Lord Whitty (Lab)

My Lords, I am down as the 50th of 65 speakers. The level of participation your Lordships manage to achieve when we are discussing our own future is amazing. I had better declare an interest: I have b

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Hunt gave an eloquent introduction to this debate as to why we should support the Government’s political aims. I am a well-known Labour Party hack and I tend to vote for

My Lords, as the last speaker, and having only three minutes, although I would dearly love to contend with what the noble Lord has just said, I will not do so. I also will not comment on the many spee

My Lords, I have two amendments in this group, which follow up the remarks by the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, in that we ought to write into the Bill the requirement for the sports industry to recogni

My Lords, I certainly support this Bill, which will help with the operation of the right-to-buy scheme. I was doubtful about right to buy when it first came in, but I do not now support its abolition

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Addington. Over the many years I have seen him performing, he has been a brilliant contributor and we need to recognise that, because of his e