"My Lords, on the issue of net zero and the North Sea, can my noble friend remind the party opposite that in the last period of their Government, the CBI showed that the green economy grew by over 9% as opposed to a miserable 1% in the economy generally? Does …..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"Does my noble friend recollect that we left an economy growing by 2%; they crashed it with their ludicrous austerity drive in 2010?..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"My Lords, I am sure my noble friend will respond to this interesting amendment by saying that there are some technical issues that the Government need to reflect upon, and that there will be a future vehicle. I just ask her to be sympathetic to having a look at this, …..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"If my noble friend would let me correct a point, I did not mention bats at all; I mentioned my experience of Hinkley Point C, which is very different...." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"My Lords, I was at a conference yesterday, and the Telegraph reported on it. The headline is not my authorship...." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"My Lords, tempting as it is to have a large-scale debate about nuclear energy, I do not think that noble Lords will want that. I broadly understand where the noble Baroness is coming from, and I am sympathetic to the thrust of what she is saying. However, I say to …..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"My Lords, we are nearly at the finish. All I want to do here is make a plea to my noble friends the Ministers to consider the benefit of consolidated Acts in relation to planning law. As I have discovered in my imperfect dip into planning law for the Bill, …..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"I am very grateful to my noble friend. I say to the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, first, that the person to whom she referred has not in fact advised me on this amendment. Secondly, she should not fear the amendment; I realise that it is a Henry VIII provision, but …..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord. I thank him for his amendments and for his support of mine. In fact, he very ably summarised my amendments. It is clearly important and good that we are getting back to what the Bill is all about: …..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech