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HANSARDResolution of Central Counterparties (Modified Application of Corporate Law and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2023May I offer my apologies for not having welcomed the Minister to her role? We talk to each other across the House so often that I hardly realised a change had happened; I…20 Nov 2023HANSARDResolution of Central Counterparties (Modified Application of Corporate Law and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2023My Lords, when the original legislation that sits behind all this was debated in the House—for many hours—I remember a conversation afterwards with one of the clerks, who had sat…20 Nov 2023HANSARDAuthorised Push Payment Fraud Performance ReportMy Lords, UK Finance has published analysis that shows that 78% of APP fraud originates online and another 18%—especially high value —via telecoms. These companies face no…14 Nov 2023HANSARDAlternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, has a Private Member’s Bill before this House, which would create the proper framework for the important investments that she has been…13 Nov 2023HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Services Exclusions) Regulations 2023Could I ask for clarification? If you are one of the relevant engineers, who is excluded, and you move, do you need to get another set of qualifications? I want to clarify that…18 Oct 2023HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Services Exclusions) Regulations 2023My Lords, I was not involved with the legislation for the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 and I have to admit that, even after reading the Explanatory Notes, much of this…18 Oct 2023HANSARDNet Zero (Economic Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, all that remains is for me to say thank you to all of those who participated in this debate. We have heard a very wide range of views and I think anyone listening to…16 Oct 2023HANSARDNet Zero (Economic Affairs Committee Report)That this House takes note of the Report from the Economic Affairs Committee Investing in energy: price, security, and the transition to net zero (1st Report, HL Paper 49).16 Oct 2023HANSARDNet Zero (Economic Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Bridges, the chair of the Economic Affairs Committee, sends the House his apologies as he had to be absent today. He wished to move the debate on…16 Oct 2023HANSARDHammersmith BridgeMy Lords, in 2009, when floods hit the UK and wiped out a number of bridges across the country, I was in the Department for Transport. Many of those bridges were wholly owned by…18 Sept 2023HANSARDSmall and Medium-sized Enterprises: Interest RatesMy Lords, community development financial institutions lent over £80 million last year to in excess of 3,000 small businesses, 90% of which had been turned down by a conventional…13 Sept 2023HANSARDPublic Charge Point Regulations 2023My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, on echoing my personal experiences time after time as the driver of an electric vehicle, which I used to be. I understand…13 Sept 2023HANSARDPublic Charge Point Regulations 2023On the reliability issue, why does that not apply to the AC network, which is the one that most people use? It applies only to rapid charging, which is, I think, the DC network.13 Sept 2023HANSARDBank AccountsMy Lords, I gently suggest to the Minister that the issue of PEPs and the issue of people expressing their political views and then being treated badly are in fact entangled one…19 Jul 2023HANSARDConsumer Rights Act 2015 (Enforcement) (Amendment) Order 2023My Lords, I confess that usually when I speak on a statutory instrument I am trying to look for why it really should have been in primary legislation, not secondary. In this case,…12 Jul 2023HANSARDBank of England: Interest Rate PolicyMy Lords, I have great sympathy with the Question from the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth. I would like to hear from the Minister that there will be no attempt to compromise the…12 Jul 2023HANSARDIncome Tax ThresholdMy Lords, I do not suggest cuts in the tax take in our current financial condition, but I question the distribution of the tax burden. Can the Government explain why they have…04 Jul 2023HANSARDRoad Fuel PricesMy Lords, the Government have stood for this gouging behaviour by the supermarkets over the past year. In rural areas such as Somerton and Frome, and Mid Bedfordshire, people find…04 Jul 2023HANSARDRoad Fuel PricesMy Lords, picking up the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Vaux, about motorway services, a number of continental countries have signs along the motorway telling drivers what the…04 Jul 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillMy Lords, this is a Bill of limited scope, despite its enormous size and the Explanatory Notes. It covers a range of issues and, typically, we have debated nearly all of them in…04 Jul 2023