Lord Kakkar (CB)

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Norton of Louth, and, in so doing, join other noble Lords in thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Bolton, for the very thoughtful

My Lords, I join other noble Lords in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, for the thoughtful way in which he introduced this important report. I declare my own interests as chairman of the Office fo

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Nargund, and in so doing echo her remarks about the remarkable and customarily imaginative and enthusiastic way in which the noble B

My Lords, Lord Stone of Blackheath, the subject of this report, resigned from your Lordships’ House in December last year. Soon after, the commissioner launched an investigation into three complaints,

That the Report from the Select Committee The conduct of Lord Stone of Blackheath (11th Report of Session 2024-26, HL Paper 295) be agreed to.

My Lords, I join other noble Lords in congratulating and thanking my noble friend Lord Patel for having secured this important debate and having introduced it, as he always does, in such a thoughtful