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HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, as noble Lords have noticed, this is a very skinny list of amendments; it is a group of one. I will put on record my registered interests: I am a chartered accountant…06 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]I listened carefully to what the Minister had to say; I thought he was on a good track for a while but he finished rather poorly. I am grateful for the very sensible words from my…06 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]06 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]Facilitating means merely that any financial institution registered with the FCA in this country would have to use the IHT423 procedure—it could not say no. At the moment, we have…06 Jul 2026HANSARDFarming Road Map and Profitability ReviewMy Lords, I pay tribute to the Minister for so adroitly finding her way through the document, but are we not rather discussing it in a vacuum? She said clearly that she did not…01 Jul 2026HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Bill [HL]My Lords, I add some comments to what the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, has said and what he is trying to achieve. I put on record my interests in the register as a chartered…24 Jun 2026HANSARDSustainable Drainage SystemsMy Lords, when I was young, some time ago, it was more commonplace that councils cleared out the storm drains on a cyclical maintenance basis. Many councils on discretionary…11 Jun 2026HANSARDUK Electricity PricesMy Lords, I put on record my registered interest as the director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation. Let me restate what Labour’s manifesto said. It promised to get power…04 Jun 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic ResponseMy Lords, it must be noted that the Government are enjoying and using many of the Brexit dividends that were given to them: that is zero tariffs on anything they please; that is…01 Jun 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I start with compliments and thanks to all those who have given their maiden speeches today; I look forward to hearing much more from them. I put on record my registered…19 May 2026HANSARDRMT Strikes: Impact on BusinessesMy Lords, last week I was not singing the praises of the RMT when I was walking with two prosthetic legs between here and Victoria, and I probably speak for many disabled people…28 Apr 2026HANSARDDigital ID: Public ConsultationMy Lords, as ever with many big government ideas, there is a solution that is yet to find a problem. I am yet to hear a ministerial Statement on the very serious data events that…18 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillMy Lords, I am pleased to support my noble friend Lord Fuller, who has similarly reciprocated his enthusiasm for one of my amendments. Quite a few things come to mind in the…05 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillThis is an important point in many ways. The Minister will be aware that within an owner-managed director business, the director has absolute discretion about how he or she may…05 Mar 2026HANSARDFire and Rescue Services: Clean Energy ProjectsMy Lords, I declare my directorship of the Global Warming Policy Foundation. When I was the MP for South Thanet, we had a proposal for one of these battery farms—let us call them…26 Feb 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia and British Indian Ocean TerritoryMy Lords—26 Feb 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillMy Lords, let me make my declaration. I am a chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser, so such legislation is the thing I live for on a daily basis. My noble friend Lady…24 Feb 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillPerhaps I may make some comments on Amendment 33 put forward by the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, and my noble friend Lord Leigh. My noble friend recommends that there be some…24 Feb 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillI would like to assist the noble Lord, Lord Davies, on multiple employments. For an employer faced with an employee with multiple employments, which is not uncommon, it has no…24 Feb 2026HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) BillHMRC.24 Feb 2026