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Upcoming Business – Lords: Main Chamber (3 June 2013)

Proposals to privatise or reorganise the handling and repayment of student loans – Lord Naseby. Oral Questions; 2:30 pm

Queen’s Speech — Debate (5th Day) (15 May 2013)

Lord Naseby: My Lords, my noble friend Lord Howell was so right to raise the question of the Commonwealth, particularly with the forthcoming conference in Colombo of the heads of state. Sri Lanka is a proud founder member of the Commonwealth. After nearly 30 years of civil war, it seems absolutely appropriate that the members of the Commonwealth should go to Colombo and see that country. I certainly know...

UK Clothing Sector: Safety — Question (13 May 2013)

Lord Naseby: I have lived and worked in that part of the world. Is my noble friend aware that there is nothing wrong with the building regulations? It is entirely a matter of whether the buildings are inspected. Clearly, the loading on the floors of this particular factory was far in excess of what it should have been. Can the Government not think of something practical to do? We have high commissioners...

UK Clothing Sector: Safety — Question (13 May 2013)

Lord Naseby: It is not too long when more than 1,000 people were killed. Why can we not have someone liaising with the two parties to ensure that this sort of tragedy does not happen again?

Procedure of the House — Motion to Resolve (24 April 2013)

Lord Naseby: My Lords, I support the proposal on PNQs. I have had the privilege of asking two recently, and the procedure followed by the Lord Speaker was entirely appropriate: one was rejected and the other was accepted. There is nothing wrong with it. In my judgment they need a finite length because they happen immediately, and the noble Lord, or Baroness, who has come across that issue is the person...

Retail Prices Index — Question (24 April 2013)

Lord Naseby: To ask Her Majesty's Government why the UK Statistics Authority overruled the recommendation and decision of the Office for National Statistics, following public consultation, to keep the Retail Prices Index as an official national statistic and whether they intend to challenge its downgrading.

Retail Prices Index — Question (24 April 2013)

Lord Naseby: Is my noble friend aware that this is a UK statistic and that international standards on statistics are, frankly, a little irrelevant? After all, is it not the case that the Office for National Statistics changed its mind from the original proposition, based on strong representations from finance, commerce, industry and savers? In the light of that, will my noble friend make further...

Death of a Member: Baroness Thatcher — Tributes (10 April 2013)

Lord Naseby: My Lords, in paying my tribute to Margaret Thatcher, I can now share with the House a little piece of history. I was Airey Neave's unofficial PPS in 1975, and chief bag carrier. My job was to help him organise the future leader of the Conservative Party. In the initial stages, we met in Room J3 in the House of Commons; it was my job to book it, et cetera. The first person that the Neave team...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Syria (27 March 2013)

Lord Naseby: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the cost of their assistance to refugees from the conflict in Syria, and the cost of the non-lethal equipment they are supplying to opposition forces in Syria, are being met from the Department for International Development budget; and if not, from which budget they are being met.

Housing: New Housebuilding — Question (20 March 2013)

Lord Naseby: Does my noble friend agree that the most important thing in relation to this question is to get new housing moving? As I understand it, my noble friend said 170,000 was the figure in the current year. On top of that, we have two incentives from the Budget-the equity loan and the mortgage guarantee-plus the right-to-buy provisions. Does that not all suggest that, whereas the previous...

Justice: Legal Advice — Question (11 March 2013)

Lord Naseby: My Lords, how can anybody make a useful assessment in such a short time as there is from now to the changes? Should we not recognise that great trouble has been taken over these proposed changes? In a very tight financial situation, has not the time come to see what happens and then, if necessary, make changes one way or the other?

Council Tax: Support Schemes — Question (4 March 2013)

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Council Tax: Support Schemes — Question (4 March 2013)

Lord Naseby: My Lords, is it not the flexibility that is being offered to local authorities which is most encouraging? When I was leader of the London Borough of Islington, under the guidance of Harold Wilson, there was nil flexibility to local authorities. We had a diktat from the centre and we had to follow it. At least this coalition Government, recognising that change had to come, have given...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Commerce and Advertising (28 February 2013)

Lord Naseby: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment the Office of National Statistics has made of the work of the Boston Consulting Group on how to measure the "per capita commerce market and the online advertising market"; and whether they have plans to take account of that research in preparing the United Kingdom's gross domestic product figures.

Written Answers — House of Lords: National Savings and Investments (26 February 2013)

Lord Naseby: To ask Her Majesty’s Government why National Savings and Investments no longer supply customers with a single comprehensive list of their holdings; and why there is a delay between the issue of the different lists.

Retail: Business Rates — Question (12 February 2013)

Lord Naseby: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of trading conditions in 2012-13, particularly for independent retailers, they will modify the automatic increases in business rates.

Retail: Business Rates — Question (12 February 2013)

Lord Naseby: My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper. In doing so, I should mention that a member of my family works in the retail trade.

Retail: Business Rates — Question (12 February 2013)

Lord Naseby: My Lords, that is a half encouraging answer from my noble friend, but is she fully aware that over 3 million people are employed in the retail trade, and that, equally importantly, at least 1 million of them are young people aged under 25? The situation on the high street in the past 12 to 14 months has been dire. Against that background, surely the time has come for Her Majesty's Government...