My Lords, I am most grateful to have secured this debate today. We are likely to be approaching a turning point in this war, and the situation requires us to consider how we can underpin Ukraine’s future and facilitate its European trajectory.
It was my role for the Opposition in the other place to…
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, on initiating this most timely debate.
The health of our precious democracy cannot be measured solely by a single transactional event at the ballot box. It is a continuous long-term process of how we shape our shared future. Our dem…
My Lords, I declare an interest as the incoming director-general of the Institute of Economic Affairs. My proposition today is that we are living through a great refusal when what we need, as this morning’s growth figures show, is a great reversal. In Dante’s “Divine Comedy”, the shade of Pope Celes…
My Lords, it is a great honour and perhaps even a bit overwhelming to join your Lordships’ House, although it is a great comfort to see some familiar faces among the Benches. I do not think I will live up to the billing that so many have kindly given me, but I did want to give my maiden speech in th…