"My Lords, will the Minister please answer the question that my noble friend Lord Effingham asked? Is this money being ring-fenced or not? Ring-fenced means ring-fenced, not part of some general budget...." Lord Forsyth of Drumlean - View Speech
"My Lords, has this uncertainty for the staff and for a great national newspaper not gone on long enough? Should the Secretary of State not use her powers to get the Competition and Markets Authority to put this on a block so that there is a proper option and normal …..." Lord Forsyth of Drumlean - View Speech
"My Lords, does the noble Lord accept the principle that it is wrong to raise any tax of any kind on people who do not have the cash to pay it?..." Lord Forsyth of Drumlean - View Speech
"My Lords, does the Minister recognise that this is not actually about the amount of funding going to Wales but about fairness? I draw his attention to the 2009 report of this House’s Select Committee on the Barnett Formula, which clearly showed that Wales loses out and that we should …..." Lord Forsyth of Drumlean - View Speech
"My Lords, does the Minister agree that where public/private partnerships have gone wrong is in there not having been people in the public sector with the procurement skills and knowledge to get a good deal, and the private sector has run rings around them? If we are going to go …..." Lord Forsyth of Drumlean - View Speech
"My Lords, will the Minister have another go at answering my question: do the Government regard China as a threat to our national security or not?..." Lord Forsyth of Drumlean - View Speech
"My Lords, I do not know if I am alone in being frequently asked by people, from time to time, “What is the point of an unelected House of Lords?” I now have the absolutely mind-blowing answer, which is to refer them to these two days of debate on this …..." Lord Forsyth of Drumlean - View Speech
"Can the Minister explain why, despite requests from the sponsors of the Bill, and despite the precedent which has been taken with other Bills which were Private Members’ Bills but matters of conscience, such as capital punishment and abortion, the Government are not prepared to provide time so that this …..." Lord Forsyth of Drumlean - View Speech