"My Lords, I join other noble Lords on the committee in thanking our recently departed chair, the noble Lord, Lord Wood, who was an excellent chair, as we have all agreed. I have only one tiny criticism about his chairmanship and his drafting of this report, and I speak as …..." Lord Razzall - View Speech
"My Lords, today is a very significant day, as everybody knows. Will the Minister confirm whether this is a throwback to the previous Administration, or is this the first example of what the new Prime Minister calls governing as Labour? If so, does the Minister believe that this is the …..." Lord Razzall - View Speech
"My Lords, following up on the question from my noble friend, when the Minister writes to her regarding the position of dancers, will he take on board that, had the existing rules applied, Acosta would never have been able to come from Cuba to fulfil the wonderful work that he …..." Lord Razzall - View Speech
"My Lords, in a slightly calmer vein than the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, can I ask whether the Minister is aware that the ONS Labour Force Survey flash figures for April show a 100,000 reduction in payroll numbers? Does she think that this indicates that, as the year goes on, …..." Lord Razzall - View Speech
"My Lords, it will come as no surprise to people who have listened to me over the last few years that I, like my noble friend Lord Thomas of Gresford, would like to talk in this context about our relationship with the European Union.
"My Lords, having listened to the noble Lord, Lord Lilley, in the past, I am sure noble Lords will accept that I do not agree with much of what he said. The context in which we are discussing this is, to me, the obvious failure of the Brexit project. I …..." Lord Razzall - View Speech
"My Lords, on the “Today” programme this morning, the Foreign Secretary was asked by Amol Rajan whether it was true that this was going to cost £34 billion, spread over a number of years. She failed to answer. She said that was not true but then failed to give us …..." Lord Razzall - View Speech
"Noble Lords will note that I am not my noble friend Lady Bonham-Carter. It is customary on these occasions to thank the proposer of the Motion. I would very much like to do so for the noble Lord, Lord Fowler. I go further and say that, over the years, he …..." Lord Razzall - View Speech
"My Lords, like the first two speakers, I look forward to the maiden speech of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Portsmouth.
The purpose of this debate is to debate the Budget. We dealt with the omnishambles of the Budget process in the debate on the Statement on Monday. …..." Lord Razzall - View Speech
"My Lords, I take very much on board what the Minister has said about the Chancellor’s announcement that she wanted to increase and improve the headroom. I have been thinking about why the one thing she did not disclose at the time was the extra tax receipts. I suspect the …..." Lord Razzall - View Speech