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HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, it has been an interesting debate. The LGPS is special. It is the closest thing, as a number of noble Lords have said, to having a sovereign wealth fund in our islands,…16 Mar 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 9 in the names of my noble friends on the Front Bench and place on record that there are some very good behaviours among the Local Government Pension…16 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, as the leader of the local authority, I had to address a public meeting in Wymondham in Norfolk at least 10 years ago, I cannot quite remember. It was about providing…09 Mar 2026HANSARDEnergy MarketsMy Lords, this is the week in which the well-meaning but naive approach to net zero finally hit the buffers. It is not just oil—I should know, as a 40-year veteran of the…09 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillMy Lords, I support Amendments 5 and 21 tabled by my noble friend Lord Leigh of Hurley, which rightly shine a light on the way in which this policy particularly benights graduates…05 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillI think what the noble Baroness has just explained is that for those people with the greatest earnings potential, which our nation needs, there is an arbitrary cap on aspiration.…05 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill05 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to lead this group and to present my own amendments, Amendments 2, 3, 18 and 19, and the associated report requirement in Amendment 30. I will also…05 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillMy Lords, I have written plenty down, but I am not going to say very much of it. I thank the Minister for accepting most generously the principle that this Bill was not ready to…05 Mar 2026HANSARDLocal Government ReorganisationMy Lords, I was surprised that the noble Baroness did not give a more positive response to her noble friend, the noble Lord, Lord John of Southwark, because he knows that there…04 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendment 368 in support of my noble friend Lord Jackson, because losing your phone is not just inconvenient. When your device is stolen, a crime…04 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I will speak against Amendment 367. I have the gravest concerns about it. I am not going to echo everything my noble friend Lady Coffey said, but it amounts to a…04 Mar 2026HANSARDLocal Government ReorganisationMy Lords, I do not want to add to the embarrassment that the Government must be feeling about the U-turn on the election cancellations, but I am grateful that the Secretary of…25 Feb 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillMy Lords, the noble Lord said that he cannot see the sense in this. Why do we have this incentive in the tax system? The answer is that it is the role of government to incentivise…24 Feb 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillIf I may interject, especially with such a load of—24 Feb 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillI take my territorial designation from Gorleston-on-Sea. When I was a boy, there was nothing better when the sun was out than going down to Della Spina’s, the ice-cream place. It…24 Feb 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to my Amendments 4A, 4B, 17A and 17B, and the associated review clause, Clause 29A. I will also speak to support Amendment 33 in the name of the noble…24 Feb 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillThere is a transfer of risk, of prejudice, from the individual, who is responsible under the current arrangements, to the employer. That has not been fleshed out at all. If you…24 Feb 2026HANSARDPension Schemes BillMy Lords, in the opening remarks in this debate, somebody said that there was uncertainty in the fiduciary duty. I can tell noble Lords that there is no uncertainty in the…23 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, uncharacteristically, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, and the noble Lord, Lord Bassam. Clause 57 and Schedule 26 should play no part in the Bill because the…11 Feb 2026