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HANSARDSubsidy Control (Subsidies and Schemes of Interest or Particular Interest) (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, for his contribution and for his support for the regulations. He is absolutely right that changing the main threshold to £25…07 Jul 2025HANSARDSubsidy Control (Subsidies and Schemes of Interest or Particular Interest) (Amendment) Regulations 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Subsidy Control (Subsidies and Schemes of Interest or Particular Interest) (Amendment) Regulations 2025. Relevant document: 28th Report…07 Jul 2025HANSARDSubsidy Control (Subsidies and Schemes of Interest or Particular Interest) (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, I beg to move these regulations, which were laid before the House on 2 June 2025. The Subsidy Control Act came into force in January 2023. This legislation was designed…07 Jul 2025HANSARDMortgage Prisoners Inquiry Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey, for his continued commitment to this important issue, and all noble Lords who have contributed their perspectives to the debate. As…04 Jul 2025HANSARDProtection and Disclosure of Personal Information (Amendment) Regulations 2025That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 14 May be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 1 July.03 Jul 2025HANSARDProtection and Disclosure of Personal Information (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, these regulations were laid before the House on 14 May and form part of the programme to implement the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023. This…01 Jul 2025HANSARDProtection and Disclosure of Personal Information (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth, and the noble Earl, Lord Effingham, for their contributions. I will respond to some of the points raised by…01 Jul 2025HANSARDProtection and Disclosure of Personal Information (Amendment) Regulations 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Protection and Disclosure of Personal Information (Amendment) Regulations 2025.01 Jul 2025HANSARDUK Modern Industrial StrategyWe are not abandoning any industry or sector. This strategy identifies the top-growing sectors, the IS-8 as we call them, which make up 30% of the total business sector in this…30 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Modern Industrial StrategyI thank the noble Lord for that. I will mention the British Council’s Alumni UK to my noble friend—she is sitting on the Front Bench and I am sure she heard the noble Lord’s…30 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Modern Industrial StrategyAs usual, my noble friend makes a brilliant observation; she is spot-on. We have to focus on skills. This is another thing that is brought to my attention every time I meet with…30 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Modern Industrial StrategyI do not quite agree with the noble Baroness. At the end of the day, the Government have to make a choice. We have identified the top eight sectors that we will support with this…30 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Modern Industrial StrategyThe noble Lord may say that about the Employment Rights Bill, but I speak to many businesses and many of them do more than what that Bill does; but that is a conversation for…30 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Modern Industrial StrategyMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, and the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, for their contributions, but I am bitterly disappointed by the noble Lord’s remarks…30 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Modern Industrial StrategyMy Lords, since we got into government 11 months ago, we have secured £100 billion of inward investment in this country. People are coming to invest in this country because they…30 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Modern Industrial StrategyI thank the noble Earl for that and for his support for the energy schemes. We recognise that high electricity costs are a key challenge for the United Kingdom’s businesses, and…30 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Modern Industrial StrategyI thank my noble friend for that. It is absolutely right. Let us try to recap. When was the last industrial strategy published? It was some eight years ago, in 2017. Since then,…30 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Modern Industrial StrategyI thank the Lord for that question. He makes several very interesting observations. The reason we have published this industrial strategy is what I mentioned earlier about the…30 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Modern Industrial StrategyMy noble friend makes an interesting observation. As I said, we are putting more money into the British Business Bank and are encouraging private funds into the sectors. We have…30 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I must challenge the noble Lord. There are many reasons for business closures. Companies get struck off for all kinds of reasons. Unless we drill deep down into what…24 Jun 2025