfamiliar it seems. It is full …..." Lord Maude of Horsham - View Speech
"My Lords, I am very grateful to your Lordships for the warm welcome and the very bipartisan spirit in which this debate has been conducted. I said at the outset that I knew that your Lordships’ House contained a wealth of knowledge and experience on all matters pertaining to trade …..." Lord Maude of Horsham - View Speech