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HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, the more astute among your Lordships will have realised that this is the first time I have taken part on this Bill. I do so because, unfortunately, my noble friends Lord…21 Jul 2026HANSARDEarly Release Prisoners: Preventing Homelessness and Rough SleepingMy Lords, like all other noble Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lord Farmer for securing this important debate. I thank him for continuing to draw attention to the…16 Jul 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lady Harding talked about speaking half way down the list, and the noble Lord, Lord Moraes, of being nearly at the end of the list. I am last, as your…14 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I remind the House of my interest as an employee of Marsh, an FCA-regulated firm. I wish to speak in support of this amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady…08 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my interest as an employee of Marsh, which is an FCA-regulated firm. I shall speak to Amendment 142C in my name, which seeks, in essence, to achieve something…06 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]Then the Treasury can do it, but it should be down and not up.01 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my interest as an employee of Marsh, an FCA-regulated entity. These amendments in the names of my noble friends Lady Neville-Rolfe, Lord Altrincham and Lord…01 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]The wording in the Bill is “changing”, so it can go up or down, but we are asking for it to be reduced. That is significantly different.01 Jul 2026HANSARDRegister of Overseas Entities (Protection and Trusts) and Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Company Law) (Amendment) Regulations 2026My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to speak to these regulations, which form part of the ongoing work to strengthen and refine the register of overseas entities, a register…30 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my interest as an employee of Marsh, the insurance broker regulated by the FCA. A number of amendments in this group discuss the downgrading of the “have…29 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]24 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, unfortunately, I was unable to speak at Second Reading—like the noble Lord, Lord Vaux of Harrowden, as he mentioned on Monday—but I am delighted to be back in time to…24 Jun 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, what an interesting debate this turned out to be. There are a number of flaws, which have been extremely well demonstrated by all noble Lords on this side of the Room. I…24 Jun 2026HANSARDCarbon Budget Order 2026My Lords, I wish to express my regret at these statutory instruments. Let me begin by recognising that carbon budgets are a vital part of the UK’s approach to tackling climate…23 Jun 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as an employee of Marsh, whose sister company Mercer is a pension consultancy, master trust provider and, importantly, a signatory to the Mansion…27 Apr 2026HANSARDEnergy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026My Lords, the Energy Prices Act 2022 was brought forward in circumstances that were, by any measure, extraordinary. It was a moment of acute global volatility, when Governments…13 Apr 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as an employee of Marsh, whose sister company Mercer is a pension consultancy, master trust provider and signature to the Mansion House Accord. I…19 Mar 2026HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026My Lords, we have heard from the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, my noble friend Lord Moynihan and from other noble Lords regarding the situation facing Northern Ireland’s ferry…12 Mar 2026HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026We have a problem with the Isle of Wight. One of the vessels has done everything that it could possibly do to decarbonise. It has no option to go anywhere else because the power…12 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillMy Lords, this is a very large group with a number of issues to address. First, I support my noble friends Lady Neville-Rolfe and Lord Altrincham in Amendment 1 in this group. I…05 Mar 2026