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HANSARDTax Gaps 2019-20My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, on securing this important debate. The HMRC report in question here today states that: “We use a range of internal and…07 Apr 2022HANSARDElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsMy Lords, the aforementioned electricity lamp post system is of course excellent when there is not another car parked there that is not charging. The reason it is excellent is…14 Mar 2022HANSARDPublic Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL]My Lords, it is always a great privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Mann, whose excellent speech has clarified a number of things for me—and the rest of the House, I…09 Mar 2022HANSARDTrade Talks with India, Greenland and IsraelMy Lords, does the Minister agree that it is incumbent upon all of us to do everything we can to promote trade with all countries, particularly the three countries listed in the…09 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, with some trepidation after that, I rise to speak to my Amendment 94ZA, as advertised by my noble friend Lord Young of Cookham. I welcome the Government’s clear…28 Feb 2022HANSARDEnterprise Investment SchemesTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the opportunities for reforming the eligibility criteria for UK-based companies to access investments through the…03 Feb 2022HANSARDEnterprise Investment SchemesMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper. In doing so, I draw your Lordships’ attention to my register of interests, which includes…03 Feb 2022HANSARDEnterprise Investment SchemesI welcome my noble friend back to the House. The EU state aid rules, in particular the risk finance guidelines, are the reason why these important incentives for small and growing…03 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I welcome the Bill. Clearly, we need to implement a much better new system for subsidies post the EU, and the Bill sets out a policy for the 500 or so public bodies…19 Jan 2022HANSARDRating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) BillMy Lords, I want to add my comments on Amendment 2. I remind the House of my interests: I advise SME businesses and am also a landlord. Increasingly, a number of people that I…01 Dec 2021HANSARDRating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) BillMy Lords, I have put my name to Amendments 5 and 6, although, with all credit to the noble Lord, Lord Fox, his team did most of the work in compiling the text. Given the hybrid…01 Dec 2021HANSARDRating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) BillI rise to support Amendment 8, to which I have added my name, and thank the noble Lord, Lord Fox, and the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, for doing the hard work on the drafting. It…10 Nov 2021HANSARDAssisted Dying Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the very many people who have contacted me. I have received some very eloquent, personalised notes, and even a few handwritten ones. I can only apologise that I…22 Oct 2021HANSARDCouncil TaxMy Lords, there are 26 million houses subject to council tax in the UK but only 160,000 are in band H, so a sensible small step might be that just council houses in band H are…15 Sept 2021HANSARDCorporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Extension of the Relevant Period) (No. 2) Regulations 2021My Lords, I declare an interest. Since we last debated this subject, I have become a non-executive director and chairman-designate of Manolete Partners plc, an AIM-listed company…06 Sept 2021HANSARDCouncil TaxMy Lords, I yield to no one in my passionate belief that the state should tax the citizens less, but domestic real estate is by international standards undertaxed. It would not be…22 Jul 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords ReformFirst, does my noble friend the Minister agree with me that, now that the other place has agreed that it will stay at 650 Members, we can review our aspiration of 600 to 650?…30 Jun 2021HANSARDHomeowners: Cladding-related CostsIs my noble friend the Minister aware that there are instances where leaseholders have paid for recladding, mainly through their service charges, but freeholders, who are the only…24 Jun 2021HANSARDG7 Global Tax AgreementI will pick up on the point made by the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries. While we all welcome the progress made, does my noble friend not agree that companies, such as…08 Jun 2021HANSARDFinance BillMy Lords, I join the congratulations to my noble friend Lord Bridges—under the excellent mentoring of my noble friend Lord Forsyth—and his committee on the report, which is most…08 Jun 2021