Lord Hannan of Kingsclere (Con)

I thank the noble Baroness. Under Tony Blair, the Minister’s predecessor in Sedgefield in another place, the state was taking 34% of GDP, spending about £1 in every £3. Now, since the pandemic, it is

My Lords, under Tony Blair, the Minister’s predecessor in another place—

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to see the Minister in his place. He has always represented the best of the Scottish Labour tradition, that of building people up rather than trying to tear things dow

My Lords, the Windsor Framework was not an inevitable product of Brexit, as the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie, claimed—and as has been endlessly claimed. If anything, it was a product of the Benn Act.

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Moraes, whom I have considered a friend for some 30 years. He was a great champion for those in the European Parliament who had no voice

My Lords, I was a little alarmed by the Minister’s response to the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire. He does not like some things that are being said on X. He was not talking about incitement, har