"My Lords, are the Government aware that we have a serious vaccine crisis in this country? It started with Covid. There is a lot of disinformation. Measles, mumps, rubella and a number of other vaccines are vital. We are well below the safety thresholds in many parts of the UK. …..." Lord Young of Norwood Green - View Speech
"No, I am not going to give way because I have not finished developing my argument. I had to listen to quite a few minutes from the noble Lord; I will not give way until I have finished, then the noble Lord can tell me that I am wrong, which …..." Lord Young of Norwood Green - View Speech
"My apologies; I have to be careful with my words on this issue.
I oppose the amendment. We have heard these arguments before, quite frankly. I oppose it not because I do not think the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, has great experience of planning, as do others who support it. …..." Lord Young of Norwood Green - View Speech
"My Lords, I do not doubt that those people are acting in good faith; they just happen to be wrong. I can give noble Lords an assurance that my noble friend will not go home to a divorce tonight if this amendment is not agreed. I respect that he has …..." Lord Young of Norwood Green - View Speech
"My Lords, I wish to speak to this amendment and I have not spoken in this debate yet.
Here are a few facts about myself. I am a secular Jew. One of my cousins was lucky to survive the Second World War in Rotterdam. I have experienced a great deal …..." Lord Young of Norwood Green - View Speech
"My Lords, I perhaps take a slightly different view on this. Of course, I welcome people being able to get their winter fuel payments. We are still applying the pension credit, which is absolutely right. I do not know what everybody else in this House who got winter fuel payments …..." Lord Young of Norwood Green - View Speech
"My Lords, I will make just a brief contribution. It is nice to be able to enter a debate where we are not confusing genetically modified organisms with gene editing; that has been the problem in the past.
"My Lords, at this point in this vital debate almost everything that can be said has been said, so I will certainly not repeat everything. I will just observe that there used to be steel-making in London, of course. Not so long ago, the last historic bell-making foundry closed, and …..." Lord Young of Norwood Green - View Speech
"I congratulate the Minister on her appointment. She brings a great deal of business experience to the House. The UK is still a great place to invest in. We have one of the greatest creative economies in the world; we should be pushing that and making it clear. It is …..." Lord Young of Norwood Green - View Speech