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HANSARDSchools: Financial LiteracyMy Lords, I am glad that the Minister stressed the importance of mathematics in this context. Will she take the opportunity to inform the Prime Minister that it is facile to…20 Apr 2023HANSARDHigher Education: Financial PressuresMy Lords, central to this debate is the failure to invest enough in our higher education system. Consequently, we have to restrict the number of domestic students relative to the…30 Mar 2023HANSARDHong Kong Military Veterans: SettlementMy Lords, clearly, this is welcome news. Can the Minister say anything about the pensions that these veterans will receive? I should declare an interest: I have advised the…29 Mar 2023HANSARDData ProtectionTo ask His Majesty’s Government when they intend to introduce legislation on the United Kingdom’s data protection framework.23 Mar 2023HANSARDData ProtectionI first welcome the Minister to his new role on the Front Bench, particularly given his undoubted expertise. However, I must ask him whether he understands the concerns of many at…23 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget StatementMy Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in this important debate and particularly to hear the maiden speech from the noble Baroness, Lady Moyo. I am sure that she will be an asset…16 Mar 2023HANSARDPension Schemes: GuidanceMy Lords, I welcome the report. The question is whether the advice can effectively come from the Government against the background—I hope the Minister will agree—that it is the…13 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I support the objectives behind all these amendments. I was going to direct my remarks specifically to Amendment 237, but I want to make a narrow but important point of…07 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillBoth. I am not really being given that choice but, as I said, it was just a narrow point. My question on Amendment 237 is: would you take investment advice or guidance from the…07 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, while I am impressed by the resources being put into this effectively useless power, what more productive use could those resources be put to?28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillOn the previous day in Committee, I raised the issue and the Minister said explicitly that we could debate it at a later stage on this clause. He is now breaking his word. He…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords—28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords—28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I am being denied my right to speak.28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThis is outrageous.28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI wish to address subsection (1)(a) of the new clause. It is about process rather than the issues. I support the issues that have been raised by my noble friends, but the issue of…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, perhaps the Minister will take on board that, when he says there is no need for carve-outs, his own Amendment 45 creates a carve-out for financial services. We can have…23 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I was unable to be present at the Second Reading of this Bill because I was at the fourth day of the Committee stage of the Financial Services and Markets Bill. There is…23 Feb 2023HANSARDSocial Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2023Yes, I agree. In the Commons, the Pensions Minister said: “Under the Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2023, there will be an increase of 3% paid by occupational pension…22 Feb 2023HANSARDSocial Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2023My Lords, I, too, welcome the noble Viscount to our deliberations. He was possibly here as a Whip last year. I took the opportunity to look again at what I said then and, in fact,…22 Feb 2023