"My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord on the Bill getting this far. When the Minister replies, can he say whether this sets a useful precedent in relation to the Crown Estate’s assets in England, including the Duchy of Cornwall assets in England? Do the Government have any plans to …..." Lord Berkeley - View Speech
"My Lords, would my noble friend the Minister agree that the welcome growth in passenger numbers on the east coast main line was mainly due to the introduction of Lumo, an open-access competitor?..." Lord Berkeley - View Speech
"My Lords, can my noble friend the Minister explain how the roads can be made safer for buses? In the press today, there are reports of two accidents involving school buses and quite a few children injured. Is it not time that we had a system to make the roads …..." Lord Berkeley - View Speech
"My Lords, I was very interested in the list of different types of wheeled movement produced by the noble Baroness, Lady Mcintosh of Pickering. It is easy to go into great detail—she mentioned monocycles. You could have further definitions depending on the diameter of the wheel, the pressure in the …..." Lord Berkeley - View Speech
"I thought that the noble Lord was going to tell us about the experience of driving tanks—I know he is a great expert on that—with or without the right alcohol limit, but he did not.
I have listened very carefully to all the speeches on this group of amendments. They …..." Lord Berkeley - View Speech
"I am sorry that I could not be here at the beginning of this group. My noble friend has given a very encouraging response to the many amendments—..." Lord Berkeley - View Speech
"I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for that response. There is one issue in particular which is of major concern to people: the American bombing campaign on small boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific. I am told that 76 people have died in these attacks on …..." Lord Berkeley - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government why they have reportedly suspended some intelligence sharing with the United States of America...." Lord Berkeley - View Speech
"My Lords, I will speak mainly to my noble friend the Minister’s Amendment 20. This is perhaps an odd order in which to speak on these things, but it does enable my noble friend to respond to me after I have spoken rather than before; I am sure that he …..." Lord Berkeley - View Speech