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HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendment 35. I declare an interest as a member of council at UCL. On the first day of Committee, I spoke in support of my noble friend Lord…06 Feb 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, we have a lot of sympathy for the amendments in this group. My noble friend Lady Kramer has added her name to Amendment 22. It is absolutely right that we should be…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, these amendments address very important issues. As noble Lords who attended the Committee last week will be aware, we on these Benches have taken an approach to the Bill…29 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 4 in the name of my noble friend Lord Storey, which proposes to exempt universities from the NIC increase, among other things. I will…21 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI think there were three questions there, so perhaps I can answer very quickly: no, no and no.06 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, this is an unsatisfactory Bill, not because it raises taxes—that was, and is, an obvious necessity—but because it does so in a way that exacerbates existing unresolved…06 Jan 2025HANSARDInformation Sharing (Disclosure by the Registrar) Regulations 2024My Lords, we will support both of these instruments, and I will be brief. The first instrument is a straightforward and necessary increase in the disclosure powers of Companies…17 Dec 2024HANSARDSharia-compliant Student FinanceMy Lords, Muslim census research shows that over 6,000 students annually miss out on university entirely due to the lack of sharia-compliant finance. I know that the Minister is…13 Nov 2024HANSARDSharia-compliant Student FinanceTo ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made towards the introduction of a Sharia-compliant student finance product.13 Nov 2024HANSARDAutumn Budget 2024My Lords, I will speak briefly about alternative finance. The Treasury defines alternative finance as “a method of raising finance that characteristically involves the sale,…11 Nov 2024HANSARDCriminal Finances Act 2017 and Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024We support this statutory instrument but have a few observations and questions. It is clear that more needs to be done to combat fraud, now our most frequent crime. Fraud accounts…11 Nov 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I join others in warmly welcoming the noble Baronesses, Lady Smith and Lady Merron, to the Government Front Bench. As the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, said in her…19 Jul 2024HANSARDSecuritisation (Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, we welcome this SI and will support it today. Its provisions are clearly necessary and are mostly explained clearly in the accompanying documentation. I would be…20 May 2024HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Disapplication or Modification of Financial Regulator Rules in Individual Cases) Regulations 2024My Lords, the Explanatory Memorandum and de minimis impact assessment for this SI contain a number of vague assertions. Nowhere is there to be found a plain English statement of…26 Mar 2024HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Disapplication or Modification of Financial Regulator Rules in Individual Cases) Regulations 2024I end by wishing the Minister a happy Easter.26 Mar 2024HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Disapplication or Modification of Financial Regulator Rules in Individual Cases) Regulations 2024I thank the Minister for her explanations. I have two or three points to make. First, I am still rather puzzled about the matching adjustment, for two reasons. As the Minister…26 Mar 2024HANSARDSocial Security (Contributions) (Limits and Thresholds, National Insurance Funds Payments and Extension of Veterans Relief) Regulations 2024My Lords, I will speak first to the draft social security contributions SI. Let me say at the outset that we support this instrument. However, we regret the announcement in the…27 Feb 2024HANSARDBank of England Levy (Amount of Levy Payable) Regulations 2024My Lords, it is obviously unacceptable that the Bank of England should be making a loss on its supervisory activities regarding the banking sector. We are happy to support this…27 Feb 2024HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2024My Lords, we support this pensions dashboard SI, just as we supported the pensions dashboards project during the passage through the House of what became the Pension Schemes Act…13 Feb 2024HANSARDMoney Laundering and Terrorist Financing (High-Risk Countries) (Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, we support this very sensible SI and recognise the importance of the work FATF does in the fields of money laundering and terrorist financing. We recognise the…13 Feb 2024