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HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the excellent maiden speech of my noble friend Lady Lawlor, and to welcome her to the House. I have had the great good fortune to…10 Jan 2023HANSARDRenters Reform BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as an owner of rented properties. Following on from that last question, will my noble friend undertake that, in seeking to protect tenants from a…22 Nov 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak briefly in support of Amendment 112A, which relates to a point that I raised at Second Reading. As the noble Lord, Lord Soley, said, there has to be a check…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I mention my interest as the governor of a specialist music school. There is clearly much to debate in the Bill, but I will focus on two areas of provision: grammar…23 May 2022HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccinations for School PupilsMy Lords, as my noble friend has said, this country is behind some other countries in rolling out vaccinations to five to 11 year-olds. He will also be aware that the extent of…17 Jan 2022HANSARDCritical Benchmarks (References and Administrators’ Liability) Bill [HL]My Lords, I welcome my noble friend Lord Altrincham into the House. He brings huge expertise in financial services, which will be extraordinarily valuable. Before I address the…13 Oct 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I should like to speak to Amendment 37A in my name and remind the House of my former interest as chairman of a regulated bank until the beginning of the year. As the…14 Apr 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. I support these amendments, which have been so well explained by my noble friend Lady Noakes. In Grand Committee, the…24 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services Bill08 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to what has been a very helpful discussion. In moving this amendment, I was not advocating recreating the FSA; there may be…08 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, once again I draw the Committee’s attention to my current and recent interests as set out in the register. The purpose of this amendment is to place an obligation on the…08 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I too support these amendments and welcome the fact that the Bill addresses these issues. While Libor may have been effective in the past, we all know that it was…01 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, in addressing this group of amendments, I want to speak also to Amendment 85 in my name. As I set out at Second Reading, I should draw attention to the fact that I was…24 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, Amendment 2 is in the name of my noble friend Lord Bridges, who gives his apologies that he is unable to be present this afternoon and has asked me to move the amendment…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services Bill22 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I understand the motives of these amendments and sympathise with a lot of what has been said. However, I will be a dissenting voice on whether the form of the amendments…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I have a lot of sympathy for the importance of inclusion. Financial services are clearly important to everyone, and I endorse the comments from my noble friend Lady…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for his very fulsome responses and other noble Lords for their contributions. In many of the contributions there was agreement that…22 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, as well as adding my congratulations on the two excellent maiden speeches, it is customary to start by declaring my interests. Since I retired as chairman of Lloyds…28 Jan 2021HANSARDBrexitMy Lords, I draw attention to my business interests in the register, but of course, as always, I speak in a personal capacity. I will not revisit arguments that many have…19 Oct 2019