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HANSARDImmigration Rules: Statements of ChangesMy Lords, I want to highlight how immigration has been great for Great Britain. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Green, for giving us this opportunity. As an immigrant myself, I have…27 May 2021HANSARDClimate Change: TargetsMy Lords, this year, we are organisers of both the G7 summit and COP 26. The UK has an obligation to demonstrate global leadership on climate and environmental policy, and build…27 May 2021HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, the UK services industry accounts for 80% of our economy, and the UK is the second largest services exporter in the world. It is quite remarkable how well respected our…25 May 2021HANSARDPost Brexit: Small Service BusinessesMy Lords, the nuances of the TCA mean country-by-country understandings for business travel. The CBI, of which I am president, welcomes the recently published guidance from the…24 May 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, the 2021 Queen’s Speech includes an emphasis on levelling up, research, development and innovation, and the environment. This was always going to be a crucial Queen’s…17 May 2021HANSARDKickstart SchemeMy Lords, over half the people who have lost their jobs since March 2020 are young people. Kickstart is a fantastic scheme to help young people and businesses prevent the scarring…29 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Status CertificationMy Lords, the CBI, of which I am president, has submitted evidence to the Government asking for a principles-based approach, meaning that these certificates should be voluntary,…29 Apr 2021HANSARDTurkey: Free Trade AgreementMy Lords, the UK and Turkey are both close neighbours of the EU. This will be an important economic relationship in the years ahead for both our countries. We are both members of…27 Apr 2021HANSARDKalifa Review of UK FintechThe CBI, of which I am president, welcomes the recommendations set out in my friend Ron Kalifa’s fintech review to ensure the UK’s position as the best place in the world to start…27 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Support for IndiaMy Lords, just two months ago, there were fewer than 100 sad deaths a day in a country of 1.4 billion people—and here we are, two months later, with this awful and tragic…27 Apr 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, from the Cross Benches I join previous speakers in thanking all the House of Lords officials and the Bill team. As we have previously outlined, the Bill has a valid and…22 Apr 2021HANSARDIntegrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign PolicyMy Lords, the integrated review of security, defence, development and foreign policy is an excellent document that covers all aspects of the UK’s place in the world. It went…22 Apr 2021HANSARDCommission on Race and Ethnic DisparitiesMy Lords, the CBI, of which I am president, recently launched Change the Race Ratio, an initiative to promote ethnic-minority participation in business. The Commission on Race and…21 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Economic RecoveryToday, not only do all businesses, of all sizes, have access to these tests but every citizen of the country can get them free, so people can test themselves regularly. It has…20 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Economic RecoveryMy Lords, the world’s most defining crises come out of the blue, unpredicted, and when they happen their outcomes are also uncertain. This global pandemic came out of the blue…20 Apr 2021HANSARDUniversity Students: Compensation for Lost Teaching and RentMy Lords, what evidence did the Government take and consider when deciding to include student returns in step 3 rather than step 2 of the road map? Professor Galbraith,…19 Apr 2021HANSARDPublic Health (Coronavirus) (Protection from Eviction) (England) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, it is very good that the ban on commercial evictions has been extended to 30 June and the bailiff-enforced eviction ban has been extended to 31 May to protect…19 Apr 2021HANSARDGlobal Minimum Corporate Tax RateMy Lords, the CBI, of which I am president, welcomes the United States’ renewed commitment to engage with the OECD multilateral process, which, after a decade, has two pillars.…14 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: One Year ReportMy Lords, Covid-19 was an unpredictable and unprecedented crisis—a health crisis, an economic crisis, a supply shock, a demand shock—reverberating across the globe. It came out of…25 Mar 2021HANSARDDefence and Security Industrial StrategyMy Lords, as president of the CBI, I can say that industry welcomes the new defence and security and industrial strategy, or DSIS, and the vision that lays out the defence…24 Mar 2021