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HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Designated Activities) (Supervision and Enforcement) Regulations 2024My Lords, I am extremely grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken—specifically, the noble Baronesses, Lady Bowles, Lady Kramer and Lady Neville-Rolfe—for their comments and…17 Dec 2024HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Designated Activities) (Supervision and Enforcement) Regulations 2024My Lords, with the leave of the Committee, in moving this instrument, I shall speak also to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Ring-fenced Bodies, Core Activities,…17 Dec 2024HANSARDSilicon Valley Bank UK Limited Compensation Scheme Order 2024My Lords, I beg to move that the Committee do consider this order, which is related to the 2023 resolution of Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited. This order confirms that the former…17 Dec 2024HANSARDSilicon Valley Bank UK Limited Compensation Scheme Order 2024My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baronesses, Lady Kramer and Lady Neville-Rolfe, for their support for the compensation scheme order. The noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, asked…17 Dec 2024HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Ring-fenced Bodies, Core Activities, Excluded Activities and Prohibitions) (Amendment) Order 2024That the Grand Committee do consider the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Ring-fenced Bodies, Core Activities, Excluded Activities and Prohibitions) (Amendment) Order…17 Dec 2024HANSARDListed Investment Companies (Classification etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, on her Bill, and I thank her for her engagement on this issue so far. The Bill seeks to address an important concern for…13 Dec 2024HANSARDSmall Farms and Family BusinessesMy Lords, I begin by thanking the noble Earl, Lord Leicester, for securing today’s debate and congratulate him on his opening speech. I also pay tribute to the noble Baroness,…12 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic ProductivityWell, I hope that the recent international investment summit, which saw £64 billion of investment come into the UK, suggests otherwise. The Office for Budget Responsibility, the…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic ProductivityThat is a very good question, which I am not sure I know the answer to. Obviously, the Department for Business and Trade has an ongoing programme of dialogue with small…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic ProductivityThe noble Lord is absolutely correct to say that investment is one of the key drivers in raising productivity. Obviously, it was a matter of regret that, under the previous…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic ProductivityI completely agree with my noble friend on that point. Measuring public sector productivity is very difficult and contradictory measures are involved. My noble friend is right…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic ProductivityThe noble Lord is correct to say that both parties are absolutely aligned on the importance of skills reform, which is why we have announced Skills England. We will be increasing…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic ProductivityMy Lords, in the decade from 2010 the UK economy saw the lowest productivity growth since the Napoleonic Wars, which led to the lowest growth in living standards ever recorded.…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic ProductivityMy noble friend makes a very interesting point.05 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic ProductivityThe right reverend Prelate is absolutely correct in what she says about the importance of the health service to productivity. A healthier workforce is a more productive workforce.…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic ProductivityI know that the noble Lord cares deeply about this issue. He has spoken in debates on this topic before and has made some very important points about productivity. I have also…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic ProductivityI am grateful to my noble friend for his support for the policies we have announced for small businesses. He is absolutely right that we protected small businesses in the recent…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic ProductivityI am grateful to the noble Baroness for her Question. To answer her first point, she is incorrect to say that we did not impose any productivity criteria. We have introduced a 2%…05 Dec 2024HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Addition of Relevant Enactments) Regulations 2024That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 31 October be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 2 December .04 Dec 2024HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Addition of Relevant Enactments) Regulations 2024That the Grand Committee do consider the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Addition of Relevant Enactments) Regulations 2024.02 Dec 2024