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HANSARDUK Electricity PricesSorry, I stand corrected: 12p. The noble Lord is right. In China, it is 3p. What does this really mean? Is it just a number? Having been on a presentation with the chief executive…04 Jun 2026HANSARDUK Electricity PricesMy Lords, I declare an interest as chairman of Make UK, which represents 26,000 manufacturing businesses in the UK. I declare it not just because it is in the register; I am…04 Jun 2026HANSARDYouth UnemploymentMy Lords—05 Feb 2026HANSARDYouth UnemploymentMy Lords, I declare—05 Feb 2026HANSARDJobs MarketMy Lords—05 Feb 2026HANSARDJobs MarketMy Lords—05 Feb 2026HANSARDJobs MarketMy Lords—05 Feb 2026HANSARDJobs MarketMy Lords, I do my best in these questions not to give Ministers—particularly this Minister—a hard time. However, in my capacity as chairman of Make UK, which has 26,000…05 Feb 2026HANSARDNew Medium Helicopter ContractMy Lords, maybe I can enlighten the Minister about the export prospects for the contract with Leonardo, which amounts to about 500 aircraft by 2040 for about £400 million.…14 Jan 2026HANSARDYouth Guarantee Scheme: EvaluationMy Lords, I declare my interest as chairman of Make UK, which has 26,000 manufacturing companies that belong to it and is a major apprenticeship provider. As the Minister is very…13 Jan 2026HANSARDAutumn Budget 2025My Lords, I should mention my entry in the register of interests—I am chairman of Make UK. But that is more than an entry into a register, because it is really what my whole…04 Dec 2025HANSARDModular Nuclear ProgrammeMy Lords, I declare my interest as chairman of Make UK, which has about 26,000 manufacturers as members, including most of those in the nuclear sector. In 2017, I was the nuclear…15 Oct 2025HANSARDUK Infrastructure: 10-year StrategyMy Lords, I shall do my best to comply with the spirit of cross-party consensus day. I should first declare from the register that I am chairman of Make UK, which has more than…24 Jun 2025HANSARDEnergy Prices: Energy-intensive IndustriesMy Lords, I am chairman of Make UK, which represents 27,000 manufacturing businesses in the UK, which I think by mutual acclaim amount to between 10% and 15% of GDP. Our members…06 May 2025HANSARDRoyal Albert Hall Bill [HL]My Lords, I do not know quite what to say. I will try to keep my comments brief, because I do not want to incur the wrath of the noble Baroness, Lady Anderson, telling me to keep…29 Jan 2025HANSARDForeign Direct Investment to the UKTo ask His Majesty’s Government what measures they intend to implement to attract more foreign direct investment to the United Kingdom.10 Sept 2024HANSARDForeign Direct Investment to the UKMy Lords, I requested this debate on a subject on which I spent most of last year and produced what is somewhat modestly called the Harrington Review of Foreign Direct Investment…10 Sept 2024HANSARDSkills: Importance for the UK Economy and Quality of LifeMy Lords, it gives me the greatest pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Elliott’s maiden speech, to which I will return a bit later. First, I thank the noble Lord, Lord…09 May 2024HANSARDAutumn Statement 2023My Lords, I join the long line of people welcoming my noble friend to the Treasury and the Front Bench today. I have a lot of respect for her personally and she has done the jobs…29 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael/GazaMy Lords, this is a difficult speech for me to make, because we have heard so many wonderful speeches today. I particularly mention the noble Lord, Lord Bilimoria, who spoke…24 Oct 2023