Baroness Finn (Con)

My Lords, I too begin by congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Falkner, on securing this important debate and on her informative, impressive speech. This was the view of the Constitution Committee o

My Lords, this has been a long and thoughtful debate. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Macintosh of Eastwood, not only on being a long-standing friend of the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, but on a witt

My Lords, the Government accepted a number of recommendations from the Statutory Inquiries Committee’s report, Public Inquiries: Enhancing Public Trust , including on the format of future inquiries, p

My Lords, can the Minister confirm whether any investigation, information notice, recovery action or other statutory power has been exercised by DWP Ministers or officials since responsibility for the

My Lords, I too welcome the Minister to her place—again. Having worked in No. 10 and having had the enjoyable task of managing a Prime Minister’s diary, I know that time is the most precious commodity

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, for tabling this Motion. Within living memory, almost every public telephone call in this country travelled across a network owned by a stat