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HANSARDProtection for Whistleblowing Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Whistleblowing and its past and present chairs, Stephen Kerr and Mary Robinson, for the APPG’s role in making sure that this…02 Dec 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement 2022My Lords, if I had not been cheerful before hearing from the noble Lord, Lord Desai, obviously I am in an excellent mood now. It is a dark prospect indeed. I offset it by…29 Nov 2022HANSARDBank of England: Libor SystemMy Lords, I am very glad that the noble Lord’s health is supporting him through this debate. He is absolutely right to draw our attention to the importance of a liquid and…17 Nov 2022HANSARDFinancial Markets: StabilityI misunderstood; I thought the noble Lord was advocating cuts in public services to balance the books.03 Nov 2022HANSARDFinancial Markets: StabilityMy Lords, I join in welcoming the Minister to her role and thank all noble Lords who have spoken. It has been a quite exceptional debate, both for its quality and new ideas and…03 Nov 2022HANSARDFinancial Markets: StabilityI would like to deal with that issue of efficiencies and cuts. After so many years of cutting out the fat and getting to the bone and flesh, the word efficiency is used extremely…03 Nov 2022HANSARDUK Green TaxonomyLast night in this House, the Lord Mayor of London underscored that retaining our leadership position on green finance is essential to retaining a leading role in financial…03 Nov 2022HANSARDPensions Tax Relief: Employment and RetentionMy Lords, could the Minister go back and look at this, and take it very seriously? We are in a situation where, with £1 of additional income, an individual at a senior level can…01 Nov 2022HANSARDDefined Benefit Pension FundsMy Lords, the Minister, whom I welcome, said that the Government had handed off to a committee of the House of Commons the responsibility for looking at whether reform of the…01 Nov 2022HANSARDIncomes and PricesMy Lords, the TUC today reported that 1.8 million public sector workers are seriously considering quitting because of the very low, nominal pay rises that they have received,…31 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateMy Lords, I just point out to the Minister that, even with the list of flimsy growth measures he just described, Goldman Sachs forecast a 1% drop in output in the UK next year—so…19 Oct 2022HANSARDReplacement of the Chancellor of the ExchequerMy Lords, the change of Chancellor may have mollified the financial markets slightly and temporarily but ordinary people, frankly, are on the verge of being utterly distraught. In…18 Oct 2022HANSARDSanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2022I thank the Minister for the responses he has given me so far, but I raised the issue of British Overseas Territories and cited the example of Binance, one of the largest crypto…17 Oct 2022HANSARDHealth and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillMy Lords, this levy came into force under the then Chancellor Rishi Sunak in spring this year. I agree with other speakers that this feels like a lifetime ago; it was three…17 Oct 2022HANSARDHealth and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillThis is an interesting question. I do not want to take up the time of the House but I think the two noble Lords are talking right past each other. One is basically saying that the…17 Oct 2022HANSARDSanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2022My Lords, I point out that I am speaking as a winding-up speaker, just in case there is anyone else who is interested in speaking from the Back Benches. The Minister has explained…17 Oct 2022HANSARDPublic Spending: Borrowing IncreaseYesterday, the Prime Minister was very clear that there would be no cuts in funding for public services. Could the Minister clarify whether she meant no cuts in real or nominal…13 Oct 2022HANSARDCorruption in the United KingdomMy Lords, I join those congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, on obtaining this debate. I wish it had a much wider audience. It really ought to be taking place on the…13 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic SituationMy Lords, I have a very specific question. Given the turbulence in the financial markets, can the Minister, on the record, give an assurance to pensioners and future pensioners in…13 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomy: The Growth Plan 2022My Lords, I have this vision of the noble Lord, Lord Dobbs, sitting beside fireless firesides. Let me switch tone and say to the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, that I…10 Oct 2022