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HANSARDNet Zero (Economic Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, has made a masterly introduction to this debate on the Economic Affairs Committee’s report Investing i n Energy: Price, Security, and…16 Oct 2023HANSARDAdvanced Artificial IntelligenceMy Lords, I found it hard to know where to start in trying to address the subject of this debate. Professor Geoffrey Hinton, whom other noble Lords have already invoked, has said…24 Jul 2023HANSARDHigher Education: Financial PressuresMy Lords, I join other noble Lords in thanking my noble friend Lord Knight of Weymouth for securing this important debate and in paying tribute to his powerful introduction to it.…30 Mar 2023HANSARDBBC: Future Funding (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, what do we want from the BBC and how do we pay for it? Your Lordships’ House should be very grateful to the committee for producing this comprehensive review of the…16 Dec 2022HANSARDArts and Creative Industries StrategyI thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate and the Minister for summing up. I endorse the comments of many noble Lords who welcomed his return to the Front Bench with…08 Dec 2022HANSARDArts and Creative Industries StrategyThat this House takes note of the case for an arts and creative industries strategy to maintain the United Kingdom’s global leadership within the sector and align the industries’…08 Dec 2022HANSARDArts and Creative Industries StrategyMy Lords, a friend asked me, pleased as I was to have secured this debate, “Why is Parliament giving time to debate the arts while the country faces an economic crisis with the…08 Dec 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement 2022My Lords, what can a Back-Bench speaker this late in the order usefully do other than allow your Lordships to get home as early as possible? It is not to repeat arguments…29 Nov 2022HANSARDHer Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIMy Lords, I came here this afternoon not intending to speak, but listening to other noble Lords I felt inspired to speak—although, I think in breach of a convention of the House,…09 Sept 2022HANSARDPrivate Equity: Economic and Social RisksMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Sikka on securing the time for this debate, although that timing, as the last business before the Summer Recess, has led to a group…21 Jul 2022HANSARDIndependent Adviser on Ministers’ InterestsCan the Minister name one other role, in public life or any other area, where the ultimate decision as to continuing in that role is left to the person in that position?16 Jun 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechThe Government “will drive economic growth to improve living standards and fund sustainable investment in public services. This will be underpinned by a responsible approach to…16 May 2022HANSARDEconomy: Spring StatementPromising a tax cut tomorrow while allowing benefits to fall today as prices soar just is not serious policy-making. But I suppose that at least the Chancellor acknowledged that…31 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomy: Spring StatementMy Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Horam. It is more than 35 years since he and I were comrades-in-arms but he has just demonstrated that, although our…31 Mar 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit (EAC Report)My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Bridges, who, as he has just demonstrated, is an excellent successor to the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, as chairman of the…23 Mar 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI thank noble Lords who have spoken to this group, in particular the noble Lord, Lord Fox, and my noble friend Lady Blake, in confirming their view that this was a worthwhile and…22 Mar 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control Bill22 Mar 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, when I spoke to a similar amendment that I tabled in Committee, I was encouraged by the support of the noble Lords, Lord Lamont and Lord Fox, my noble friend Lord…22 Mar 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly in support of the amendment in the name of my noble friend Lord McNicol, spoken by my noble friend Lady Blake. It is one of the most important…09 Feb 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I support Amendments 2 and 3 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Wigley. With the agreement of the Committee, I shall speak to my Amendment 2A. My amendment would add…31 Jan 2022