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HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, I have two interests in this group, having tabled Amendments 48 and 51, but I shall take them out of order as one is general and the other more specific. Amendment 51 is…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, we can know whether the bank is meeting its objectives and strategic priorities only if the periodic reviews of its work cover the right areas. We will turn to the…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, before I start to speak to this group, can we clear a piece of housekeeping with the Minister? I would be grateful if she could give us an assurance that, when she…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak to these amendments, but I will make a general point about my approach to today’s debate. I find myself agreeing with a very high proportion of the…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]The noble Baroness should be uncomfortable as well. UKIB is not an ordinary bank, but strong arguments have been made for subjecting it to at least some of the regulatory measures…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]Perhaps I am confused, but it seems that the bank can produce a soft and appropriate definition, yet in the final analysis that will be examined by the ONS, which will not be soft…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey, for tabling and introducing these three amendments on the important matter of parliamentary oversight. I am not inherently…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]I am sorry; I have tried to be consensual in my responses. My understanding from Her Majesty’s Government—though I am beginning to be somewhat doubtful of this—is that, post…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, there seem to be ideas all through this Bill, and the drafters have gone to one edge—to take all the power. That is the sense I get from a lot of our discussions…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, I will briefly speak to my Amendment 32 before offering a brief response to the other amendments in this group. I have already raised the subject of jobs, and I am not…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, I would not mind if the Minister wrote again and repeated herself. I might then claw towards understanding.14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, I must admit that I do not have a view on this, because it seems to me that if this bank is to be used only when the risk is such that the private sector is not willing…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, there is very little in this group that I can object to in principle. We debated the definition of infrastructure at Second Reading, with concerns expressed on all sides…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [HL]My Lords, there is a sense of nostalgia. Right at the end, we had the favourite statement you get from Governments in this situation: that it is not appropriate—in other words,…14 Jun 2022HANSARDMotor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) Order 2022My Lords, I was expecting a very dry debate on this relatively straightforward SI, but one of the joys of this place is that you are allowed to discover fellow Members meeting by…13 Jun 2022HANSARDTravel Disruption at UK Airports and Ferry PortsMy Lords, as experts warn that disruption is likely to persist through the summer months, the Government must take responsibility and act to ease the chronic disruption at ports…09 Jun 2022HANSARDRyanair: Afrikaans Language TestGiven the uniformity of view on this question, may I probe the Minister a little further? Can she tell us what powers the Government have to force Ryanair to take a more…09 Jun 2022HANSARDCost of LivingMy Lords, let me begin by congratulating my noble friend Lord Eatwell on securing this debate. I am grateful to the other noble Lords who have participated. This discussion comes…09 Jun 2022HANSARDNorth Sea Oil and Gas Producers: Investment AllowancesI would like to follow up on the questions posed by the shadow Chancellor in the House of Commons yesterday but not answered, particularly now that the Government have had time…07 Jun 2022