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HANSARDBudget: Press BriefingsMy Lords, the country was led up the hill and then marched right back down again. Does the Minister recognise that this sort of kite-flying is really undermining confidence in the…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDyscalculiaMy Lords, a number of people in my family have a whole variety of learning difficulties and have been successful despite that. There is a huge difference in being able to name the…17 Nov 2025HANSARDInheritance Tax: PensionsMy Lords, does the Minister agree that in real life, many people restricted their lifestyles, spending and gifting in order to build a sufficient defined contribution pension that…17 Nov 2025HANSARDEconomic and Taxation Policies: Jobs, Growth and ProsperityMy Lords, the Budget is only days away. I believe that the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, may be the only person who can say that he is looking forward to it. Last week, the Chancellor…13 Nov 2025HANSARDBarnett Formula: WalesMy Lords, each of the four nations operates a different and independent NHS computer system, which means that doctors struggle to get information on cross-border patients in…12 Nov 2025HANSARDCryptocurrencies: US RegulationMy Lords, my concern is about the geopolitics. Much of the UK’s trade today is conducted in offshore dollars, which sit beyond the reach of the US Government. As dollar stablecoin…12 Nov 2025HANSARDNational Insurance: PartnershipsMy Lords, will the Minister advise his colleagues that any new partnership NICs applied to LLPs will exclude small entities that genuinely are a variant on self-employed…10 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic/Private Partnerships: SharesMy Lords, first, we on these Benches join in the commiserations with the noble Lord, Lord Livermore. Does the Minister agree that for a successful PPP, in addition to the key…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHeathrow Airport: Third RunwayMy Lords, can I just challenge this issue of air freight? High-value air freight takes up very little capacity in the holds of aircraft. In fact, we could double the high value,…30 Oct 2025HANSARDPublic and Private Sector Productivity TrendsMy Lords, we hear this week that only 11% of UK SMEs say they use technology to a great extent to automate or streamline operations. Do the Government understand that the slow…30 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow: National Airports ReviewMy Lords, on the freight issue, the noble Lord, Lord Harper, as a former Transport Secretary, will know that the primary freight exported out of Heathrow is fish. That is…27 Oct 2025HANSARDHeathrow: National Airports ReviewMy Lords—oh, I am sorry.27 Oct 2025HANSARDRules on Duty-Free GoodsMy Lords—22 Oct 2025HANSARDRules on Duty-Free GoodsMy Lords, will the Government please start to renegotiate our entry into the customs union? It would eliminate the issues raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, and many others…22 Oct 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I will be very brief. I laid Amendment 92 in the same spirit as the amendments that I laid in an earlier group. The part of paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 that I find most…21 Oct 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I will be very brief. The noble Lord, Lord Vaux, has amendments in this and other groups, several of which I have signed, to try to ameliorate or provide safeguards for…21 Oct 2025HANSARDGreat British Railways: Rolling StockMy Lords, my apologies for intervening early—old habits die hard. Currently, as the Minister said, there are three rolling stock procurements under way for Southeastern,…21 Oct 2025HANSARDGreat British Railways: Rolling StockMy Lords—21 Oct 2025HANSARDGDP Per CapitaMy Lords, the UK is the sixth-largest economy, measured by GDP. But, on the measure of GDP per capita, it is only the 18th largest. Our demographic profile, with a heavily aging…20 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill20 Oct 2025