Social Security (Contributions) (Limits and Thresholds) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

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Monday 3rd March 2014 Grand Committee

[Lord Tunnicliffe]

My Lords, before we start the next business, due to the efficiency with which we have executed our previous business, we are rather scratching to find a spokesman. I wonder whether we might take a 10-minute break for the Opposition to find a spokesman for the next round.

[The Deputy Chairman of Committees]

My Lords, yes, in due course but the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, is being a little previous.

[Lord Tunnicliffe]

I am so sorry.

Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating and National Insurance Funds Payments) Order 2014

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Monday 3rd March 2014 Grand Committee

Motion agreed.

[The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Lord Skelmersdale) (Con)]

My Lords, I think by general agreement the Grand Committee will adjourn for 10 minutes.

Financial Services Bill

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Tuesday 20th November 2012 Lords Chamber

[The Deputy Speaker (Lord Skelmersdale)]

My Lords, before calling the first amendment, I must remind noble Lords that the House has agreed to treat amendments in the first group as if it were in Committee. This means that if noble Lords feel that they must speak again, they may speak again but only for those amendments numbered in the first group.

Clause 7 : Extension of scope of regulation

Amendment 70

Moved by

Financial Services Bill

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Wednesday 24th October 2012 Lords Chamber

[Lord Davies of Oldham]

I beg to move.

[Lord Skelmersdale]

My Lords, as an observer of this scene, it is clear to me that my noble friend Lord Sassoon has said that he will take into consideration the two amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Oldham, and bring something back—whether it is a total positive or a half positive, we do not yet know—at the next stage of the Bill. Therefore, it would be appropriate if the noble Lord would also withdraw this amendment.

[Lord Davies of Oldham]

My Lords, I apologise to the House. I am sure that the noble Lord is absolutely right and that I got lost in my cricketing batting average. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Scotland Bill

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Thursday 15th March 2012 Lords Chamber

54C: Clause 30, page 23, leave out lines 18 to 21

[The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Lord Skelmersdale)]

My Lords, I have to tell the Committee that if Amendment 54C is agreed to, I cannot call Amendment 54D.

[Lord Forsyth of Drumlean]

This amendment would delete the listing of elected Members as being caught by the Scottish tax, but it is not because I seek special privileges for elected Members or that I wish to prevent them having to pay what I believe will be the higher Scottish tax. Throughout our debates today, the Minister has been at great pains to point out that he wants to have a simple scheme, one that is easy to understand and under which everyone would be able to identify whether they were liable for Scottish tax. What I do not understand is why it is necessary to set out in the Bill that Members of Parliament for constituencies in Scotland, Members of the European Parliament for Scotland and Members of the Scottish Parliament are all Scottish taxpayers. Why can the criteria not be applied by them in the same way as everyone else? We will come on to this at a later point, but some of us who live in Scotland and are Members of this House are slightly puzzled and bewildered as to why Peers with a Scottish connection have been left out; I will come on to that in a later amendment.

Budget Responsibility and National Audit Bill [HL]

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Wednesday 1st December 2010 Grand Committee

[The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Lord Skelmersdale)]

My Lords, I begin by repeating words that you have all heard many times before. If there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, the Committee will adjourn as soon as the Division Bell is rung and will resume after 10 minutes. We are now on the second day of proceedings of the Grand Committee on the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Bill.

Clauses 2 and 3 agreed.

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[Deputy Chairman of Committees]

The Minister was in full flow and presumably wants to continue.

[Lord Sassoon]

I think I had finished.

Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Bill [HL]

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Monday 25th October 2010 Lords Chamber

[Lord Sassoon]

My Lords, the last grouping I have seen from the Printed Paper Office suggested that everything was grouped together. Perhaps I should break off here and ask the noble and learned Lord whether he is prepared to withdraw Amendment 1 and not to move Amendments 3 to 6.

[Lord Skelmersdale]

My Lords, it would make life a lot clearer for me if the Minister could say whether anything in Resolution 1373 prohibits a state that has signed up to it from producing legislation on the same subject that is more severe than the resolution suggests.

[Lord Sassoon]

I am not aware of anything in the resolution that prevents legislation going further. The Bill does what is required to properly implement Resolution 1373 but, if it did go further, that would not be precluded by the terms of the resolution.