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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 08 Dec 2025
OBR: Resignation of Chair

"My Lords, the situation with the OBR is clear. What is not clear is what the OBR told the Chancellor in respect of income tax receipts before her briefing statement. Should it not be the case that all information supplied by the OBR to the Chancellor is revealed in retrospect …..."
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Written Question
Families
Monday 8th December 2025

Asked by: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) region, (2) ethnicity, (3) religion, (4) age, and (5) disability of parents with families of three children or more.

Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

Statistics related to households on Universal Credit with three or more children, affected by the Universal Credit two child limit policy, are published annually. The last publication was published on 10 July 2025 with data for April 2025.

The relevant information is shown in the data tables attached:

1, table 10A for country and region

2, table 09A for ethnicity

4, table 07A for age group of any claimant

5, table 04A for health and disability benefit entitlement

The full publication is available here: Universal Credit claimants statistics on the two child limit policy, April 2025 - GOV.UK

Data broken down by 3) religion is not available.

Alternatively, statistics for the number of households on Universal Credit by family type and number of children are published quarterly on Stat-Xplore. Universal Credit statistics are available in the Households on Universal Credit dataset.

Users can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest and, if needed, can access guidance on how to extract the information required. There is also a Universal Credit Official Statistics: Stat-Xplore user guide.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 04 Dec 2025
Autumn Budget 2025

"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hollick. Much of what he said, but not all, I agreed with. It is also a pleasure to congratulate the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Portsmouth on his excellent maiden speech.

There is much to criticise in …..."
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Written Question
Hamas
Wednesday 3rd December 2025

Asked by: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 12 November, whether they will now answer the question put, namely, on how many occasions their representatives have met or had discussions with members or representatives of Hamas since 7 October 2023.

Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development)

We are clear that there can be no role for Hamas in the governance of Palestine. Hamas is a terrorist organisation whom we proscribe in its entirety. We have a long-standing policy of non-engagement with Hamas.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 01 Dec 2025
OBR Forecasts

"My Lords, this is the second fantasy black hole of this Government. The first did not actually matter because absolutely nobody believed it. No credible economist believed it; I challenge noble Lords to name one who did. However, the second fantasy black hole does matter, because we were all sucked …..."
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Lords - Oral questions - Main Chamber
effect of the Budget on small and medium-sized businesses
MP: Lord Leigh of Hurley
Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 27 Nov 2025
Budget: Small and Medium-sized Businesses

"To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effect of the Budget on small and medium-sized businesses...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 27 Nov 2025
Budget: Small and Medium-sized Businesses

"My Lords, yesterday was the benefits Budget. The Chancellor has broken her promise not to increase income taxes. As she said in her Budget, because no national insurance is charged on dividend income, she will increase the income tax on dividends. Does the Minister think that she understands that national …..."
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Written Question
RFA Argus
Monday 24th November 2025

Asked by: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask His Majesty's Government what options they are considering for the future of the RFA Argus.

Answered by Lord Coaker - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

The Royal Fleet Auxiliary continue to work alongside DE&S, surveyors and commercial partners to assess the cost and value of effecting the required repairs.

Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 20 Nov 2025
Private Equity

"My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Monks, on securing this very timely and important debate. I declare all sorts of interests. I am a founder and current senior partner of the advisory firm, Cavendish Corporate Finance—I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Davies, for his comments on …..."
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