Lord Naseby (Con)

My Lords, I was born in 1936, so I had the privilege of entering national service at 18. I did two years, as we all had to do, because the Act passed by the Labour Attlee Government in April 1947, sup

Is the Minister aware that those fields produce oil and gas that is cheaper and of a better quality than the comparable materials that we import? Surely that is a sensible way forward.

My Lords, I understand the background, having been involved in the early stages of the Bill. Nevertheless, it upsets a great many people in that industry that the Government have not listened to the s

My Lords, I declare an interest as having two granddaughters currently with student loans. Could not His Majesty’s Government take a simple decision tomorrow to drop from RPI to CPI and look at the wi

My Lords, I thank my noble friend on the Front Bench for asking some very practical questions, to which I hope we will get some practical answers. The only thing I will raise—I do not want to flog a d

The figure that my noble friend quotes is correct from the source that he quoted, but, after further investigation, it was found that the figure I quoted was the correct figure.