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HANSARDCompanies (Directors’ Report) (Payment Reporting) Regulations 2025I will be. A point was made about the auditors looking at the directors’ report. The law requires auditors to see that the directors’ report is consistent with the view given by…15 Oct 2025HANSARDCompanies (Directors’ Report) (Payment Reporting) Regulations 2025My Lords, may I take a few moments to respond to a couple of things that have been said?15 Oct 2025HANSARDChinese Espionage: ParliamentMy Lords, if China is considered to be a security threat, will the Government end ownership of UK infrastructure by entities connected with the Chinese Government? That kind of…13 Oct 2025HANSARDDeforestationMy Lords, successive Governments have facilitated deforestation abroad. A good example is Drax, which has received billions in subsidies for burning wood pellets to produce…17 Sept 2025HANSARDEconomic GrowthMy Lords, people’s inability to buy goods and services is a major reason for low economic growth, and 14 years of Conservative rule delivered real wage cuts, the two-child benefit…16 Sept 2025HANSARDPlastic PollutionMy Lords, can the Minister explain what assessment the Government have made of the pros and cons of requiring road builders to replace some of the fossil fuel-based bitumen with…15 Sept 2025HANSARDLimited Liability Partnerships (Application and Modification of Company Law) Regulations 2025My Lords, I congratulate the Minister on retaining his position after the recent reshuffle of the Cabinet. Despite recent reforms of Companies House, several issues remain…10 Sept 2025HANSARDLabour MarketMy Lords, jobs depend on people’s ability to buy goods and services. That ability has been severely eroded. Some 16 million people live in poverty and 1.2 million are on insecure…08 Sept 2025HANSARDLocal Audit (Amendment of Definition of Smaller Authority) Regulations 2025My Lords, the local authority audit system was wrecked by the previous Government. Electoral Commission data shows that in the period leading to the 2010 general election big…03 Sept 2025HANSARDLocal Audit (Amendment of Definition of Smaller Authority) Regulations 2025Can the Minister confirm that there is no cost-benefit analysis or impact statement in relation to this statutory instrument? I am particularly interested in what the cost of not…03 Sept 2025HANSARDGilt YieldsMy Lords, can the Minister confirm that the yield rise does not affect the cost of servicing the debt already in place, including £2.71 trillion of debt inherited from the…02 Sept 2025HANSARDIndependent Water CommissionMy Lords, Ministers claim that public ownership of water would somehow cost £100 billion, which is a totally unsound claim. Let me explain. The £100 billion figure is generated by…23 Jul 2025HANSARDFinancial Services ReformMy Lords, history shows that infatuation with deregulation of the finance industry always ends up destabilising the economy. At the moment, shadow banks are bigger than retail…23 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit BillMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Shawcross-Wolfson, on her excellent speech and welcome her to the House. I also look forward to my noble friend Lady Bryan of…22 Jul 2025HANSARDIndependent Commission on Adult Social CareMy Lords, between 2011 and 2023, 804 out of the 816 adult care homes that were forcibly closed by the Care Quality Commission in England were run for profit. Corporations running…22 Jul 2025HANSARDTax on Imports under £135Can I help the Minister on how to collect a lot more in tax revenues by attacking the anomalies? By taxing capital gains and dividends at the same rate as wages, and by charging…14 Jul 2025HANSARDCompanies House: Filing of Annual Accounts by Small CompaniesMy Lords, the secrecy afforded to small companies has incubated financial crime. Just last month, HMRC said that 40% of corporation tax due from small businesses is not being…08 Jul 2025HANSARDCompanies House: Filing of Annual Accounts by Small CompaniesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have for implementing, modifying, or repealing any part of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 dealing with the…08 Jul 2025HANSARDUnpaid TaxMy Lords, between 2010 and 2024, HMRC failed to collect around £500 billion of tax. I therefore welcome the additional investment, but I am really concerned about the trajectory.…07 Jul 2025HANSARDSchool LibrariesMy Lords, in September 2020, the Government issued an order to English schools that: “Schools should not under any circumstances use resources produced by organisations” which…30 Jun 2025