Ministerial statement on Monday, 20 December 2010, in the House of Lords, led by Earl Attlee.

Severe Winter Weather

Lords statement on the continuing severe weather.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 723 c889-901
Session: 2010-12
Department: Department for Transport
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Earl Attlee | 723 c899 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord makes an interesting point, but he needs to understand that local authoriti...; Lord Dubs | 723 c898 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister referred to supplies of salt. Does he accept that many of the pavements in Lo...; Earl Attlee | 723 c899 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure that my ministerial colleagues are carefully considering whether the payments ar...; Lord Berkeley | 723 c899 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is the Minister aware that the local authorities are accusing the Government of profiteeri...; Lord Palmer | 723 c899 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the noble Earl ask his ministerial colleagues to look very carefully at the question ...; Earl Attlee | 723 c899 (Link to this contribution) My noble friend raised the interesting point of winter tyres. They are effective, but it is a person...; Lord Browne of Ladyton | 723 c899 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I flew down this morning from Glasgow Airport to London City Airport, and I pay tribute to...; Earl Attlee | 723 c899-900 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, yet again a noble Lord rightly raises the importance of Heathrow Airport and the fact that...; Lord Snape | 723 c900 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the Minister pay tribute to those staff, many of them manual workers and low paid wor...; Earl Attlee | 723 c900 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, the noble Lord talked about manual workers working in the cold. These people are wo...; Lord Watson of Invergowrie | 723 c900 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister said that his colleague had met the British Airports Authority today, and he ...; Earl Attlee | 723 c900-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord makes a valid point, but the conditions at Heathrow at the weekend were muc...; Lord Davies of Oldham | 723 c893-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement made in the other place. I think that the...; Earl Attlee | 723 c894-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the noble Lord’s exciting response to my Statement. There is no complace...; Earl Attlee | 723 c889-93 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House, I should like to repeat a Statement made by my right honourab...; Earl of Mar and Kellie | 723 c898 (Link to this contribution) Does my noble friend agree that winter tyres are a sensible thing to have on vehicles? I shall be di...; Earl Attlee | 723 c898 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the whole population complains about the art of weather forecasting.; Lord Patel | 723 c898 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as someone who has had two and an half feet of snow, and dug myself out last night to get ...; Earl Attlee | 723 c898 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there is not a niggardly approach to distributing the salt. As for pavements, local people...; Earl Attlee | 723 c898 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I very much agree with my noble friend and would like to pay tribute to all NHS workers wh...; Lord Tugendhat | 723 c898 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the Minister agree that now would be an appropriate time to pay tribute to the dedica...; Earl Attlee | 723 c897 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness made a couple of important points. There is a large population of 4x4 v...; Baroness Masham of Ilton | 723 c897 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is the Minister aware that many of the hospitals up and down the country that are snowboun...; Earl Attlee | 723 c896-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for my noble friend’s point. He asked what could be done. The short answer i...; Lord King of Bridgwater | 723 c896 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the Minister agree that the contribution from the Front Bench opposite was particular...; Earl Attlee | 723 c897 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I repeat: there is no complacency in Her Majesty's Government. One of the things that we n...; Lord Morris of Handsworth | 723 c897 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement, but I detect a deep sense of complacency...; Lord Beecham | 723 c895-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. In addition to talking to BAA, wil...; Earl Attlee | 723 c895 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for my noble friend’s comments. Ministers were not happy about the situation...; Earl Attlee | 723 c896 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think I mentioned in my Statement—I apologise if the Statement does not say it—that my r...; Lord Dholakia | 723 c895 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement in your Lordships’ House. I stress how im...
Subjects: Cold weather payments Aviation Driving EU law Fuel oil Heathrow Airport Highways Agency Local government Natural gas Procurement Railways Night flying Working hours Roads Repairs and maintenance Salt Snow and ice Winter fuel payment Tractors Winter Resilience Review
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Severe Winter Weather

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