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13 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDAutumn Budget 2025My Lords, when the Chancellor took office, she made economic growth founded upon fiscal stability her priority to escape the fiscal straitjacket that she had inherited. She has…04 Dec 2025HANSARDHousing Supply and HomelessnessMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Warwick on initiating this debate and making such a powerful speech, ranging across the complex issues that we have heard about. The…05 Dec 2024HANSARDWatchdogs (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)My Lords, I am pleased to introduce this debate on the Industry and Regulators Committee report. I thank our committee members and staff for their valuable contribution to the…09 Sept 2024HANSARDWatchdogs (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)That this House takes note of the Report from the Industry and Regulators Committee Who watches the watchdogs? Improving the performance, independence and accountability of UK…09 Sept 2024HANSARDWatchdogs (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)I thank noble Lords for their contribution today. I think it has been a very good debate. There is clearly a strong appetite to be a good and effective watchdog, or guide dog, and…09 Sept 2024HANSARDWater and Sewage Regulation (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)My Lords, I am pleased to introduce this debate on the affluent and the effluent. I thank our staff for their valuable contributions to the committee’s work, and the many…16 Oct 2023HANSARDWater and Sewage Regulation (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)That this House takes note of the Report from the Industry and Regulators Committee The affluent and the effluent: cleaning up failures in water and sewage regulation (1st Report,…16 Oct 2023HANSARDWater and Sewage Regulation (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)I thank all the speakers in today’s debate. The Minister can be in no doubt about the anger about what has happened in the water industry and the fury of consumers. He talked…16 Oct 2023HANSARDNet Zero (Industry and Regulators Committee)That this House takes note of the Report from the Industry and Regulators Committee The net zero transformation: delivery, regulation and the consumer (1st Report, Session…20 Jan 2023HANSARDNet Zero (Industry and Regulators Committee)My Lords, I am pleased to introduce this debate. I thank our team, Matthew Manning, Holly Woodhead, Dominic Cooper and Itu Osupeng, for their valuable contribution to the work.…20 Jan 2023HANSARDNet Zero (Industry and Regulators Committee)I thank all speakers today for their contributions. There is a theme of “Get on with it. Don’t go down the pub”. I think the Government have indicated—the Minister did in his…20 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]I rise to speak to Amendment 242A, which my noble friend has just introduced. In the course of our inquiry into the net zero transformation, the Industry and Regulators Committee,…16 Jan 2023HANSARDHigh Speed 2 (Economic Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, and his colleagues on their excellent report, which sadly shows that many of the questions raised in our 2015 report remain…23 Jan 2020