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HANSARDAutumn Budget 2024I welcome the Budget. I give it about two cheers, not three, for reasons I shall describe. First, I am very much in favour of high taxation. Indeed, I am notorious for having been…11 Nov 2024HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, I rise as the 33rd speaker in your Lordships’ debate. I am pleased to follow my friend, the noble Lord, Lord Whitty—I cannot call him my noble friend any more. I was…25 Oct 2024HANSARDHumanist WeddingsMy Lords, what is the difficulty about the humanists? I have been here for 30 years and again and again I have heard the answer that we cannot do it for humanists. We have can…16 Oct 2024HANSARDSocial Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024My Lords, there seems to be rather a hurry to embrace economic rationality on the part of the new Government. We know what economic rationality always says: cutting income tax for…11 Sept 2024HANSARDForeign AffairsMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to welcome the noble Lord, Lord Cameron, to his position as Foreign Secretary. He is a rare example of someone who has been Prime Minister and…05 Mar 2024 Bills sponsored (1)