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HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I have already trailed the notion of regular independent reviews of regulators in an earlier amendment, but this amendment gives an opportunity to investigate it at…01 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I thank everybody who has spoken in what has turned out to be quite an interesting debate, the majority of whom have supported the general notion of my probing…01 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I am pleased to support the amendment from the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, which, as she explained, was tabled before the benchmarks consultation was launched. I share…01 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services Bill01 Mar 2021HANSARDAutomatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2021My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this statutory instrument. The content is in many ways predictable and, I fear, my comments may be too. Having established the…25 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, my name is on eight amendments in this enlarged group. They cover different aspects of parliamentary accountability, although a common thread is Parliament’s right to…24 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, has reminded us that this is the clause where the legislation on the CRR gets waived away into rules without any legislative…24 Feb 2021HANSARDElectricity Supplier Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this statutory instrument. I expect that, as the noble Lord looks at it, sensible as it is, he realises that the reasons for…23 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, Amendment 5 builds upon Amendment 4, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, which was discussed within the first group and in turn built upon Amendment 1, moved by…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as in the register. I support all the amendments in this group and what has already been expertly said by my noble friend Lord Sharkey. I will…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, Amendment 3 in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Sharkey is an amendment to Amendment 2 and probes what is meant by “high market standards”. Could these mean, “no…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services Bill22 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I thank all who have spoken in this debate, and the Minister for the extensive replies. As he said, we have heard a lot of views, a lot of which I felt coincided with…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I thank all those who have taken part in this debate; it has been short but interesting, and I thank those who have supported the concept that I am trying to elaborate.…22 Feb 2021HANSARDSocial Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2021I thank the Minister for her introduction and for the letter circulated previously. As far as I can tell, as a non-specialist, the increases are either as required in statute or…10 Feb 2021HANSARDOsteoporosis: TreatmentMy Lords, given the high incidence of osteoporosis in women aged over 50, of whom 50% are affected, and low levels of vitamin D in the population, what plans are there to help…09 Feb 2021HANSARDSocial Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2021My Lords, as other noble Lords have said, there is little to comment on concerning the routine uprating of amounts following the CPI indexation, but that does not mean that there…08 Feb 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, this Bill is about intervention when there is a transfer of control that puts at risk our security, and possibly vital supplies and critical infrastructure. I recall…04 Feb 2021HANSARDBribery Act 2010: Post-legislative Scrutiny (Select Committee Report)My Lords, I welcome this report and commend the work and conclusions of the committee and the opening speeches by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Saville, and the noble Lord,…03 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. I have been in this House for five years, wondering what happens about our most important industry. Diligently…28 Jan 2021