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HANSARDFace-to-face Banking ServicesFace-to-face banking may be a lost cause, but we should at least be able to put in place a system that enables customers to speak to a human being rather than face a bot. This…18 Jun 2026 · 2d agoHANSARDRussian Shadow FleetThe Minister has said on several occasions that we will continue these operations of interdiction where circumstances align and where it is appropriate. I struggle to think where…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDTemporary Skilled Worker Visas: Creative OccupationsMy Lords, do the Government accept that, across a wide range of skills, the country is simply unable at the moment to attract many of the most talented people that it needs in…04 Jun 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechI was hoping I could agree with something there, but I am not sure I can, so I have decided to say only that I very much hope that the noble Lord will at least find something in…14 May 2026HANSARDHBOS: Fraud InvestigationWill the Government reconsider their decision not to publish the report in full? I fully support what the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, has said. I chaired the Treasury Select…26 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateMy Lords, as I understand it, the Government’s commitment on defence spending is to increase it from the 2.3% of GDP that it inherited to 2.6% of GDP, which the Minister has…26 Mar 2026HANSARDUK Public Servants: International SecondmentsHaving worked in an international organisation for five years and having seen some shocking conduct, it crosses my mind that the Government could do well to ask the…16 Mar 2026HANSARDWater Companies: FinesHave the Government made any assessment of whether fines on firms, as opposed to fines on individuals, have any effect on the performance of the companies concerned? It strikes me…29 Jan 2026HANSARDGreenlandI think the whole House agrees with everything that the Minister has said today. Could she just clarify whether any of the protocols that cover the stationing of US bases in the…08 Jan 2026HANSARDAutumn Budget 2025I agree with a great deal of what I have just heard. I will say a few words about growth, but before I do, I will touch on a couple of other recent controversies. First, the…04 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget: Small and Medium-sized BusinessesWell, it is goodbye Budgets for growth and hello tax and spend, is it not? When Ministers are forced back just to reading scripts—completely unedited, as far as I can tell—we get…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget: Small and Medium-sized BusinessesCould the Minister possibly say where I have been rude?27 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will be brief—everybody will be delighted to hear that. I should say that I am a supporter of the intentions of the Bill, and I agree with what the noble and learned Lord, Lord…14 Nov 2025HANSARDJobs MarketHas the Secretary of State commissioned an internal report on the effect of the national insurance change on unemployment, and have they passed that information to the Treasury?13 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI will not try to match that story. All I will say is that this has been a brilliant debate on an extremely controversial subject. Some people have opposed the Bill on principled…12 Sept 2025HANSARDAfghanistanI think noble Lords in this House would agree that the last Government and this Government acted properly in handling this, in every substantive respect. Unfortunately, that is…16 Jul 2025HANSARDPrimary Stock Exchange ListingsI think that most people would agree that there is a depressing lack of detail from the Minister in response to the important question about the lack of support given, compared…10 Jul 2025HANSARDScientists: Working in the United KingdomThe Minister will have sensed the widespread support for the Government’s plan to launch an initiative in this field. Can we have a date on which this is going to be published,…13 May 2025HANSARDHousing: New Homes TargetThe Government are quite right to concentrate on supply. It has been one of the greatest failures of public policy in the past 25 years that we have not built enough homes. Do the…24 Apr 2025HANSARDCapital Investment and Share OwnershipThe PFI has been a very mixed bag, but parts of it have been highly successful. Unfortunately, the Treasury’s approach to negotiating run-off in PFI has led a large number of…13 Mar 2025