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HANSARDEnterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) (No. 2) Regulations 2025My Lords, where we are now is, I think, not where the Minister expected to be when the previous statutory instrument was introduced. So how did we get to this point? With great…02 Dec 2025HANSARDNuclear Regulatory Taskforce ReviewMy Lords, in answer to my noble friend’s question, the Minister described a storage facility for high-level nuclear waste. He knows that this is not a sustainable solution to the…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget: Small and Medium-sized BusinessesMy Lords, I am sure the Minister and I will agree that the best way of helping businesses of all sizes is for there to be growth—meaningful growth—over the period. Given the words…27 Nov 2025HANSARDVisas: Highly Skilled PeopleMy Lords, nearly six months ago, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Business and Trade jointly launched a taskforce and a £54 million…26 Nov 2025HANSARDForthcoming Fiscal ChangesMy Lords, looking back rather than forward, it is quite clear that UK business cannot take another Budget like the last one. I was reminded by the introduction of our new and very…25 Nov 2025HANSARDExxonMobil: MossmorranJust to prolong the agony for slightly longer, when the Minister was answering the noble Lord’s question on oil and gas, she came up with a long list of very creditable…24 Nov 2025HANSARDExxonMobil: MossmorranMy Lords, this is quite clearly a blow for the area of Fife, and especially for the direct and indirect workers of the plant. Just as the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, said, our…24 Nov 2025HANSARDTelegraph Media GroupTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of reports of the withdrawal of the RedBird bid for ownership of the Telegraph Media Group.19 Nov 2025HANSARDTelegraph Media GroupI thank the Minister for that Answer. When the Government hastily tabled the statutory instrument that was specifically designed to allow RedBird to make its acquisition, it was…19 Nov 2025HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseMy Lords, I start by joining the Minister in paying tribute to the crew member of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Tidesurge lost off the coast of Ireland. This is my first opportunity…18 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, we have heard four very good speeches, and I do not intend to repeat them. I listened very carefully to the Minister and, unusually, I will read what he said in Hansard…17 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillLeave out from “House” to end and insert “do insist on its Amendment 1B.”17 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her response. I very much welcome the objective that she set out of reducing red tape. I remind her that the Bill contains 170 statutory…17 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank the Deputy Speaker for his expert guidance. Your Lordships could be excused for a sense of déjà vu, perhaps because we are back in your Lordships’ House with the same…17 Nov 2025HANSARDCryptocurrencies: US RegulationMy Lords, my question concerns the Bank of England’s control over money supply. At what point, when the public are adopting cryptocurrencies, does the Bank lose control of the…12 Nov 2025HANSARDTrade Act 2021 (Power to Implement International Trade Agreements) (Extension to Expiry) Regulations 2025I am sorry—I can at least intervene at this point. The point that the Minister has made on a couple of occasions is not exactly right. The report that the International Agreements…10 Nov 2025HANSARDTrade Act 2021 (Power to Implement International Trade Agreements) (Extension to Expiry) Regulations 2025My Lords, on the point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, about not being obtuse, it is compulsory to be obtuse on this subject. I again welcome the Minister to the…10 Nov 2025HANSARDTrade Act 2021 (Power to Implement International Trade Agreements) (Extension to Expiry) Regulations 2025We could extend the same question to the situation with Korea, where my understanding is that the current continuity agreement is being rolled over again prior to the negotiation…10 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic/Private Partnerships: SharesMy Lords, I am somewhat confused by the dissonance between the Minister and the aforementioned noble Lord, Lord Livermore. When I questioned the noble Lord, Lord Livermore, on the…03 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic and Private Sector Productivity TrendsMy Lords, in 1964 the then Labour Government sought to separate the Treasury into two pieces: one to look after the short-term fiscal tax-raising element and one to look at…30 Oct 2025