John Fuller

Latest speeches

1. House of Lords · House of Lords · 17 September 2026

   • Urgent Question: Overnight visitor levy and local tourism powers

     “UK Hospitality has calculated this tax will cost 33,000 jobs, raise 1.6 billion and reduce GDP by 2.2 billion. That's their assessment. What assessment has the government made of the financial impacts of this proposal and will they publish it?”

     Watch from 1:06:18

   • Main debate: VAT, business rates and tax changes on independent schools

     “My Lords, I attended a boarding school in the 80s and was a governor of another one for 10 years in the 2010s. I spoke two years ago at the noble Lord Lord Lexden's debate. Yes, it hardly seems as…”

     Watch from 3:11:15

   • Short debate: Mental health of agricultural workers and farm policy uncertainty

     “My lords, I'd like to thank also the right reverend prelate the Bishop of Hereford for bringing this debate. It's an important one, which is very much at the forefront of many people's minds. Even the Prime Minister has agreed…”

     Watch from 4:13:13

2. House of Lords · House of Lords · 16 September 2026

   • Representation, diversity and regional balance under participation rules

     “My Lords, I was new then, but I'm reminded of the March 2024 debate in the Moses Room on veterinary medicine regulations, which was going nowhere until a cross-bench Baroness told us she was the retired president of the Royal…”

     Watch from 5:45:13

   • Baroness Taylor’s closing remarks and adjournment

     “She seems to be referring to the special pleading made by the crossbenchers, to which I am sympathetic. But I raise the point about the almost complete eradication of our colleagues from Northern Ireland. And would you address that point…”

     Watch from 6:47:54

3. House of Lords · House of Lords · 15 September 2026

   • Ukraine statement – Backbench Q&A on escalation, sanctions and resilience

     “My Lords, last week, 18 maritime nations responsible for about a fifth of the global ship tonnage warned that global shipping rules are collapsing. We're an island nation. We depend on shipborne trade. But the dark fleet threatens a structural…”

     Watch from 2:15:40

4. House of Lords · House of Lords · 14 September 2026

   • Conservative peer: fragmented electoral systems and defence of first past the post

     “It's always a pleasure to follow the noble lord, Lord Sikka, although I must say I think I've heard some of those arguments before. My lords, this is a big bill, but it misses the big point. Instead of strengthening…”

     Watch from 5:45:20

   • Conservative peer: gerrymandering claims, voter equality and bank card ID

     “But there are other omissions in this bill. Where are the guardrails referred to by Baroness Pinnock for equality in the value of the vote? I'm entirely with my noble friend Lord Jameson. A bank card can just be picked…”

     Watch from 5:49:27

5. House of Lords · House of Lords · 10 September 2026

   • Home ownership debate: Tax, regulation, London housing and government reply

     “My Lords, it's common ground that we need more homes, but this government is going entirely the wrong way about it. We are on track to complete fewer new homes in this Parliament than the last, a period which was…”

     Watch from 5:36:53

6. House of Lords · House of Lords · 9 September 2026

   • Oral question 1: Regulation of funeral directors

     “My Lords, in the absence of my noble friend Lord Bailey of Paddington, I beg leave with the leave of the House I beg to ask the question standing in his name on the order paper.”

     Watch from 13:23

   • Oral question 2: Devolution and national infrastructure projects

     “My Lords, water companies have warned there's only enough water supply to handle another 420,000 new homes, far less than the one and a half million planned by the government. How will the government ensure there is sufficient water infrastructure…”

     Watch from 14:08