Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 22 Jul 2021 Council Tax
"Hardly a week goes by without a news story about someone’s new basement causing problems to their neighbours. Should there not be an automatic revaluation when such improvements are carried out and higher bands introduced to cope with massively inflated property values, or do we need a new system altogether, …..." Lord Jones of Cheltenham - View Speech
"The new legal definition of ecocide builds on many aspects of established international criminal law and environmental law, as well as existing text in the Rome statute. Will the Government be a world leader on this? If so, how will they explain it to the oil and plastics industries?..." Lord Jones of Cheltenham - View Speech
"Last week, President Biden released formal guidance for US businesses operating in Hong Kong following the increased restriction of freedoms as a result of the national security law. When will the UK Government issue similar guidance?..." Lord Jones of Cheltenham - View Speech
"What advice can the Minister give to those who wish to travel to or from South Africa, or any other African countries which are popular with tourists?..." Lord Jones of Cheltenham - View Speech
"My Lords, my good friends and relations who live in Wiltshire are incandescent at the thought that they might have to pay for the rerun of this election. Is this not the worst example of a party—in this case the Conservatives—failing to exercise due diligence in selecting the ineligible candidate …..." Lord Jones of Cheltenham - View Speech
"Does the Minister accept any responsibility for failing to negotiate this bill properly, or are he and the Prime Minister unfamiliar with how divorce works?..." Lord Jones of Cheltenham - View Speech
"When looking at the various types of unfairness with women’s pensions that we have heard about today, will the Minister also look at the plight of those retired women who now live in countries where their UK state pensions are frozen? Is this not the greatest unfairness of all?..." Lord Jones of Cheltenham - View Speech
"The all-party report shows that the world is a long way from perfect, but did not last night’s display at Wembley show that people of all religions and none, working together, can achieve a lot? Will the Government use that example to challenge intolerance everywhere?..." Lord Jones of Cheltenham - View Speech
"The Minister knows of my interest in the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway, which was extended from Toddington to Broadway in 2018. Can she assure me that no legacy structures on the current route, or possible future extensions from Broadway to Honeybourne and beyond, are under threat of demolition or infilling? …..." Lord Jones of Cheltenham - View Speech