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HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]To confirm, there is nothing in the Bill that provides a limit; it is just that we will have examples to illustrate a self-denying ordinance—is that correct?14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]The Minister just mentioned the “limited circumstances” in which the Treasury may give direction. Can she point to those for us? It would be extremely helpful.14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, at this stage—I know we are about to take a short break—I just want to summarise where we might be on these constitutional issues, now that this group of amendments has…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]I will come very quickly to the rescue. Because we are so often together on finance Bills, I can absolutely assure the House that the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, uses the phrase…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, in his Amendment 14 and the related amendments, which I was pleased to sign, the noble Lord, Lord Vaux, has put operating principles into the Bill, but not operating…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, I want briefly to join this conversation because, like the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, and the noble Lord, Lord Vaux, I believe strongly that the purpose of the bank is…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]I am sorry to remain persistent on this, but the Minister just said that the bank is not required to publish its letter of reservations. Is it not correct to say that what the…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]Perhaps the Minister could clarify one thing for me. As I read the two documents put together, the instruction must be published but not the fact that the bank has looked at it…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, this group of amendments addresses two entirely different issues, as the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, identified. I rather fear that in the minds of the Treasury they…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, just before we took a break, I tried to give a quick summary of where we were on the relationship between the shareholder—the Treasury and the Government—the UK…14 Jun 2022HANSARDBain & Company: Public Sector ContractsMy Lords, unless I have badly understood, which is quite possible, Bain & Co came close to purchasing Liverpool Victoria Financial Services—the bid was finally rejected last…13 Jun 2022HANSARDCost of LivingMy Lords, when we discuss the cost of living crisis, we often talk in narrow economic terms, but this debate gives us the chance to look at the human impact. I thank the noble…09 Jun 2022HANSARDEconomy UpdateMy Lords, I honestly do not think anybody in this House is seriously fooled. The announcements by the Chancellor today, including the U-turns on a windfall tax and increasing…26 May 2022HANSARDFinancial Exclusion (Liaison Committee Report)My Lords, I start with a couple of thanks, echoing the noble Lord, Lord Shinkwin, both to the Liaison Committee task force that worked on the original report and drove the…25 May 2022HANSARDCourt of Justice of the European Union: Comprehensive Sickness InsuranceMy Lords, this is clearly a complex question, but could the Minister, at the very least, give me a complete assurance that EU and EEA citizens who entered this country before…24 May 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, I was not involved with the creation of the Green Investment Bank, but I did have to sit around a table in 2015 to be lectured by Sajid Javid on why the creation of such…24 May 2022HANSARDInflationDo the Government recognise that those on low incomes are experiencing inflation much closer to 13% rather than CPI? Will they step away from the practice of masking the true…23 May 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, let me take this opportunity to join in the many thanks to Her Majesty the Queen and express our pleasure at seeing her in such good form over the weekend. “Yesterday…16 May 2022HANSARDTax Gaps 2019-20My Lords, I can only agree with the noble Lords, Lord Sikka, Lord Leigh and Lord Davies, and with the Public Accounts Committee of the other place, that the tax gap is always…07 Apr 2022