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HANSARDAdministration (Restrictions on Disposal etc. to Connected Persons) Regulations 2021My Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for his explanation of these regulations, and for his courtesy and that of officials in meeting some of us to explain how thinking…22 Mar 2021HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Change of Expiry Date) Regulations 2021My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his explanation of these regulations, which extend the powers to regulate that we agreed last year during our lengthy debates on the…18 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget StatementAlthough Budgets are primarily about how we raise money, the success of our Government depends on how we spend it in the interests of the country at large. There has been…12 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friends Lord Holmes of Richmond and Lady McIntosh of Pickering for tabling these amendments and I very much agree with my noble friend Lord Holmes on…10 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate, and I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles of Berkhamsted, for her thoughts and for raising the ante to talk…10 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services Bill10 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to my Amendments 103 on impact assessments and 104 on reporting. I have been like a long-playing record on the importance of cost-benefit analysis of…10 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, it is always a great pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pickering, who is sitting today in front of a superb backdrop of the Houses of Parliament—in my…08 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I am delighted to follow my noble friend Lady Noakes. Like her, I was struck by the comments of the Governor of the Bank of England, and I feel she has given us a…08 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I have listened with great interest to some excellent contributions on this group of amendments. I refer to my own entry in the register of interests, although my…03 Mar 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers and Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Clark of Windermere, for whom I enjoyed working when I was an official at the Cabinet Office many years ago. He was…01 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, we have been making slow progress, so I will be brief. I rise to question the appropriateness of these amendments on Gibraltar and the Crown dependencies. I appreciate…01 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, intimated when he introduced his amendments, Clause 3 is very important to prudential regulation and the banks and financial…24 Feb 2021HANSARDFuture of Health and CareWhile the costs of reorganisation are certain, the expected benefits may or may not be realised. The fate of the Lansley reforms is a lesson for us all. The country will judge the…23 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillI thank my noble friend the Deputy Leader for his full and courteous responses, which I shall read very carefully before returning to the issue at Report, as I think that there…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, and my noble friend Lord Holmes of Richmond for tabling these amendments and for the important debate that they have initiated…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 6 and 7 in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Trenchard, who has a lifetime of experience in the financial services sector and…22 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19Does the Minister realise that the imposition of a 10-year prison sentence for providing an inaccurate travel history on Covid forms is wholly disproportionate? Existing powers…11 Feb 2021HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Border Facilities and Infrastructure) (EU Exit) (England) Special Development Order 2020 (SI 2020/928)My Lords, in speaking to this order, I express delight that I am following the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, as he and I worked together, cross-party, on a number of issues. I find…11 Feb 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, it is always good to follow my noble friend Lady Altmann, who speaks on these issues with such eloquence. As noble Lords will know, I have supported this Bill, and its…02 Feb 2021