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HANSARDUK Electricity PricesMy Lords, when I was a student at the London School of Economics, there was a thing called the London fog. When it descended, visibility went down to 10 to 20 yards. I must say,…04 Jun 2026HANSARDAutumn Budget 2025My Lords, it is a great pleasure to take part in this debate. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Sikka. We disagree on many things, but whenever he speaks he always raises in my mind…04 Dec 2025HANSARDNational Debt: It’s Time for Tough Decisions (Economic Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, I acknowledge my debt as a member of the committee to the noble Lord, Lord Bridges, as chairman. He was totally engaged, always impartial and invariably responsive to…25 Apr 2025HANSARDWorkers (Economic Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, as a member of the committee that produced this report, I, too, thank our chairman, the noble Lord, Lord Bridges, who did an outstanding job, as well as fellow members…08 Feb 2024HANSARDUK Economy: Growth, Inflation and ProductivityMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Eatwell, for securing this debate. I will focus on one item: inflation. When I saw the breadth of this debate, I suspected that we would…29 Jun 2023HANSARDBudget StatementMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Skidelsky. He is always amusing and intellectually challenging and we once again benefited from some of the things…16 Mar 2023HANSARDCost of LivingMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Eatwell, for securing this debate. I will concentrate not on the whole panorama of government policy in its economic and political context,…09 Jun 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow my Whip, especially when I agreed with almost everything they said. The Government’s priority in the gracious Speech—strengthening…16 May 2022HANSARDQuantitative Easing (Economic Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, it is a great pleasure to take part in this debate. It is an excellent report: it is well worth reading and the evidence is of very high quality. Some Members of your…15 Nov 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to take part in this debate. The gracious Speech outlined a number of policies, but what hit me particularly was that it underlined a great…12 May 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechHe is behind me. Thank you—the invisible man. If I learned one lesson being in No. 10 for five and a half years as head of the policy unit, it was the difference between the…12 May 2021HANSARDForensic Science and the Criminal Justice System (S&T Committee Report)It is a great pleasure to have been a member of the Select Committee on Science and Technology at the time we undertook this investigation. In this context, I thank the noble…26 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Economic RecoveryMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to take part in the debate and to follow my noble friend Lord Vaizey, whose optimism and view of technology and what can be done I very much agree…20 Apr 2021HANSARDEU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementMy Lords, I welcome this agreement. It is certainly better than no agreement but, more importantly, it delivers to the people of the United Kingdom what a majority voted for, and…08 Jan 2021HANSARDScience Research Funding in Universities (Science and Technology Committee Report)As a member of the committee which produced the report, I pay tribute to the chairmanship of the noble Lord, Lord Patel. It was always fair, enthusiastic and intellectually…09 Sept 2020