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Lord Harper (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 6 June 2025

Debate

Crown Estate (Wales) Bill [HL]

Contribution

Yes, I am very happy to make that point, but it is still a significant sum of money. If you do what is normally done in these circumstances, which is to look at the cost versus the benefit, I would argue that that is not a good return. Of course, that is one reason—alongside the enormous unpopularity of that policy—why the Welsh Government responded to the political pressure from both my party and the public by changing the policy significantly. They themselves are not, I think, persuaded by those arguments. I was going to finish by saying that, for the reasons I set out, I strongly support the amendments tabled by my noble friends Lord Harlech and Lord Moynihan. I very much hope that, in due course, the House will get a chance to support them.

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