"My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for introducing the statutory instruments. This is not a very complicated issue and I do not have much to say about it, but I do have one or two questions.
"The Minister answered very fully the question about the fees and how they would be monitored, but those were the fees to the consumers. I asked a separate question about why it did not seem to be a cost to the provider of the services, who would also benefit from …..." Lord Stevenson of Balmacara - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a real pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Roe of West Wickham, and to congratulate him not only on his excellent maiden speech but on the wealth of experience and expertise that he brings to our House. I look forward to a lot more—but I …..." Lord Stevenson of Balmacara - View Speech
"My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Hunt on securing this important debate and concealing the real purpose of it in a rather confusing title. I also want to declare that this speech was made entirely by myself and my brain, and I have not consulted any other agency, …..." Lord Stevenson of Balmacara - View Speech
"My Lords, I welcome this SI, although I have some questions about it. I would be grateful if the Minister could respond to them and, if not, write to me about them.
"I am grateful to my noble friend for trying to explain the “just and reasonable” approach. Just to unpick what he said, what is Ofcom consulting about? There seems a disjuncture in what we are trying to do here. We are going to pass this regulation tomorrow—it will be in …..." Lord Stevenson of Balmacara - View Speech
"My Lords, I welcome my noble friend’s comments, which set the context for this interesting statutory instrument.
In the process of consultation that led to the final decisions, was there time for the department to begin to implement the Parkinson rule? When my noble friend and I last met some …..." Lord Stevenson of Balmacara - View Speech
"I may not have made the point as clearly as I should have. It is not the fact that Ofcom will be unaware of an issue that is being raised as much as that the need to get a super-complaint going may frustrate Ofcom finding out about small but high-risk …..." Lord Stevenson of Balmacara - View Speech
"My Lords, one of the problems encountered by all major projects such as HS2 is the difficulty of getting the public generally on side. I declare an interest here as a former owner of a property that was on the route of the original plans for HS2. I am sure …..." Lord Stevenson of Balmacara - View Speech
"I am sorry to interrupt these exchanges, which are of great interest. I have not been able to participate in ping-pong for some time, but the House will be aware that I am very keen on the issues being discussed and have been involved in a number of Bills on …..." Lord Stevenson of Balmacara - View Speech