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HANSARDHouse of Lords: AppointmentsMy Lords, this House rightfully dislikes personal attacks. However, on the question of Tom Watson, I say that he did not just attack a Member of this House under parliamentary…17 Oct 2022HANSARDIran: Women’s RightsMy Lords, I support what the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, has said about rights for women and declare my interests as in the register. When the Minister next meets a counterpart from…12 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomy: The Growth Plan 2022My Lords, it is a personal pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Burns, who always gave me very wise advice in the Treasury, just as he has to the House today. I also welcome my…10 Oct 2022HANSARDRussia and Ukraine: SettlementMy Lords, has my noble friend read the speech of Henry Kissinger in Davos, where he advised attendees at the conference not to get swept up in the mood of the moment and suggested…26 May 2022HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Forced ConfessionMy Lords, I draw the attention of the House to my entry in the R egister of Lord s’ I nterests . I express my dismay—indeed, anger—at this extraordinarily cruel treatment of…24 May 2022HANSARDJoint Comprehensive Plan of ActionMy Lords, I draw attention to my entry in the register of interests as chairman of the British Iranian Chamber of Commerce and the Government’s trade envoy to Iran. From the…07 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine: Disasters Emergency Committee AppealMy Lords, while I agree with what my noble friend Lord Balfe said—that it would be better if donations were given in cash rather than goods—my noble friend will be aware that a…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEurope: Foreign Policy and Defence Co-operationMy Lords, given that the official position, now established, is that NATO will not fight even if Ukraine is invaded, does it not effectively mean that Ukraine is not likely to…21 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillIs the reason for that not that the EU insisted on it, and that is why the Bill is being brought forward—not to be effective but to strike agreement with the EU?09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillWould the noble and learned Lord make it clear that he envisages, through this mechanism—or route, as he describes it—that the CMA would be allowed to challenge the Government?09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I have added my name to this amendment, which was so powerfully and eloquently moved. Its purpose is to give the CMA standing to exercise enforcement powers through the…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillLet me also read out a second bit that I felt was particularly incomprehensible. If anybody in the Committee can understand it, I will be very impressed. I will read it slowly.…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to all those who spoke in the debate and supported my Amendments 55A, 57A and 57B. I am grateful in particular to the noble and learned Lord, Lord…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillAgain, before the Minister sits down, I have a couple of questions. I apologise to him for this, but we have had the benefit of actually seeing his words written down in Hansard .…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillYes.07 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, the Minister was very persuasive about tax measures. I quite follow what he said about the uncertainties that would surround trying to calculate the cash value of tax…07 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, without endorsing what the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, said, I think this is a very important issue—without going into the wider Brexit questions to which he referred—and…07 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I added my name to these amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord McNicol. I shall not weary the Committee by repeating the points that he made, but I strongly…07 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill07 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I shall also speak to Amendments 57A, 57B and 60A. The purpose of this group of amendments is to give the CMA the right to call in subsidies quite separately from the…07 Feb 2022