"My Lords, in addition to more pension saving, the Chancellor talked the other night at the Mansion House about encouraging more retail investment in the stock markets and wider share ownership generally. This is an excellent cause and one that all parties should support. Will we see more measures from …..." Lord Howell of Guildford - View Speech
"On all sides, the international rule of law and rules of war are being broken, and for that, above all, we must be alert, prepared and defended...." Lord Howell of Guildford - View Speech
"My Lords, like others, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord McCabe, on his maiden speech, which seemed to be robust and sensible. No doubt we will hear many more excellent words from him. I cannot conceal from noble Lords my extreme pleasure that we are able to hear again the …..." Lord Howell of Guildford - View Speech
"My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, is entirely right to emphasise the importance of soft power. I just add a note of regret that Joe Nye of Harvard, who is a strong friend of this country and the inventor of much of the thinking behind the whole soft power …..." Lord Howell of Guildford - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register, as an adviser to the Kuwait Investment Office and, on the unremunerated side, as chairman of the Windsor Energy Group and several other similar groups.
"My Lords, will the Minister take the message back to his department that maritime security is under direct challenge now. With the Red Sea virtually closed and the Persian Gulf about to be closed if possible, that is the real challenge to our security and prosperity and where our attention …..." Lord Howell of Guildford - View Speech
I will use my four and a half minutes to discuss the security aspects of the whole project, which are by far the most important in the present state of the world. The position of the Chagos Islanders has been …..." Lord Howell of Guildford - View Speech
"My Lords, I join with others in the very best wishes to what might be called the Boswell team. The noble and learned Baroness, Lady Prentis, has shown by her speech that she has a thoroughly professional mind and training, which will bring great value to our counsels, and we …..." Lord Howell of Guildford - View Speech
"Does the noble Baroness agree that the growing Commonwealth network, with its people involvement at all levels, its unifying soft power—and indeed, increasingly, its hard power, as we have recently seen—and its maritime data integration powers, is a key part of our national security, our influence and our adaptation to …..." Lord Howell of Guildford - View Speech