Member

I take this opportunity to pay tribute, as I always do, to my noble friend Lord Moylan on my own Front Bench. He said that he was not able to support his noble friend wholeheartedly—well, this is his opportunity. Not long ago, he handed over to me the orb and sceptre of power of the chairmanship of the Built Environment Committee. I led a recent debate in the Moses Room on the back of a report which the then committee, under the fine chairmanship of my noble friend, did on the high street. I quote from that report: