Thérèse Coffey

Latest speeches

1. Lords Grand Committee · House of Lords · 16 September 2026

   • Further contributions: corridors, electrification, costs and over‑prescription

     “My Lords, I'm delighted to support some of the amendments in this group. And I'm sure we've all experienced the leaves on the track nightmare. But by putting in place a number of the different targets, it also have to…”

     Watch from 1:13:47

   • ORR consumer powers and proposal to recast the regulator

     “If nobody else is standing up, I will. Noble Lords, first of all, can I thank Peers for Planet? They are the people who actually alerted me to the fact that I had an amendment today, because I got missed…”

     Watch from 1:55:37

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

   • Representation, diversity and regional balance under participation rules

     “Taylor of Bolton, apologies. My Lords, participation I believe is more important than age. There's certainly no age limit on becoming a Member of Parliament, and there are plenty there intending to continue to be an MP after the age…”

     Watch from 5:36:51

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

   • Baroness Coffey: betting culture, Northern Ireland and enforcement priorities

     “My lords, first of all I want to start by thanking the committee for the important work that they've done in going through the fine details of this and the inquiry that they held. I also want to commend the…”

     Watch from 53:20

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

   • PSFA transfer to DWP: purpose, powers and Order in Council

     “My Lords, I beg leave to ask the question standing in my name on the order paper. I'll start by saying this is not intended to be a dig at the first Secretary of State, who I thought was poorly…”

     Watch from 58:43

5. Environment and Climate Change Committee · House of Lords · 9 September 2026

   • Environmental delivery plans and species abundance targets

     “Thank you. Good morning, Dame Helen. Good morning, Natalie. Um, it builds on what Lord Trees has just been raising. For openness, I was the one who basically wrote EIP 23, arriving in the department when I was told it…”

     Watch from 42:34

   • Wider lessons from waste for environmental compliance and Ofwat

     “Thank you. I was just thinking about the last question the... We have one more actually Lord Trees has indicated that he'd like... I was about to say you could imagine taking the Environment Agency to court if necessary for…”

     Watch from 59:14

   • Following up court rulings and nature-friendly farming schemes

     “I'm very interested in the Pickering Fishery Association. Yes, yes. And it's a huge amount of work which the Environment Agency didn't want to do but what progress is being made in that?”

     Watch from 59:42

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

   • Former ministers and government benches: triple lock nuance and flexible work

     “My Lords, the challenges of going so late in the debate is that many brilliant points have already been made that you thought you might cover. And the noble Lord, Lord Best, has just made one of them. It is…”

     Watch from 1:15:27