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HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords—04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI appreciate that my noble friend had a lot to do with planning when he was a Minister. The point is that this is not planning. This is to try and overturn a legal dedication of…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, these two Great Officers of State are part of the framework that governs the Government and how they function. It would be humiliating for them to have to apply to…03 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI think they should have it by right, not by permission.03 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe noble Lord keeps mentioning the manifesto. Would he agree that, if I had a pound for every promise that had been in a manifesto from the Labour Party and the Conservative…03 Mar 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as an owner of rented property. The last Government introduced a Bill to reform the rental market; it was a rotten idea then, and it is a rotten…04 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillAs my noble friend says, you get a knighthood—possibly even a barony. If you get something wrong, throw more money at it until it becomes an embarrassment that can no longer be…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillGiven what my noble friend has said, would he agree with what I said earlier: that, actually, the money does not come back into the economy and that, when it is taken out, those…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 36 in my name. I declare my interests as a farmer and an employer. I have already spoken about a lot of what is relevant to this amendment…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 33 in the name of my noble friend Lady Noakes and to which I have added my name. I declare my interest as an employer. It is incredible to me that…29 Jan 2025HANSARDEU LawTo ask His Majesty’s Government whether they have further plans regarding the status of retained EU law.28 Jan 2025HANSARDEU LawDoes the Minister agree that, while there are arguments for and against being part of the EU, there is no case whatsoever for giving up any benefits of remaining without the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThere is also the point that there may be another Division within the next quarter of an hour.21 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI just say, in relation to that and to the noble Lord’s arguments, that what he completely forgets is that manufacturing companies faced with this will simply move their…21 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as an employer who will be adversely affected by the employer’s national insurance contribution increase and the proposed reduction in the…06 Jan 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, getting rid of our esteemed colleagues, the hereditary Peers, is unnecessary and it is cheap. It creates a precedent for gerrymandering for which there is no need. In…11 Dec 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I support my noble friend. In Committee, the Minister was good enough to agree that controls on borrowing by the Crown Estate must be in place and that they would be set…05 Nov 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 8. There should be a limit on the level of borrowings that the Crown Estate can have. It would be irresponsible to issue a blank cheque that…14 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for accepting the principle that there should be a limit on lending; 25% is probably more than I would have liked to go for, but nevertheless I am…14 Oct 2024HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [HL]14 Oct 2024