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HANSARDCost of Living: PensionersTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the cost of living increases on recipients of the state pension.26 May 2022HANSARDFinancial Exclusion (Liaison Committee Report)My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister. On that £5 billion, it seems that it is given to Openreach and others, and they keep the resulting assets as well as the income stream.…25 May 2022HANSARDFinancial Exclusion (Liaison Committee Report)My Lords, I thank the Liaison Committee and all its members for the excellent report. It is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Balfe, in this debate. I should just tell him…25 May 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to speak. Since 2012, the Government have handed £695 billion of quantitative easing to speculators. Can the Minister explain why the…24 May 2022HANSARDNHS Dental ServicesMy Lords, in England, only a third of adults and half of children have access to an NHS dentist. There are reports of people extracting their own teeth because they cannot find a…24 May 2022HANSARDGambling Industry: Gambling ReformsMy Lords, the majority of the online servers on which British people gamble are located in offshore tax havens. This means that profits from sales in the UK are booked elsewhere…17 May 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I will speak briefly on three issues. The first is the economy, the second is financial services reform and the third is auditing. A sustainable economy cannot be built…16 May 2022HANSARDElections BillI am very grateful to the noble Lord for his observation. I am sure that members of the public would be quite interested to note that when an alternative proposal is put forward,…25 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lords who have already spoken. I will speak briefly about Amendment 67. This amendment would require the Secretary of State to…25 Apr 2022HANSARDDasgupta ReviewMy Lords, a key message from the Dasgupta review is that we need to change our measures of economic success. That cannot be done without replacing the shareholder-centric model of…07 Apr 2022HANSARDTax Gaps 2019-20To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the HMRC report Measuring tax gaps 2021 edition - tax gap estimates for 2019 to 2020 , published on 8 February.07 Apr 2022HANSARDTax Gaps 2019-20My Lords, it is a pleasure to bring this debate. I will raise three broad questions with the Minister: first, on the quality of HMRC’s analysis of the tax gap; secondly, on the…07 Apr 2022HANSARDCovid-19: Financial Support SchemesTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the possible losses arising from fraudulent use of (1) furlough support, (2) the Bounce Back Loan Scheme, and (3)…06 Apr 2022HANSARDCovid-19: Financial Support SchemesMy Lords, under this Government, we now have the highest level of taxation and fraud. Annual fraud is between £29 billion and £52 billion. Last year, the government counter-fraud…06 Apr 2022HANSARDWater Companies: Duties and AccountabilityMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his reply. He may be aware that on 1 March 2018, Environment Secretary Michael Gove said that water companies had “avoided paying taxes…04 Apr 2022HANSARDWater Companies: Duties and AccountabilityTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to changing water companies’ (1) duties, and (2) accountability.04 Apr 2022HANSARDEconomy: Spring StatementMy Lords, just before the Bells rang, I was referring to the plight of our senior citizens, who are facing food price rises of 15% and energy price rises of 54%. Already, 2.1…31 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomy: Spring StatementMy Lords, it is pleasure to participate in this debate. If I had had more time, I would have liked to dissect every sentence in the Chancellor’s Statement. However, that…31 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomy: Spring StatementOn the state pension, I referred to the median figures, which are half the national minimum wage. Does the noble Baroness consider that a state pension of half the median wage is…31 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomy: Spring StatementI am grateful to the noble Baroness for giving way. It has been a long day and she has great powers of perseverance, which are all on display. She referred to capital gains. The…31 Mar 2022