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HANSARDDuchenne Muscular Dystrophy: GivinostatTo ask His Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in making givinostat available to boys living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy to slow down degeneration, particularly…22 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I will not move Amendment 95, but I take a different position on Amendment 96. On Monday, the Government published their long-awaited Grant Thornton review of the…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillOn this amendment, I wish to test the opinion of the House.16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill16 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesMy Lords, we understand that today at the Mansion House, the Chancellor will avoid the word “tax” and instead focus on pumping risk-taking into financial services as the mechanism…15 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I will speak to all three amendments in this group, the second two of which are in my name. I begin by thanking the Government for listening to and acting on the…14 Jul 2025HANSARDTax on Imports under £135My Lords, I will row in behind the noble Lord, Lord Leigh, on this issue. Could we get a slightly more satisfactory answer on why it is taking so long to find a solution so that…14 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am going to speak very briefly, because the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Llanfaes, has given such an effective speech, which outlines the issue, and the hour is late.…14 Jul 2025HANSARDTax IncreasesMy Lords, in all our discussions of tax and spend, we very rarely address the third pillar—the state of the gilts market. Was the Minister as taken aback as I was to read in the…10 Jul 2025HANSARDCompanies House: Filing of Annual Accounts by Small CompaniesMy Lords, perhaps the Minister can help me, because I have become very confused. Like the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, I understand from the Financial Times and others that the…08 Jul 2025HANSARDGovernment Performance against Fiscal RulesMy Lords, the Government have constantly asserted that meeting the fiscal rules is non-negotiable. Will the Minister now reassure the House that protecting the NHS and social care…08 Jul 2025HANSARDUnpaid TaxMy Lords, this is Whistleblowing Awareness Week. The Minister will know that HMRC, in its attempts to claw back large amounts of tax fraud, has announced a new scheme of rewards…07 Jul 2025HANSARDUK Modern Industrial StrategyMy Lords, we on these Benches remember how powerfully business welcomed the industrial strategy produced by Vince Cable during the coalition years, and the shock and dismay with…30 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Infrastructure: 10-year StrategyMy Lords, like my colleagues in the other place I welcome this strategy, which if well managed can significantly improve the UK’s potential for growth. My colleague, the MP Sarah…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, Amendments 247, 248 and 250 would introduce further requirements in relation to trade union ballots, particularly concerning the risk of intimidation, the use of…16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I speak to Amendment 251C through to Amendment 252, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe. These amendments would introduce a wide range of limitations to the new…16 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I shall speak briefly to this group of amendments, which introduce various review provisions linked to the operation and impact of measures in the Bill. Amendments 254…16 Jun 2025HANSARDSpending Review 2025My Lords, I recognise that the Chancellor faces real constraints, and this morning’s GDP figures for April underscore the problem. However, I am not going to use this opportunity…12 Jun 2025HANSARDEconomic GrowthMy Lords, I hope the Minister will agree that to achieve growth in the UK we need a liquid and effective investor market. Despite London Tech Week, Wise plans now to shift its…11 Jun 2025