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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 05 Sep 2022
Four-Day Working Week

"My Lords, the Question talks specifically about four days a week, not about working from home. Bizarrely, this may have the effect of increasing productivity, only because productivity in this country is measured as output per hour. So, when the Government consider the devastating effect a four-day week would have, …..."
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Written Question
Official Receiver: Compensation
Wednesday 23rd March 2022

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

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps the Insolvency Service takes to promote the existence of its official receiver compensation scheme to creditors in insolvency procedures, where the official receiver has been appointed as the office holder.

Answered by Lord Callanan - Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

There is no formal Official Receiver compensation scheme. If an Official Receiver believes that their actions have caused a loss to an insolvency estate, they will seek a payment from the Insolvency Service to compensate that estate.

Written Question
Official Receiver: Compensation
Wednesday 23rd March 2022

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

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many payments the Insolvency Service has made under its official receiver compensation scheme in each year for which this information is available; and what is the total value of these payments in each year.

Answered by Lord Callanan - Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Payments made to estates for losses caused by an Official Receiver since 2018 are as follows:

Year

Total number of payments

Total amount paid out (£)

2021-22 (to end Feb)

14

12,738

2020-21

6

13,127

2019-20

5

2,376

2018-19

5

2,856

Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 09 Mar 2022
Trade Talks with India, Greenland and Israel

"My Lords, does the Minister agree that it is incumbent upon all of us to do everything we can to promote trade with all countries, particularly the three countries listed in the Question? Therefore, does he hope, as I do, that the whole House condemns the approach taken by certain …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 10 Nov 2021
Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill

"I rise to support Amendment 8, to which I have added my name, and thank the noble Lord, Lord Fox, and the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, for doing the hard work on the drafting. It is much appreciated. I am happy to support the amendment.

First, I disclose my interests …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 06 Sep 2021
Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Extension of the Relevant Period) (No. 2) Regulations 2021

"My Lords, I declare an interest. Since we last debated this subject, I have become a non-executive director and chairman-designate of Manolete Partners plc, an AIM-listed company involved in insolvency litigation. Therefore, I have a vested interest in addition to my other business interests.

I again congratulate the Government on …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 18 May 2021
Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Extension of the Relevant Period) Regulations 2021

"My Lords, clearly we are at a critical time for UK businesses. It is widely recognised that businesses face enormous liquidity issues when an economy comes out of a downturn as much as when the downturn starts. I draw noble Lords’ attention to my interests as set out in the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 15 Apr 2021
National Security and Investment Bill

"I suppose I should say that modesty had forbidden me from putting my name down for this group. I wanted to have a point clarified and to thank the Government for listening to the Back-Benchers. I think it was fairly random that I took the 15% point: I cannot remember …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 15 Apr 2021
National Security and Investment Bill

"My Lords, I thank the Minister, my noble friend Lord Callanan—he is not in his place—for his letter to us regarding guidance products. I was a bit confused by the word “products” but let us let that pass for the moment. The letter tells us about the expert panel, which …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 23 Mar 2021
Audit and Corporate Governance

"To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether their proposals in Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance, published on 18 March, conflict with those in the UK Listing Review by Lord Hill of Oareford, published on 3 March...."
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