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HANSARDMini-tender Offers: Protection for ShareholdersMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his Answer, but there is no way that the offer can be considered fair. It cannot be justified as being in the shareholders’ interests. It does…15 Jul 2026HANSARDMini-tender Offers: Protection for ShareholdersI have one further question. There are at least two issues at stake. First, the data protection legislation forced Aviva to send all the names and addresses of its shareholders on…15 Jul 2026HANSARDMini-tender Offers: Protection for ShareholdersTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to protect shareholders in major British firms from being targeted by mini-tender offers which seek to enable…15 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I support Amendments 159 and 174 in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, and the noble Lord, Lord Altrincham. I would be concerned about abolishing the…08 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I must apologise: I was not in the country for Second Reading, so this is my first intervention on the Bill. I support wholeheartedly the amendments in the name of the…22 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, first, I declare an interest, which perhaps I should have done at the beginning. I am a director of a pension company that is regulated by the FCA. I apologise for not…22 Jun 2026HANSARDCompassionate Use Medicine Schemes: VATWhat data is there on patients who have been or will be denied treatments that they would otherwise have had? Does the Minister have any estimate of the amount of revenue expected…16 Jun 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, our country is in the grip of an extremism crisis. Whether it is left versus right, woke versus traditionalists, globalists versus nationalists, there is a growing…18 May 2026HANSARDLocal Government Pension FundTo ask His Majesty’s Government what changes there will be in the new local government pension fund guidance in relation to (1) boycott or divestment activity, and (2) interaction…18 May 2026HANSARDLocal Government Pension FundI thank the Minister for her Answer. In that case, will the Government consider changing the potentially contradictory wording in the draft guidance sent to Local Government…18 May 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Viscount, Lord Thurso. I pay tribute to him. He will be much missed by this House. His work on this Bill and in many other areas has…28 Apr 2026HANSARDAntisemitic AttacksMy Lords, I too am grateful for the funding provided by the Government. I declare my interest as a British Jew. The Minister says there is no place in British life for…27 Apr 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillI support the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles. I point out to the Minister that the Mansion House Accord had two parts. The second part had government obligations, on the basis of…27 Apr 2026HANSARDWomen’s Health StrategyMy Lords, I, too, welcome the Government’s women’s health strategy. I know that the Minister is passionate about it. I want to return to the first question, on osteoporosis. In…23 Apr 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, briefly, I support everything that the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, said. I also thank the Minister: I recognise that there has been significant movement on the part of…22 Apr 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillAt end insert “and do propose Amendment 13B in lieu—20 Apr 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her introduction and her helpful remarks relating to Motion D, which is mostly what I will speak to in my remarks. The Government say that…20 Apr 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken. As I said, I will not press Motion D1 to a Division. I beg leave to withdraw the Motion.20 Apr 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I agree with every word that the noble Lord, Lord Vaux, has just said. I declare my interests as a non-executive director of a pension administration company and a board…20 Apr 2026HANSARDGolders Green Ambulance AttackMy Lords—26 Mar 2026