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HANSARDBreathing Space Scheme: Consultation ResponseOn the latter point, the first regulations will be laid towards the end of this year. I will write to the right reverend Prelate about the timetable for the sustainable…19 Jun 2019HANSARDBreathing Space Scheme: Consultation ResponseThe noble Lord is absolutely right. There are so many Bills going through the House on which my services are sometimes required that I may have muddled them up. My noble friend…19 Jun 2019HANSARDBreathing Space Scheme: Consultation ResponseThe noble Lord makes a valid point. Those who are innumerate or illiterate will have difficulties in this area. The Money and Pensions Service will ensure that there are debt…19 Jun 2019HANSARDBreathing Space Scheme: Consultation ResponseMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement made today in the other place by my honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury. The Statement…19 Jun 2019HANSARDBreathing Space Scheme: Consultation ResponseI thank both noble Lords for their generous welcome to the announcement, in particular the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson. I remember the forceful case he made during the passage of…19 Jun 2019HANSARDCensus (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, for tabling his amendments, and thank all those who have taken part in this debate. I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady…18 Jun 2019HANSARDReferendumsMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Soley, my constituency neighbour in another place for many years, on securing this debate. He has chosen a highly topical subject,…13 Jun 2019HANSARDPreparing Legislation for Parliament (Constitution Committee Report)My Lords, I begin by thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Bolton, in her absence, and the members of her committee for their excellent reports, and my noble friend Lord…12 Jun 2019HANSARDBanks: Cash WithdrawalsI commend the noble Baroness on her maiden speech and I am sorry that her ambitions have not been fully fulfilled. As I said a few moments ago, LINK is directly commissioning ATMs…11 Jun 2019HANSARDBanks: Cash WithdrawalsI understand the noble Baroness’s concern for those who do not have access to free-to-use ATMs. I hope she will be reassured that the number of free-to-use ATMs in Scotland…11 Jun 2019HANSARDBanks: Cash WithdrawalsMy noble friend is quite right; they are used not just for cash withdrawals but often for deposits or balance queries. I very much hope that banks respond to my noble friend’s…11 Jun 2019HANSARDBanks: Cash WithdrawalsThe noble Lord is quite correct that LINK is directly commissioning ATMs in areas that do not have one but need one. If he has a particular area in mind that needs an ATM but does…11 Jun 2019HANSARDBanks: Cash WithdrawalsI will certainly draw LINK’s attention to the problems the noble Lord has just outlined in Hebden Bridge. I hope that Hebden Bridge also has some post offices. We have invested £2…11 Jun 2019HANSARDGDP per CapitaMy Lords, the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics show that in 2017 gross value added per head was £28,096 in England, £19,899 in Wales, £25,485 in…11 Jun 2019HANSARDGDP per CapitaThe noble Lord has been a tireless campaigner for 45 years, in the other place and now here, for reducing the inequalities between Wales and the rest of the United Kingdom. He…11 Jun 2019HANSARDKew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have it in command from Her Majesty the Queen to acquaint the House that Her Majesty, having been informed of the purport of the Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill, has…11 Jun 2019HANSARDGDP per CapitaThe noble Lord makes a powerful case for a generous shared prosperity fund. The Government have tried to do what they can to reduce the disparity; extra funds were allocated to…11 Jun 2019HANSARDGDP per CapitaI challenge what the noble Baroness said about the economy weakening. The economy has grown continuously for nine successive years. Employment is at a record level. Real wages are…11 Jun 2019HANSARDGDP per CapitaI think the comparison was not direct, as I am sure the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, will recognise. The disparity between the west and the east of Germany was far greater…11 Jun 2019HANSARDBanks: Cash WithdrawalsMy Lords, the government-established Payment Systems Regulator regulates LINK, the scheme that runs the UK’s largest ATM network. The regulator is using its powers to hold LINK to…11 Jun 2019