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HANSARDStrategic Priorities Statement: DefenceMy Lords, defence is the single most important activity of the state, and it is therefore unfortunate that many ESG funds have excluded investment in defence stocks, hitting our…25 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I beg to move Motion W1 and to test the opinion of the House.24 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillAt end insert “, and do propose Amendment 21B in lieu—24 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, the Government have rejected a number of amendments which call for the exemption of various sectors from the jobs tax, citing financial privilege. The amendments would…24 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, we have worked together on these three modest, common-sense amendments, and we will also support them if it comes to a vote.24 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, the amendments in this group, including my Amendment 21B, address the very real negative impact of this jobs tax that the Government refuse to acknowledge. The Bill is…24 Mar 2025HANSARDClosed-Ended Investment Companies: Cost DisclosureDoes the Minister agree that the most important objective in the savings area is to ensure that sufficient investment opportunities are available, whatever their nature, to allow…24 Mar 2025HANSARDChild Trust Fund AccountsMy Lords, I too very much welcome the noble Lord, Lord Wilson of Sedgefield, to his place. There is a problem, as he said, so can he say whether he has formally consulted, or…19 Mar 2025HANSARDFinance BillMy Lords, I start with a note of regret that participants in this vital debate are given an advisory time of only five minutes. As the Official Opposition’s spokesman, I can speak…19 Mar 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformMy Lords, I am speaking from the Back Benches today because I am very concerned about the sustainability of the benefits system, with an ageing population and the ranks of the…18 Mar 2025HANSARDIndependent School Fees: VATMy Lords, VAT on independent school fees is an unpleasant, class-based change of the kind sometimes adopted by the party opposite. This increased private school fees by 12.7% this…13 Mar 2025HANSARDCapital Investment and Share OwnershipMy Lords, does the Minister agree that we should be wary, not least because of the experience with PPI in things such as schools and hospitals, which several noble Lords have…13 Mar 2025HANSARDCarbon Border TaxesMy Lords, UK energy prices are far too high, notably for industrial uses such as steel, cement and ceramics, and for manufacturing, which are vital to the UK economy. Does the…12 Mar 2025HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]I very much take my noble friend’s point. I was thinking, in clarification, that problems in Scotland would be addressed by the measure that the Minister has very helpfully…04 Mar 2025HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Forsyth for his work on salmon, highlighted in Amendments 2 and 2A, and the Minister for the response he set out at the beginning of these…04 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, in concluding for the Opposition, I thank the many Peers on my Benches who have made valuable contributions during the Bill’s passage. I cannot thank them all today as…04 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I am concluding for the Opposition on this amendment. We are content with the amendment, which we see as a technical, tidying-up amendment.04 Mar 2025HANSARDSocial Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments, National Insurance Funds Payments and Extension of Veteran’s Relief) Regulations 2025My Lords, I thank the Minister for clearly outlining the essence of these two SIs, and the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, for her comments. We had substantial discussions about…03 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI wish to test the opinion of the House.25 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I will speak to my amendments in this group and to Amendment 42 in the name of my noble friend Lady Lawlor. One of the difficulties the House has faced in dealing with…25 Feb 2025