Lord Layard

Labour Peer

Profile

Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 10 May 2000

Positions held at time of appointment: Director, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics (from Number 10 press release)

Currently held offices

  • Member, Environment and Climate Change Committee (since 30 Jan 2025)

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Economic Affairs Committee (12 May 2022 to 30 Jan 2025)
  • Member, Land Use in England Committee (19 Jan 2022 to 12 May 2022)
  • Member, Youth Unemployment Committee (28 Jan 2021 to 16 Nov 2021)
  • Member, Gambling Industry Committee (13 Jun 2019 to 16 Jun 2020)
  • Member, Economic Affairs Committee ( 8 Jun 2015 to 1 Jul 2019)
  • Member, Economic Affairs Committee (29 Nov 2004 to 26 Nov 2008)
  • Member, EU Sub-Committee A (26 Jun 2001 to 7 Nov 2002)

Recent appearances

  • National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - Second Reading: Amendment to the Motion 6 Jan 2025

    My Lords, there have been two main criticisms of the Bill. The first is that it expands the size of the state and is therefore bad, and the second is that it destroys jobs. Both arguments are misconceived. I will take them in turn. As we all know, the share of taxes in GDP has increased enormously in recent years, and this Budget will set a record high. If you say that in a certain tone of...
  • Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL] - Second Reading 22 Oct 2024

    My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Beamish. I warmly welcome this Bill for two reasons. The first is economic growth. That is obvious, but equally importantly—I want to stress this perspective—skills are crucial for people and their individual ability to earn a living. For those two reasons, it is highly desirable that we have a well-focused system of skills development led by...
  • King’s Speech (4th Day) - Debate (4th Day) 22 Jul 2024

    My Lords, how wonderful that we have two such excellent new Ministers. We are talking about growth, and growth depends on only two things: productivity and employment. Higher productivity depends hugely, of course, on higher skills. Higher skills are not only more productive in themselves, but they also raise the return to physical capital and therefore they then induce more investment. But...

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