"My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on today’s timely and important debate. I was Employment Minister back in 2010. We inherited a country in which unemployment was heading to 3 million, youth unemployment was close to 1 million and the system had deep flaws. We also inherited some good …..." Lord Grayling - View Speech
"My Lords, I welcome these regulations. This is a core part of the current responsibility of the department in difficult times internationally. It is absolutely the right thing to do to try to ease pressures on airlines in this environment, as the current geopolitical situation has made many routes much …..." Lord Grayling - View Speech
"I am not interested in what the airlines said they wanted, because the department took the decision to alight on a particular figure. The Minister has not explained why the department took that decision, when simple common sense says that many airlines would need a different figure because of the …..." Lord Grayling - View Speech
"The question I raised with the Minister is absolutely central to the Government’s decision to take a 5% or 10% figure. He said that the airlines wanted more. I explained a very specific circumstance in which one particular airline—there will be many others affected in that way—would need more. He …..." Lord Grayling - View Speech
"Have the rules now been changed where an official mobile phone is supposedly stolen? Does that have to be reported? What is the process now?..." Lord Grayling - View Speech
"On these issues, and further to the question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, one thing the Government could do, which would be simple and quick, would be to give farmers and landowners permitted development rights to build small ponds and small reservoirs on their land. That would be …..." Lord Grayling - View Speech
"My Lords, in a county such as Surrey, where the new arrangements are to come into play shortly, we also seem to be getting parish councils. Why are the Government replacing a two-tier system of local government with a two-tier system of local government?..." Lord Grayling - View Speech
"My Lords, the Minister is well aware of the challenge that we face around our marine biodiversity. One thing we have been able to do since we left the European Union is improve some of the protections, particularly around marine protected areas. What steps are she and Defra taking to …..." Lord Grayling - View Speech
"My Lords, I apologise to the Minister and the House that I was unable to be here in Committee because of a family crisis. I am very glad to be here today and to welcome these amendments. I have no intention of moving my own amendment since the Minister has …..." Lord Grayling - View Speech
"My Lords, I rise briefly to speak in support of the amendments from the noble Lord, Lord Ravensdale, on crops, and to share many of the concerns raised about HEFA. I declare my interests on the register as an adviser to AtkinsRéalis—there are a lot of us here today.