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Grand Committee
Africa: Commercial Opportunities and Exports - Thu 12 Sep 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Bruce of Bennachie (LD - Life peer) growing call from indebted countries for debt relief, which is related, because that would release funds - Speech Link
2: Baroness Northover (LD - Life peer) Africa.The Middle Eastern countries—Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar in particular—are engaging with their sovereign - Speech Link
3: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) Just last year, UKEF closed its largest sovereign transaction with sub-Saharan Africa, arranging finance - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Foreign Direct Investment to the UK - Tue 10 Sep 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Harrington of Watford (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Actually, when we took evidence from about 200 companies, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and others - Speech Link
2: Lord Petitgas (Con - Life peer) We need wealth creation to pay for our welfare state. - Speech Link
3: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) We have to be out there, seeking out those companies and sovereign funds to make the UK the investment - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Great British Energy Bill
2nd reading - Thu 05 Sep 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Ed Miliband (Lab - Doncaster North) for their countries—wealth that flows back to their taxpayers. - Speech Link
2: Claire Coutinho (Con - East Surrey) thought that his plans would cost vastly more, yet he is promising to do it all now with 6% of the funds - Speech Link
3: Mike Reader (Lab - Northampton South) It is right that the Labour Government are taking forward plans for sovereign, safe and secure energy - Speech Link
4: Dave Doogan (SNP - Angus and Perthshire Glens) It absolutely meets all the criteria of the Government Trading Funds Act 1973, so it would be interesting - Speech Link
5: Angus MacDonald (LD - Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire) The Norwegians handled the revenue from the North sea oil boom well, and their sovereign wealth fund - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crown Estate Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Mon 02 Sep 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lord Teverson (LD - Life peer) Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea—why is there not the equivalent, as there was in Shetland, of a regional wealth - Speech Link
2: Baroness Smith of Llanfaes (PC - Life peer) in Wales for the long-term benefits of the people of Wales in the form of a Sovereign Wealth Fund”. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Kramer (LD - Life peer) I am very taken, I must say, by the proposal of my noble friend Lord Teverson for regional wealth funds - Speech Link
4: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) I point my noble friend, for example, to the national wealth fund that the Chancellor has announced, - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Thu 25 Jul 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Baroness D'Souza (XB - Life peer) China conserves and increases its wealth by strategic belt and road initiatives, enabling the purchase - Speech Link
2: Lord West of Spithead (Lab - Life peer) In the final analysis, our nation’s wealth and survival depends on the maritime, as it has done for centuries - Speech Link
3: Baroness Deech (XB - Life peer) UNRWA is a channel for funds to Hamas. There are other agencies that can support Gaza. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Wed 24 Jul 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Stewart of Dirleton (Con - Life peer) Instead, a treaty entered into with a sovereign, friendly country has been cast to one side without ceremony - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Gloucester (Bshp - Bishops) A different and more effective approach means not higher cost but a redistribution of funds. - Speech Link
3: Lord Patten (Con - Life peer) Ofwat—but what I would like to see very much is absolute transparency in where think tanks get their funds - Speech Link
4: Lord Marlesford (Con - Life peer) which there is a great pressure for GPs being provided for new migration.Some argue that our national wealth - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Tue 23 Jul 2024
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Bew (XB - Life peer) means fair play for the two communities within Northern Ireland, and it has to be exercised by the sovereign - Speech Link
2: Baroness Wilcox of Newport (Lab - Life peer) There should be elected public forums where all manner of persons, irrespective of their power or wealth - Speech Link
3: Baroness Falkner of Margravine (XB - Life peer) parameters imposed by His Majesty’s Treasury or the Cabinet Office as to how it should expend public funds - Speech Link
4: Lord Kirkham (Con - Life peer) years ago today; an entrepreneur who has enjoyed modest success in the now highly fashionable field of wealth - Speech Link
5: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) The harsh reality is that, without wealth creation, there will be no welfare.I take this opportunity - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Immigration and Home Affairs - Tue 23 Jul 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Debbie Abrahams (Lab - Oldham East and Saddleworth) country’s income but two thirds of the country’s wealth. - Speech Link
2: Zarah Sultana (Lab - Coventry South) With a 1% wealth tax on assets over £10 million, we could raise the funds needed to pay for the policy - Speech Link
3: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) prepared personal protective equipment during the crisis, supporting Ukrainian refugees and raising funds - Speech Link
4: Matt Western (Lab - Warwick and Leamington) We have seen sovereign wealth funds in many other countries and what they have done to transform those - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech (4th Day) - Mon 22 Jul 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Lord Callanan (Con - Life peer) It does not create a sovereign wealth fund. - Speech Link
2: Lord Vaux of Harrowden (XB - Excepted Hereditary) I assumed we would be talking about a sovereign wealth fund similar to those we see in other countries - Speech Link
3: Viscount Chandos (Lab - Life peer) I was amused by the semantic grumbles of noble Lords opposite about it not being a sovereign wealth fund—not - Speech Link
4: Lord Udny-Lister (Con - Life peer) Just to put it in a little bit of context, if I may, the UAE through its sovereign funds has already - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Fri 19 Jul 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Evans of Rainow (Con - Life peer) She brings a wealth of experience to your Lordships’ House through her work as an economics teacher, - Speech Link
2: Baroness Watkins of Tavistock (XB - Life peer) A redirection of funds from, for example, agency nursing to uplift training bursaries and increase apprenticeship - Speech Link
3: Lord Aberdare (XB - Excepted Hereditary) While I recognise the difficulty of finding new sources of funds, I share the concerns expressed by the - Speech Link
4: Baroness Greenfield (XB - Life peer) We need to invest funds immediately in rising to the three challenges of social care, diagnosis and, - Speech Link