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HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I will speak very quickly to Amendments 29 and 126. Like the noble Lord, Lord Naseby, I welcome both. We need to keep putting pressure on the regulator to be far more…01 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, come another Monday, come another financial regulator story—this time in the Times . There are concerns that the FCA is going too slowly in its investigation of the…01 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I begin by welcoming Amendment 136A from the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, which is the only amendment in the group that does not have my name attached to it. The amendment…01 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I know we have to accept the safe harbour provisions in Amendment 45, but it would be slightly less galling if we had not had to drag the FCA kicking and screaming to…01 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I will be very brief—this is not my area of expertise. I do not know if this is a required declaration, but my family have a small apartment in Andalusia; we do not rent…01 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, we have, sadly, become used to skeleton primary legislation, with policy embedded in statutory instruments that cannot be amended and cannot be voted down without…24 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I do not have a great deal to say but there are a couple of points that I would like to make. First, the two probing amendments from the noble Lords, Lord Tunnicliffe…24 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, listening to today’s really outstanding speeches, I think most of us can agree that tackling climate change is not an optional extra. It is necessary to the survival of…24 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy goodness, this has moved fast. My Lords, let me start by addressing Amendment 95, because it is in my name. It would give SMEs the right to sue in respect of all regulated…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I find the thrust of all three amendments in this group really interesting and worthy of thought. I would particularly have added my name, had I been fast enough, to…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I simply do not understand the resistance we find from the Government and the FCA to the duty of care amendment moved by my noble friend Lord Sharkey, and supported by…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, inevitably with so many amendments to one Bill, this group is something of an omnibus collection. I have some sympathy with some of them—for example, the…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. I join in the very warm welcome extended to the noble Lord, Lord Hammond of Runnymede, and the noble Baroness, Lady…28 Jan 2021HANSARDEconomic UpdateThe Chancellor has once again responded to a long-term economic crisis with only very short-term measures. The evidence from the Resolution Foundation of sharply growing…12 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade BillThere are many issues to cover this evening. I am moving Amendment 27, in my name and those of my noble friend Lord Purvis of Tweed and the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor…06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade BillI will be brief. I was disappointed by the speeches of the noble Viscount, Lord Younger, the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, and the noble Lord, Lord Lansley. I heard that the TRA…06 Jan 2021HANSARDTrade Bill06 Jan 2021HANSARDEuropean Union (Future Relationship) BillMy Lords, Martin Wolf writing in the FT last week accurately described the EU and the UK as “equally sovereign” but “not equally powerful”. This deal not only locks in that…30 Dec 2020HANSARDTaxation (Post-transition Period) BillMy Lords, it is astonishing when the most important comment to make about a Bill is that the British Government have changed their mind and do not intend to use it to break…16 Dec 2020HANSARDTrade BillI thank everybody for a superb debate. The noble Lord, Lord Hendy, as always, put the case so powerfully. I thank my noble friend Lord Purvis for following up on the Canada…15 Dec 2020