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Parliamentary Debates
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
146 speeches (56,026 words)
2nd reading: Part 2
Wednesday 11th December 2024 - Lords Chamber
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Lord Swire (Con - Life peer) while we are at it, let us discuss the funding formula, which is ludicrously out of date; even Lord Barnett - Link to Speech

Wales: Public Services
25 speeches (1,484 words)
Tuesday 5th November 2024 - Lords Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Baroness Humphreys (LD - Life peer) 1970s, when it was introduced as a temporary measure, and has since been discredited, even by Lord Barnett - Link to Speech

Scotland
23 speeches (1,580 words)
Monday 4th November 2024 - Lords Chamber
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke (Lab - Life peer) the money was made available because of a former Member on this side of the House, Joel Barnett—Lord Barnett—and - Link to Speech
2: Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab - Life peer) I remember Lord Barnett well. - Link to Speech

Draft Immigration (Health Charge) (amendment) Order 2023 (First sitting)
22 speeches (4,409 words)
Wednesday 10th January 2024 - General Committees

Mentions:
1: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) administrations in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, using the now familiar formula devised by Lord Barnett - Link to Speech

King’s Speech
112 speeches (57,201 words)
Wednesday 8th November 2023 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Con - Life peer) The formula was first introduced many moons ago in the name of Lord Barnett. - Link to Speech

Devolved Budget for Wales: Inflation
17 speeches (1,193 words)
Wednesday 15th March 2023 - Lords Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Lord Morgan (LAB - Life peer) How does one reconcile that with the view of Lord Barnett about his own formula when he said he was deeply - Link to Speech

Public Spending: Barnett Formula
19 speeches (8,161 words)
Wednesday 15th March 2023 - Lords Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Lord Shipley (LDEM - Life peer) I thank the Library for the excellence of its briefing.The formula was introduced by the late Lord Barnett - Link to Speech
2: Baroness Grey-Thompson (CB - Life peer) I am very happy to say that it was Lord Barnett himself, so he was quite within his rights to have strong - Link to Speech
3: Lord Wigley (PC - Life peer) Four decades later, the then Lord Barnett described its continued application as an embarrassment. - Link to Speech

The Union (Constitution Committee Report)
38 speeches (13,677 words)
Friday 20th January 2023 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Lord Bilimoria (CB - Life peer) I remember, when I joined the House, that the noble Lord, Lord Barnett, was one of our most active Members - Link to Speech

Avian Influenza: Game Birds
19 speeches (1,661 words)
Wednesday 18th January 2023 - Lords Chamber
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mentions:
1: Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (LAB - Life peer) because Scotland represents one-third of the land area of the whole of the United Kingdom, which Lord Barnett - Link to Speech

Wales: Additional Financial Resources
25 speeches (1,568 words)
Wednesday 18th January 2023 - Lords Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (CON - Life peer) could she read the report of the Select Committee of this House, which was initiated by the late Lord Barnett - Link to Speech
2: Baroness Penn (CON - Life peer) My Lords, I am aware of the views of Lord Barnett, to whom the formula’s name relates. - Link to Speech
3: Lord Howell of Guildford (CON - Life peer) My Lords, the late Lord Barnett of course disliked the Barnett formula intensely; he realised it had - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Friday 8th September 2023
Correspondence - 3 August 2023 - Letter from Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP, Home Secretary, Home Office, ref visa policy for STEM talent

Science and Technology Committee

Found: provision and are allocated to each Dev olved Administration based on the formula designed by Lord Barnett

Tuesday 2nd May 2023
Written Evidence - Northern Ireland Fiscal Council
FPC0028 - The funding and delivery of public services in Northern Ireland

The funding and delivery of public services in Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Found: It came to be named after Joel (later Lord) Barnett, then Chief Secretary to the Treasury (who ironically

Wednesday 27th April 2022
Inquiry Publications - Response to this report

Universities and Scotland - Scottish Affairs Committee

Found: administrations in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, using the formula devised by Lord Barnett

Friday 15th October 2021
Oral Evidence - Professor Iain McLean (Professor of Politics, Nuffield College at University of Oxford)
University of Oxford

Future Governance of the UK - Constitution Committee

Found: committee know, there have been exhaustive inquiries by this House, including one instigated by Lord Barnett

Friday 16th July 2021
Oral Evidence - Rt Hon Mark Drakeford MS (First Minister of Wales at Welsh Government)
Welsh Government

Future Governance of the UK - Constitution Committee

Found: the reforms should be is an entirely different challenge.We believe that the Barnett formula, as Lord Barnett

Thursday 13th May 2021
Written Evidence - Yorkshire Devolution Movement
FGU0015 - Future Governance of the UK

Future Governance of the UK - Constitution Committee

Found: According to the late Lord Barnett, himself, The Barnett Formula was outdated long ago and needs to be

Thursday 11th June 2020
Written Evidence - Wales Environment Link
SPF0030 - Wales and the Shared Prosperity Fund

Wales and the Shared Prosperity Fund - Welsh Affairs Committee

Found: News story: Lord Barnett, creator of formula for UK spending allocations, dies.