Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

8 parliamentary sessions on record in this archive

8 sessions
Lords Committee Stage 10 February 2026 2 contributions
Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Prescription of Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers) (England) Regulations 2026
My Lords, having heard from the Deputy Chairman of Committees that we were going to the first Motion first, we have the second Motion first. I want to go back. I do not want to talk about studios. It is not that I do not know anything about recording studios; it is that I have nothing to add to what…
As my noble friend knows, some of the best songs are often on the B-side.
Lords Debate 23 January 2026 3 contributions
Licensing Hours Extensions Bill
My Lords, this is a modest Bill but a useful one. It makes a small procedural change to the Licensing Act 2003 that will allow the Government to act more swiftly and sensibly when communities wish to come together to mark moments of national significance. Before turning briefly to the substance, I w…
My Lords, in the spirit of the offer of the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, when this Bill is enacted will the noble Lord buy everybody present a round?
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Lords Debate 8 January 2026 2 contributions
Licensing Hours Extensions Bill
My Lords, I understand that no amendments have been set down to this Bill and that no noble Lord has indicated a wish to move a manuscript amendment or to speak in Committee. Unless, therefore, any noble Lord objects, I beg to move that the order of commitment be discharged.
My Lords, I understand that no amendments have been set down to this Bill and that no noble Lord has indicated a wish to move a manuscript amendment or to speak in Committee. Unless, therefore, any noble Lord objects, I beg to move that the order of commitment be discharged.
Lords Debate 24 October 2025 3 contributions
Licensing Hours Extensions Bill
My Lords, my noble friend Lord Murphy of Torfaen may have been hesitant to talk about elections this morning, but the Bill I propose may allow him to drown his sorrows a little easier. It is a genuine privilege to bring forward the Licensing Hours Extension Bill, a small but meaningful reform that w…
My Lords, I declare my interest as chair and founder of Team Domenica. When I joined your Lordships’ House, I vowed to speak only on things that I knew about, so your Lordships might be surprised to see me on my feet for this licensing Bill. However, in a few weeks’ time my charity is opening a pub…
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Lords Oral Questions 3 September 2025
Prostate Cancer
My Lords, I give huge thanks to my noble friend Lord Mott for this important debate, and thanks also to the noble Lord, Lord Patel, for pointing out that we need better diagnostics with better specificity and sensitivity. We all aspire to a new generation of diagnostics, but we have to live with wha…
Lords Debate 24 June 2025
Employment Rights Bill
The noble Lord has lured me into asking a question about impact assessments and the historic impact of the Thatcher Government. Which impact assessment said that there was a legislative decision made incorrectly during that period?
Lords Debate 4 June 2025
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
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Lords Debate 19 May 2025
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
My Lords, very briefly, I want to pick up on my noble friend Lady Harding’s point about the Government’s message that they wish to legislate in the round. I urge the Government to listen to the point that my noble friend was making. We started debating the regulation of tech platforms in 2011, and i…

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