Lord Maude of Horsham (Con)

My Lords, does the Minister agree that the last, albeit inadvertent, public service that Peter Mandelson delivered was to enable to be laid bare for public scrutiny the extraordinary vacuum at the cen

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Alexander. It is also a pleasure to speak on the same day as so many distinguished maiden speakers, particularly my noble friend Lord Blac

My Lords, I do not think I can be the only Member of this House who has close family members living and working in the Gulf region who find themselves in possible physical jeopardy at this time. I wan

My Lords, does the Minister accept that the biggest contribution to social diversity in the Civil Service would be to create genuine parity of esteem between the so-called policy profession and the pr

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble and right reverend Lord. As the new football season approaches, those of us who are season ticket holders at these debates relish the prospect of further

The noble Lord’s point about what we mean when we talk of a public authority is really important. I make a distinction between entities that are part of central government—where the writ of the Cabine