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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat Standing Order 44 ( No two stages of a Bill to be taken on one day ) be dispensed with on Monday 24 October to allow the Energy Prices Bill to be taken through committee and…19 Oct 2022HANSARDReplacement of the Chancellor of the ExchequerNo. A number of very important steps have been taken by my right honourable friend the Prime Minister to which your Lordships are invited to assent. Yesterday, for example, I was…18 Oct 2022HANSARDReplacement of the Chancellor of the ExchequerMy Lords, on the question of mortgages, everyone will be sensible to the position of those seeking to buy—I have a son seeking a mortgage at the moment—in conditions where…18 Oct 2022HANSARDReplacement of the Chancellor of the ExchequerMy Lords, my noble friend, with his enormous and widely respected knowledge as a former chairman of your Lordships’ Economic Affairs Committee, makes a very strong point about the…18 Oct 2022HANSARDReplacement of the Chancellor of the ExchequerMy Lords, I realise the economic stable from which the noble Lord came, but the central responsibility for any Government is to do what is necessary for economic stability, and…18 Oct 2022HANSARDReplacement of the Chancellor of the ExchequerMy Lords, I explained the reasons for the appointment of my right honourable friend, and I believe that it was a good appointment.18 Oct 2022HANSARDReplacement of the Chancellor of the ExchequerThere will be a Statement by my right honourable friend; I believe that 31 October is still the date suggested. Work is proceeding at pace and I assure your Lordships that they…18 Oct 2022HANSARDReplacement of the Chancellor of the ExchequerI welcome the opportunity to follow the right reverend Prelate on that point. As I tried to say in my earlier answers, the position of those in need will be at the forefront of…18 Oct 2022HANSARDReplacement of the Chancellor of the ExchequerMy Lords, I think this was originally a Question asked of the Prime Minister. There has not been a Prime Minister in your Lordships’ House since 1963. I am not travelling in hope.…18 Oct 2022HANSARDReplacement of the Chancellor of the ExchequerMy Lords, I believe that we have such a Government.18 Oct 2022HANSARDReplacement of the Chancellor of the ExchequerMy Lords, apart from the rhetoric, the main part of the noble Baroness’s question was on energy prices. I hope that your Lordships have heard with delight that a Bill, for which I…18 Oct 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat, in the event of the Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) Bill having been brought from the House of Commons, Standing Order 44 ( No two stages of a Bill to be taken on one…12 Oct 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat Standing Order 73 ( Affirmative Instruments ) be dispensed with on Wednesday 12 October to enable a motion to approve the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 14)…10 Oct 2022HANSARDHer Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIMy Lords, the desire to express love and affection for Her Majesty has been exemplified right to the end of these tributes. I must apologise to the House: because of various…10 Sept 2022HANSARDHer Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIThat an Humble Address be presented to His Majesty to convey to His Majesty the deep sympathy felt by this House in the grief His Majesty has sustained by the death of our late…10 Sept 2022HANSARDHer Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIMy Lords, we have all now had an opportunity to offer our tributes to Her late Majesty, so we come to the formal business of agreeing an Humble Address expressing the House’s…10 Sept 2022HANSARDHer Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIMy Lords, this is an appropriately dark and dreary day, and one we prayed would never come. These are words that I hoped never to hear spoken, let alone to have to speak. I ask…09 Sept 2022HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, if I might—unusually—respond on a usual channels question, I should like to thank the noble Lord for his kind words about my noble friend Lord Ashton, which are widely…08 Sept 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]If I may, I should like to say that I said earlier in the House that I would value good relations across the House, but the noble Lord must not take it too far by damning my…07 Sept 2022HANSARDGovernment: Ministerial ChangesMy Lords, of course I echo the tributes made so eloquently to my noble friend Lady Evans of Bowes Park, which I shall not be able to match. I wholeheartedly add my own, and am…07 Sept 2022