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HANSARDInheritance Tax: Impact on Rural BusinessesMy Lords, the problem is not just the damaging inheritance tax changes but delinked payment reductions, as we debated yesterday, sky-high energy bills, a botched trade deal and…01 May 2025HANSARDSmall Businesses: Access to BankingMy Lords, let me begin by saying that I totally sign up to all that my noble friend Lord Sharkey said and by adding to the words of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St…01 May 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, I apologise for not taking part in the Bill earlier. As the House will know, this is not my usual territory, but I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Goldie, and my…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillI ask the Minister for clarification. All those things will be in a policy document, as I understand it. Can he explain to me the legal standing of a policy document? That would…30 Apr 2025HANSARDTax: ChangesMy Lords, my eldest granddaughter is a British subject and an American citizen. She lives in the UK and has started to earn some money, only to find that she cannot avail herself…29 Apr 2025HANSARDAI: Cross-sector LegislationMy Lords, perhaps the Minister could tell us why the UK did not sign the Paris declaration and which words the Government wanted removing from that declaration to make it…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am channelling the noble Lord, Lord Fox, who has been called away. He, on behalf of these Benches, cannot accept a two- tier workplace in regard to employment rights,…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, as everyone knows, I am very new to this piece of legislation. I do not know whether “shambles” is a parliamentary term, but 27 amendments at this point, after going…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillBefore the Minister sits down, could he answer my question on whether or not there will be a code of practice? I can see many businesses struggling their way through all this…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am going to stick with being very brief. We have had three exceptionally powerful speeches. Amendment 16 is, in a sense, tackling a subset of a debate that this…29 Apr 2025HANSARDNational Debt: It’s Time for Tough Decisions (Economic Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, first I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Bridges, and the committee on taking on such a significant but challenging issue. I have great respect for the committee. I am…25 Apr 2025HANSARD“For Women Scotland” Supreme Court RulingMy Lords, I am sure that everyone in this House wants trans girls and trans women to feel welcome here, so what changes will happen to toilet facilities in the Lords? I have only…24 Apr 2025HANSARD“Hillsborough Law”My Lords, I am a very strong supporter of the duty of candour; nothing should hinder the Hillsborough law from coming on to the statute books as soon as possible. However, does…22 Apr 2025HANSARDBasel 3.1To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of delaying the implementation of Basel 3.1 on measures by the Prudential Regulation Authority and the…03 Apr 2025HANSARDBasel 3.1My Lords, seven mega US tech companies avoid some £2 billion a year in UK corporation tax by using base erosion and profit shifting. The 2% digital services tax clawed back £800…03 Apr 2025HANSARDBasel 3.1My Lords, I will come back to the Minister, who has been trying hard to answer these questions without telling us too much. He will be aware that there have been different…03 Apr 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, the amendments that underlie Motions A and B that came from the House of Lords were in the name of my colleague and noble friend Lord Scriven. On his behalf, and on…31 Mar 2025HANSARDSpring StatementMy Lords, when I listened to the Chancellor yesterday, the only thought that kept chasing through my head was that this is someone who is completely out of touch with the real…27 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I will confine my engagement with the Bill and my remarks to whistleblowing protection and NDAs. I intend to bring forward amendments in these areas as well as to join…27 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, we on these Benches do not dispute that the Government were handed a dire fiscal situation; the question is what taxes they choose to raise to remedy it? We feel that…24 Mar 2025