🗣️ Speeches and Debates
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My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Bridges of Headley on securing this debate. The fiscal outlook, as my noble friend set out in his excellent speech, is pretty awful. The upcoming Budget will be particularly difficult. The small headroom left by the previous Chancellor has probably already disappeared. Public expenditure at 44% of GDP is too high, debt at approaching 100% is too...
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My Lords, I have Amendments 36, 39 and 42 in this group. I thank my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe for adding her name to them. They seek to achieve, through slightly different drafting, what the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles of Berkhamsted, sought with her Amendments 35 and 41. In my view, proportionality is the most important of the regulatory principles, and we try to elevate it above the...
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My Lords, this is the first time I have spoken on Report, so I need to declare my interests as shown in the register, namely, that I hold shares in listed financial services companies, which may well be affected by the content of this Bill. I start by thanking the Government for tabling Amendment 31, which is in fact identical to an amendment that I tabled in Committee. The Minister, the...
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My Lords, this is the first time I have spoken on Report, so I need to declare my interests as shown in the register, namely, that I hold shares in listed financial services companies, which may well be affected by the content of this Bill. I start by thanking the Government for tabling Amendment 31, which is in fact identical to an amendment that I tabled in Committee. The Minister, the...
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My Lords, this is the first time I have spoken on Report, so I need to declare my interests as shown in the register, namely, that I hold shares in listed financial services companies, which may well be affected by the content of this Bill. I start by thanking the Government for tabling Amendment 31, which is in fact identical to an amendment that I tabled in Committee. The Minister, the...
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My Lords, when the Government took powers to take control of British Steel’s operations last year, they were clear that they had no intention of nationalising it. Now nationalisation is the name of the game. This pivot has nothing to do with the Government’s failure to reach an agreement with the owners of British Steel; the weakness of the Prime Minister has driven it. In his desperate...
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My Lords, I declare my interests in that I hold shares in a number of listed financial services companies. It is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Eatwell, who is one of the select group of noble Lords who regularly take part in the scrutiny of financial services legislation. I welcome the Minister to our club. There is much in this Bill which is good. I welcome clauses dealing with...
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My Lords, I will focus my brief time on antisemitism. Only around 0.5% of the UK’s population are Jewish. To our very great shame, they are probably the least safe group in our society. Jewish schools and children have to be guarded. Only last week, a group of Jewish children was seen on the London streets guarded by guards in stab vests. Jewish places of worship have extensive security...
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✍️ Written Questions and Answers
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To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Ministry of Justice has reviewed the Isle of Man's Assisted Dying Bill and, if not, when it expects to do so.
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To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have a role in arranging for Royal Assent to be given to the Isle of Man’s assisted dying bill.
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To ask His Majesty's Government when the 2023–24 accounts for the UK Infrastructure Bank will be published and laid before Parliament.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to change the wording of the Gender Recognition Act 2004; and if so, what changes they intend to make.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 30 November (HL Deb, col 1274), what is their interpretation of the term 'gender identity'.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Sharpe of Epsom 30 November (HL Deb, col 1274), whether the statement that "the UK is committed to the principle of non-discrimination on any grounds" is intended to encompass discrimination which goes beyond the protected characteristics set out in Part 2 of the Equality Act 2010; and if so, in what ways.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to remarks by Lord True on 25 February (HL Deb, col. 961) that they would review their approach to drafting legislation following concerns expressed during the passage of the Ministerial and Other Maternity Allowances Act 2021, when they expect (1) to complete, and (2) to publish, their review.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Akua Reindorf for the University of Essex, published on 17 May; and what plans they have to prohibit departments seeking advice from Stonewall on diversity policies.
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