Contributions
145 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I regret that, like the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, I was unable to attend the Second Reading debate. At the time I was on an aeroplane returning from work in the…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, the Minister suggested that he did not use the precautionary principle in his speeches at Second Reading. At col. 314, he drew a direct analogy between the need for…10 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillGiven the wide level of expertise evident in this debate, will the Minister commit to pre-legislative scrutiny of the new economic crime Bill? That would be the way both to…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillWill the Minister give way?09 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillMy Lords, a considered assessment of this Bill requires some reflection as to why measures to thwart economic crime have failed so dismally up to now. At the centre of the Bill…09 Mar 2022HANSARDRussian Oil and Gas ImportsMy Lords, the market for oil and gas is global, and therefore the figure that the Minister has cited twice about our dependence being only 4% is entirely irrelevant to what…07 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I rise to give my strong support to Amendment 108, and I do so because of the terms of the genocide convention to which this Government are committed and are obligated…03 Mar 2022HANSARDBudget StatementMy Lords, a Budget provides insight into the Government’s overall economic strategy and into how the Government think the economy works. Many commentators have suggested that this…03 Nov 2021HANSARDCritical Benchmarks (References and Administrators’ Liability) Bill [HL]My Lords, first, I declare an interest as a recent chairman of the Jersey Financial Services Commission and therefore a financial services regulator. I begin by congratulating the…13 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care Levy BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his brief introduction to the Bill. The key promise of what he has described as the permanent new role for the Government, as expressed…11 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care Levy BillIt is fortunate that the Minister just brought up once again the issue of fairness and the discussion of it in the House. At the beginning of his speech, he referred to the…11 Oct 2021HANSARDNet-zero Emissions TargetMy Lords, in the development of environmental fiscal policy, do the Government accept the fundamental principle that the polluter pays?11 Oct 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, a debate on the economy must begin with the news this morning that the economy is 8.7% smaller than it was pre pandemic. Do not be fooled by claims of spectacular growth…12 May 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, while we on this side of the House were hoping for action rather than further consultation, and we remain somewhat puzzled as to exactly what further the FCA has to…28 Apr 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, this seems to be an entirely sensible modification of an overly restrictive time limit on prosecutions for market abuse, and the Minister has certainly made a strong…14 Apr 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, Amendments 24 and 25 develop the notion of an information system—the information that will be provided by the FCA, PRA and the Government to feed into an assessment of…14 Apr 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I would like to begin by acknowledging the considerable efforts that have been made by the noble Earl, Lord Howe, to provide greater insight and information in the form…14 Apr 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, the measures in this Bill that refer to Gibraltar essentially create a single financial market, and an essential component of a single financial market should be a…24 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, during our debates on this Bill, we have referred several times to the success of principles-based regulation in this country. We have contrasted it with the more…24 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, we should all be grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, for her persistence in this vital area. She is quite right that the clock is ticking: with nine months to…24 Mar 2021