"I know, and I am very fond of the right hon. Gentleman. His constituency is not completely dissimilar to mine. We both know that we have additional people using food banks, and that those people are in work. There is a huge amount of fear—reasonable fear—within our communities about people …..." Baroness Brown of Silvertown - View Speech
"I am very grateful to serve under your chairship for the first time, Ms Nokes, and I look forward to doing so again in future.
I am grateful for the opportunity to talk about the green transformation that our transport system needs. More than anything else, we need affordable and …..." Baroness Brown of Silvertown - View Speech
"I had not intended to speak on the Bill given the time, but I heard the Minister and I want to give my hon. Friend’s Bill good wind. Does he agree that training, which is covered by his Bill, is absolutely essential? Even when people want to assist and they …..." Baroness Brown of Silvertown - View Speech
"May I say something gently to the hon. Gentleman? Is he aware that if he sits down quickly and the Minister then gets up and does the same, we can get this Bill through today? We now have nine minutes left and I just want to bring that to the …..." Baroness Brown of Silvertown - View Speech
"The hon. Gentleman is getting himself back on to my Christmas card list, from which he was rejected last night. Are the Government completely closed to the idea of a different, better HS1-HS2 link than the one we rightly rejected last night?..." Baroness Brown of Silvertown - View Speech
"It is an absolute pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Meriden (Mrs Spelman); I agree with much of what she says. I hope that she has more purchase with her own Front Benchers than I might, and that they have listened very carefully to her speech and to …..." Baroness Brown of Silvertown - View Speech
"I am very grateful to my right hon. Friend for supporting my case in his speech and in that intervention. Frankly, the Stratford option would help us enormously with the difficulties in his own area, which he has raised.