Contributions
6 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDSecondary International Competitiveness and Growth Objective (FSR Committee Report)My Lords, I declare an interest as a board member of Intercontinental Exchange in the United States, and as an adviser in Europe to Santander and Visa Europe. This enables me to…11 Mar 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, 15 years ago, almost to the day, I had the privilege of standing at that Dispatch Box to introduce the then Academies Bill. I thought it might be helpful, as we think…01 May 2025HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly but strongly in support of this amendment and, in doing so, state my interest as the lead NED at the Treasury and as an adviser to a number of…01 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as both the lead NED at the Treasury and an adviser to financial and professional service firms in Europe and the UK. My real interest today is in…10 Jan 2023HANSARDFree Schools: Educational StandardsMy Lords, next door there are 150 people repeating the same six things at great length. Here, there may be fewer of us, but if we recognise that we are talking about the education…10 Jan 2019HANSARDFree Schools: Educational StandardsI remember a time when members of the Labour Party were against free schools because they involved parental interest. They were opposed to free schools because they thought that…10 Jan 2019