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HANSARDSubsidy Control BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his introduction to the Second Reading of this Bill. As he was the long-suffering Minister for Exiting the EU who helped to deliver the trade…19 Jan 2022HANSARDQuantitative Easing (Economic Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, I join other speakers in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, for securing this debate and for his powerful introduction. The committee’s inquiry into QE reflects the…15 Nov 2021HANSARDCharities Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for her very clear introduction to the Second Reading of the Charities Bill. She has exceptional commitment to and experience of the charitable…07 Jul 2021HANSARDUK Foreign Aid ProgrammeMy Lords, in thanking and congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, on his hugely welcome initiation of today’s debate, I declare an interest and a connection. As disclosed in…01 Jul 2021HANSARDSocial Care and the Role of CarersMy Lords: “I have heard members of political parties on both the left and the right describe this as an incredibly difficult problem, and my response is that it is not a terribly…24 Jun 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I draw the attention of the House to my entry in the register of interests and, particularly in the light of what I intend to say on further and higher education, to my…12 May 2021HANSARDBudget StatementMy Lords, speaking as a non-Marxist member of the Labour Party, I think that this much leaked Budget is a case study for the long-established rule that the better the immediate…12 Mar 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Claimants previously entitled to a severe disability premium) Amendment Regulations 2021My Lords, I shall speak briefly but vehemently in wholehearted support of my noble friend Lady Sherlock’s regret Motion. I was privileged to be a member of the Economic Affairs…11 Feb 2021HANSARDTackling Intergenerational Unfairness (Select Committee Report)My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Price, for his clear introduction to the report by the committee. I was privileged to be a member of the committee and witnessed the…25 Jan 2021HANSARDEconomic UpdateMy Lords, the Economic Affairs Committee, of which I am a member, urged the Government in December to make the £20-a-week increase in basic universal credit permanent, as the…12 Jan 2021HANSARDEU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementMy Lords, even if my Christmas stocking did not contain a copy of the requested How to Overcome Confirmation Bias , my new year’s resolution was to approach consideration and…08 Jan 2021HANSARDFinance BillMy Lords, never can economic conditions have changed so much in the time between the publication of a Finance Bill and its consideration by your Lordships’ House. As the Minister…17 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: UniversitiesMy Lords, I declare my interest as a trustee of LAMDA. In the absence of more appropriate emergency grant funding to compensate for irrecoverable loss of revenues, the Government…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: EconomyI draw the attention of your Lordships to my entries in the register of interests. I am from the Zhou Enlai school of analysis in thinking that it is too early to make a…04 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: International ResponseI join other noble Lords in welcoming the Government’s embrace of multilateralism in their response to the Covid-19 crisis, when they have too often appeared in other respects…18 May 2020HANSARDBudget: Economic and Fiscal OutlookMy Lords, the Government’s assessment, the Minister and many other noble Lords who have spoken this afternoon acknowledge the certainty of a very high—possibly record—level of…05 May 2020HANSARDBrexitWhat can your Lordships’ House most usefully do today? Eschewing Gilbert and Sullivan, I suggest as context a sporting analogy that may appeal to the Speaker of the House of…19 Oct 2019HANSARDBrexitMy Lords, however much all of us are suffering from Brexit fatigue, we should welcome the fact that we are able to hold this debate today. The Prime Minister would like to have…02 Oct 2019HANSARDEconomic Environment: Growth and JobsMy Lords, I am full of admiration for the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, for her bravery in introducing this subject at this point in the Government’s management of the…11 Jul 2019HANSARDSmall and Medium-sized Enterprises: MistreatmentMy Lords, we are indebted—the appropriate word in this case—to the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, for securing time for this short debate and for her forensic speech introducing it.…27 Jun 2019