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HANSARDHigher Education: T-LevelsMy Lords, the Minister will appreciate that further education, technical education and engineering have had a devastating time over the last decade, with the failure of the…24 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety DefectsWould the Minister accept that many of us in this House would not take the same view that he has taken about the plethora of amendments that the Government feel obliged at this…07 Feb 2022HANSARDBudget StatementMy Lords, I owe the Committee an early apology. I resigned from the Front Bench after more than 10 years in that role, from the time that we formed the Opposition, way back in…03 Nov 2021HANSARDStandards in Public LifeMy Lords, it is a real privilege to participate in this debate. In fact, it has been a real privilege to sit and listen to the contributions, which have in many respects…09 Sept 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I wish also to congratulate our two maiden speakers in this debate. We look forward to their future contributions to our deliberations. I also appreciated the…12 May 2021HANSARDBrexit: Financial Assistance for BusinessesMy Lords, I welcome the Minister to his new responsibilities. I remind him that government Finance Ministers do not last much more than a year in the role, so he will not have to…26 Feb 2020HANSARDCash MachinesMy Lords, should not the Chancellor also be looking at this issue? Is it not quite clear that small shops are having the greatest difficulty in sustaining their ATMs, yet the…04 Feb 2020HANSARDGovernment SpendingMy Lords, how do we know that the Chancellor is involved in judicious taking of decisions? He introduced a spending round without any suggestion about how it would be paid for. He…29 Oct 2019HANSARDCustoms Legislation and Amendments: Impact AnalysisMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for repeating the Statement. We have had a significant debate on Brexit under a number of headings this afternoon, and perhaps this one,…08 Oct 2019HANSARDOver the Counter Derivatives, Central Counterparties and Trade Repositories (Amendment, etc., and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019My Lords, I apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Bethell, and to the House for having missed the first couple of minutes of his significant words, but I think I could pick up from…01 Oct 2019HANSARDFinancial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 3) Regulations 2019My Lords, there is not much else to say. It is the case, as the noble Lord, Lord Deben, indicated, that we have spent a considerable period of time dealing with the financial…01 Oct 2019HANSARDSpending Round 2019My Lords, I too welcome the noble Lord, Lord Duncan, to his role. I warn him, however, that I have been at the Dispatch Box for the Opposition for almost a decade, and I think I…25 Sept 2019HANSARDSterlingMy Lords, does the noble Earl appreciate that his answer to my noble friend clashes with reality? With the pound at a low level you would expect our manufacturers and exporters to…03 Sept 2019HANSARDBanking: Standards and ReformMy Lords, I, too, congratulate the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Albans on introducing this debate, which he did by emphasising the most challenging aspect of the world…03 Sept 2019HANSARDBrexit: European Investment Bank (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Falkner, both on her conduct of an excellent committee and a splendid report and on the speech in which she presented the…16 Jul 2019HANSARDSmall and Medium-sized Enterprises: MistreatmentMy Lords, I too congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, on securing this debate and on the forensic quality of her speech. We needed to add very little once she had…27 Jun 2019HANSARDPolicy-making: Future Generations’ InterestsMy Lords, this has been an excellent debate and I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Bird, on the subject that he chose and on his speech. As ever, he identified those who have had…20 Jun 2019HANSARDInequalitiesMy Lords, this has been an excellent debate, led by a superb opening speech from my noble friend Lord Dubs, whom I congratulate on securing this important debate on such a…13 Jun 2019HANSARDBanks: Cash WithdrawalsMy Lords, I am sure the Minister will appreciate that the banks owe wider society a great deal after 2008. How is it, therefore, that somewhere like Hebden Bridge—and I do not…11 Jun 2019HANSARDNational Health Service: PensionsMy Lords, are not the Government being more than a little tardy in response to this situation? After all, they introduced the pension arrangements in 2015 and it is clear that…10 Jun 2019