Lord O'Donnell

5 parliamentary sessions on record in this archive

5 sessions
Lords Debate 13 April 2026
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
My Lords, I will be brief. First, I am a member of the All England Lawn Tennis Club; I am on the committee. I will correct something that was said about the existing situation. To be absolutely clear, the courts made it clear that there is no statutory trust on that land, so I am afraid that what t…
Lords Debate 3 November 2025
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I added my name to Amendment 250 because I believe that it is a necessary and proportionate measure to remove a legal blockage to sustainable growth—a blockage that is holding back both our national well-being and our economic prosperity. I declare my relevant interests. On the well-being …
Lords Debate 16 September 2025 2 contributions
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I will speak on behalf of Amendment 472, which is in my name and that of the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, who has spoken very well, and the noble Lords, Lord Layard and Lord Moynihan. This is a modest proposal, but it is probably the most important one. I have sat through all the hours of t…
I will just say one thing. The noble Baroness mentioned all the things on which she has been able to talk about the evidence because there was data. I just remind noble Lords that this amendment is talking about one annual survey. It is not asking people every couple of minutes how they are doing, j…
Lords Debate 9 September 2025
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I follow the noble Lord, my former colleague, as someone who has championed the idea that well-being should be the goal of government, and also as a former Permanent Secretary to the Treasury—I think I will take a slightly different slant on a number of these things. First, the evidence th…
Lords Debate 1 May 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I declare my education interests as set out in the register, in particular my chairmanship of the E-ACT Multi-Academy Trust, where we are enjoying recent “outstanding” Ofsted judgments in schools, while applying the national curriculum. This is a good Bill. It is necessary legislation to …

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