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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 16 Jan 2014
25th Anniversary of the World Wide Web

"My Lords, last night, looking at the time limit for today, I tweeted in despair:

“Tomorrow I speak in @Marthalanefox’s Lords debate in 25th birthday of World Wide Web. Time limit of 3 minutes! What’s most important to say?”.

Adam replied from New York:

“That you can simply ask the …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 09 Oct 2013
Housing: Under-Occupancy Charge

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To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to suspend the under-occupancy charge...."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 29 Feb 2012
Employment: Work Programme

"My Lords, the Department for Work and Pensions says that, of those referred on to the Work Programme—those unemployed for more than 12 months—30 per cent would get a job anyway, regardless of any intervention. I gather that the minimum contract performance on the Work Programme is to get 33 …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 21 Dec 2011
Universal Credit

"My Lords, for the universal credit system to work, the tax and benefit systems need to be successfully merged, as do the IT systems at the DWP and HMRC. The Minister talks about a good relationship, and he is very happy with his relationship with HMRC. However, can he really …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 12 Dec 2011
Welfare Reform Bill

"I am terribly grateful to the Minister. Could he tell us where he found the money?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Nov 2011
Unemployment: Young People

"My Lords, the Government inherited falling youth unemployment, yet this is the eighth consecutive monthly rise in unemployment and precedes the eurozone crisis. This crisis is down to this Government’s decisions to scrap the EMA, to cut post-16 education funding and to scrap the future jobs fund, and an austerity …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 24 Oct 2011
Welfare Reform Bill

"I want to comment briefly on this. I say “briefly” because I have the next amendment, there is more I want to say and I do not want to take up too much of the Committee’s time today. I got a bit of billing from my noble friend Lady Hayter …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 24 Oct 2011
Welfare Reform Bill

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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 24 Oct 2011
Welfare Reform Bill

"My Lords, forgive me for taking a little time in introducing this amendment. It seeks to address delivery concerns around the implementation of universal credit and requires a report to be published in both Houses demonstrating that there has been proper, full testing and establishment of things such as the …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 24 Oct 2011
Welfare Reform Bill

"Certainly, it is important that individuals such as the noble Lord can apply successfully for their state pension online. We have seen some great successes across government in being able to use digital as the default route—in particular, the student loan application process, and vehicle licensing and road tax services …..."
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