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HANSARDAutumn Statement 2023My Lords, I first welcome the noble Baroness to the Treasury Bench. She has a hard act to follow. A couple of weeks ago, the Institute for Government and the Chartered Institute…29 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn Statement 2023People are paying more. In other words, the Minister is arguing a case for cuts in taxation. This is not a cut in taxation; it is a reduction in the rate at which taxes are…29 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn Statement 2023The Minister just made a mistake. What the OBR argued is that the cut in national insurance means that taxes have risen less rapidly than they would have done otherwise, but that…29 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn Statement 2023Can I support the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, in her request? It would be enormously helpful if the Minister would commit herself to provide an annotated list of the 110 measures…29 Nov 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I listened carefully to the case that the Minister advanced against these amendments. The core of that case seemed to be that the cost of a company actually responding…18 Oct 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I strongly support the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Agnew. I do this as a former chair of the Jersey Financial Services Commission. In Jersey we made a major…11 Sept 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillMy Lords, surely there is not that degree of uncertainty, since the Government did raise a base levy on non-doms. Surely, then, we have evidence from the mobility of non-doms…04 Jul 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillMy Lords, I am grateful for the privilege of saying a few remarks in the gap. I will refer to the change in the lifetime allowance. As noble Lords will recall, this change was…04 Jul 2023HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillMy Lords, before the noble Baroness moves away from the lifetime allowance, I asked her if it was true that this £1 billion was funded by increased borrowing. In her summing up…04 Jul 2023HANSARDUK Economy: Growth, Inflation and ProductivityThat this House takes note of the low rate of growth of the United Kingdom’s economy, and the rate of core inflation and its differential effects; and of the necessity of…29 Jun 2023HANSARDUK Economy: Growth, Inflation and ProductivityMy Lords, a few days ago there was an historic event: an inflation-busting 9.5% pay demand was submitted by that hotbed of union militancy, the clergy of the Church of England.…29 Jun 2023HANSARDUK Economy: Growth, Inflation and ProductivityMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this interesting debate and for the many interesting ideas and views expressed. I will make a closing remark on…29 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, we seem to be predominantly discussing personal experiences at the moment, so I declare an interest as the former chairman of the Jersey Financial Services Commission.…13 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, this is not just a good amendment, it is a very important and timely one. Noble Lords will recall that after the death of Robert Maxwell and the exposure of the way in…13 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I must say that, listening to the noble Viscount, Lord Trenchard, just now, I think he has given strong arguments in favour of this amendment—strong because what the…13 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I totally agree with what the noble Lord has just said and therefore I will not repeat his words. The office for financial regulatory accountability proposed by the…08 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, there is a certain amount of confusion about the competitiveness objective and it is important to clarify it in discussion on Report. To illustrate this point, we have…08 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I will comment briefly on the proposal which has emerged and is contained in Amendment 30 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Penn. It refers to the possibility of…08 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI actually said the opposite; access to cash will not be useful if the cash cannot be used to make a transaction. Increasingly, transactions cannot be made with cash but only…08 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 18 in the name of my noble friend Lady Chapman, while also recognising the contribution made in the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Holmes,…08 Jun 2023