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HANSARDFinance BillMy Lord, I too welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Caine of Kentish Town, who clearly brings a wealth of experience to the House. It is always somewhat strange debating a Finance…19 Mar 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersMy Lords, I want to follow up the point made by noble friend Lady Coffey on the impact of the national insurance rise on childcare providers. The Minister recognised the impact…27 Feb 2025HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersMy Lords, as someone whose daughter has just started breakfast club this week for the first time, I absolutely recognise their value for children and parents. The Minister was…27 Feb 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025Does the Minister accept that the Act does not oblige the Secretary of State to follow Ofcom’s advice, and that the Government have a separate decision-making moment—a process—to…24 Feb 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025My Lords, I will be incredibly brief, having not been part of the collective of Peers who worked on the parent Act to this statutory instrument. The key question that has been…24 Feb 2025HANSARDCreative Industries: Creating Jobs and Productivity GrowthMy Lords, I join the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, in looking forward to the trio of maiden speeches we have coming up in this debate. As recognised by the last Government and by…06 Feb 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyMy Lords, I am glad the Minister found something else to agree with my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe on: the importance of affordable energy for growth. Can the Minister…03 Feb 2025HANSARDAgricultural and Business Property Reliefs: OBR CostingMy Lords, the costings we have seen for this policy tend to put APR and BPR together. Can the Minister provide figures for the effects of each separately?27 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-Consensual Sexually Explicit Images and Videos (Offences) Bill [HL]My Lords, I add my congratulations to and admiration of my noble friend Lady Owen on bringing forward her Private Member’s Bill today. As the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, and my…13 Dec 2024HANSARDFinancial Services: Mansion House SpeechMy Lords, I welcome the inclusion in the Statement of work with tech platforms and telco networks to tackle fraud. Can the Minister confirm whether that work is just the…21 Nov 2024HANSARDAutumn Budget 2024My Lords, we have had a long debate today, where, as usual, your Lordships’ House has brought its considerable expertise to bear, dissecting last month’s Budget. Not least, the…11 Nov 2024HANSARDBudget: Taxes and BorrowingTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the Budget on levels of taxes and Government borrowing.04 Nov 2024HANSARDBudget: Taxes and BorrowingMy Lords, after delivering the biggest tax-raising Budget on record, the Chancellor rightly said at the weekend that she was wrong to rule out those tax rises ahead of the…04 Nov 2024HANSARDSocial Housing: Awaab’s LawMy Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lady Scott of Bybrook, and with her permission, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in her name on the Order Paper.22 Oct 2024HANSARDSocial Housing: Awaab’s LawMy Lords, I understand that the Government have extended the timeline for implementing the secondary legislation that will set the standards that social landlords must comply with…22 Oct 2024HANSARDSocial HousebuildingMy Lords, London has some of the highest housing pressures in the country, including for new social housing, and yet the mayor consistently fails to deliver on his own targets.…21 Oct 2024HANSARDReligious Hate CrimeMy Lords, in opposition the Labour Party adopted the APPG’s definition of Islamophobia. Have the Government now adopted that definition and, if not, why not? If they are still…15 Oct 2024HANSARDFilm IndustryMy Lords, recognising the constraints ahead of the Budget and the contribution of our creative industries to growth in this country, could the Minister address the enterprise…10 Oct 2024HANSARDFreedom of Speech in UniversitiesDoes the Minister think that seven Nobel Prize winners, one Fields medallist and 650 other academics are engaging in a culture war in calling for the implementation of the Higher…10 Oct 2024HANSARDBank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [HL]My Lords, as has been the case with certain previous Treasury Bills, we have had a small but expert group of contributions today, and we have heard some common themes. From the…30 Jul 2024