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HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I find all the amendments and all the arguments made by various speakers very persuasive, and I hope the Government take note of that. I have some concerns that I do not…06 Feb 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 229 to 231. They overlap with the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey; I congratulate him on his excellent speech and the…06 Feb 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillCould the Minister clarify something? If I buy a bar of chocolate, the producer owes me a duty of care and, if I get injured, I have a right of redress. If I buy financial…06 Feb 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI am encouraged by the Minister’s determination to tackle fraud. Can she answer the three specific questions I asked? First, can she give us a commitment that a copy of the…06 Feb 2023HANSARDBroadband: PriceTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have, if any, to prevent internet providers from increasing the price of broadband connections by up to 3.9 per cent above the…02 Feb 2023HANSARDBroadband: PriceMy Lords, there is absolutely no justification for the inflation-busting 14% price rise for broadband. BT, EE, PlusNet, Shell Energy, TalkTalk and Vodafone are acting in unison;…02 Feb 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I and the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, oppose the Question that Clause 24 stand part of the Bill. As I read the Bill, I wondered why growth and…01 Feb 2023HANSARDBroadband: Social TariffsMy Lords, the Government are handing £5 billion to BT for broadband provision. Under that deal, BT will keep the resulting assets and income streams for years and years to come.…31 Jan 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI thank the Minister. Unless she is going to in a moment, she did not specifically refer to Amendment 41. What it proposes is very reasonable, for two reasons. First, the…25 Jan 2023HANSARDMinisterial Appointments: Vetting and Managing Conflicts of InterestMy Lords, transparency is the biggest antidote to sleaze, which revolves around money. The best way of dealing with this is to ensure that all Ministers publish their tax returns.…24 Jan 2023HANSARDElectric Vehicle Battery ProductionMy Lords, since 2016, UK car production has nearly halved. Honda has closed its factory in Swindon and BMW is moving production of its electric Mini from Oxford to China. We…23 Jan 2023HANSARDBanks: Forged Customer SignaturesTo ask His Majesty’s Government, further to the reply by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 30 June 2022 (HL Deb cols 755–6) relating to allegations of banks forging customer signatures,…16 Jan 2023HANSARDBanks: Forged Customer SignaturesI note that the Minister has not given any definite date for that. As usual, the Government are soft on corporate crime in the City, and thousands of innocent people have lost…16 Jan 2023HANSARDUK Mortality RatesMy Lords, it is a pleasure to open this debate and to welcome the noble Lord, Lord Evans of Rainow, to the House and to the ministerial merry-go-round. I look forward to hearing…12 Jan 2023HANSARDUK Mortality RatesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the paper by the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health Bearing the burden of austerity: how do changing…12 Jan 2023HANSARDFinancial ServicesMy Lords, if I understood the Minister correctly, she said that the consultation, or the rules, on bank branch closures are being strengthened. May I ask her to consider three…11 Jan 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I too welcome the noble Lord, Lord Remnant, to the House and thank him for his excellent maiden speech. This is not a Bill that will clean up the City, enhance its…10 Jan 2023HANSARDCryptocurrenciesMy Lords, the use of centralised peer-to-peer crypto lending platforms has surged and crypto lending services have become part of the shadow banking industry. Despite past hints,…20 Dec 2022HANSARDStreptococcus A: AntibioticsMy Lords, the cost of producing strep A antibiotics has not changed but the selling price has rocketed in recent weeks from 80 pence to £19 per packet, mainly because of…15 Dec 2022HANSARDHealth: MalnutritionTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of people affected by malnutrition or undernutrition in England.14 Dec 2022