"My Lords, could my noble friend and fellow Scotsman give us a few examples of sensible savings that the Government are making to our welfare budget?..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"My Lords, I welcome the report in general. I say a personal word of thanks to the Leave of Absence Sub-Committee, which has dealt sympathetically with those of us who have either chronic or incurable diseases. It is very encouraging in relation to that.
"I hear some “hear, hears” and also some mutterings, mostly from the other side, which of course I am used to. However, if we think about it, if we are to improve our procedures and to get shorter questions and answers, we do need some discipline. I argue that the …..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"My Lords, are the Government going to join the defence, security and resilience bank to enable us to borrow money at lower interest rates for defence spending?..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"My Lords, this PNQ refers to UK water companies. My noble friend will be aware that Scottish Water is publicly owned, so the Chinese can have no such influence. Is that not the way forward?..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend the Minister on his patience in dealing with some of the questions from opposition spokesmen—they were quite astonishing. I am old enough to go back to the Thatcher years. In 1980, she appointed Sir Ian MacGregor to run the British Steel Corporation and …..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a great privilege and a real pleasure to be the first to congratulate my noble friend on his powerful, eloquent and witty speech. I should not be surprised, however. I have known him for decades. I kent his faither, as we say in Scotland. His father …..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"My Lords, the Minister very kindly gave me a Written Answer saying that Government have no current plans to introduce compulsory voting. However, since an amendment will be proposed by my noble friends Lady Royall, Lord Kinnock and Lord Blunkett, and me to the Representation of the People Bill, will …..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"My Lords, I strongly support the Liberal Democrat Front Bench in saying that we should look at amendments when we consider the Representation of the People Bill on 14 September and beyond. I also suggest that this might be a good topic for a special committee of this House to …..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech