The Conservative Party is fishing in troubled waters by proposing new rights for tenants to buy houses and flats. It is a mistake to do this across the whole country, without regard to local needs and to the supply and demand for rented properties at affordable rents. This was why I rejected the Conservative Whip…
We never got to the Committee Stage of my Private Members Bill today, since the discussion on previous bills got the House to its finishing time of 1500 on Fridays. (Rights of the Sovereign and the Duchy of Cornwall Bill) A pity, but I’ll chase for another day to debate, particularly the Clause about the…
It would take a large tome rather than a blog to do justice to this subject. I am just going to touch on a tiny part of it. Firstly, of course in the UK, we are much luckier than swathes of the world. My daughter and I see a small part of the global challenge from…
I am slightly nervous of using my first LordsoftheBlog post to be slightly controversial. I was given good advice when I moved up the corridor from the Commons to the Lords: “Remember they are very different, the Lords is much friendlier & it pays to be more consensual.” I have been mindful of trying to…
