"My Lords, fractures caused by osteoporosis cost businesses about £160 million a year, yet progress on fracture prevention services has stalled, with patients, NHS and employers losing out through this delay. Can the Minister, who I know cares deeply about this issue, give the House a date for the rollout …..." Baroness Altmann - View Speech
"My Lords, I support Amendment 87 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles. I will speak to my Amendment 92, and I am grateful to her for adding her name to it. Amendment 92 would insert a provision in the Bill to allow life insurers to set up …..." Baroness Altmann - View Speech
"My Lords, can the noble Lord give us some examples of where the Palestinians have accepted a two-state solution? Israel has accepted it. As a British Jew, I would welcome it. The Government must know—if they do not, they should, I hope, take note—that the Jews in this country have …..." Baroness Altmann - View Speech
"My Lords, I also support the amendments in this group. I believe that the description of these extremely wide powers should, in itself, alert the House to the dangers that Clause 3 of the Bill could pose. I believe that it is important for the Government to understand, for example, …..." Baroness Altmann - View Speech
"My Lords, I fully echo the comments that the noble Lord, Lord Mackinlay, just made, having had personal experience, sadly, of just what he described. Amendment 70 would provide at least some relief to those executors who cannot access funds and who see the interest racking up while probate delays …..." Baroness Altmann - View Speech
"My Lords, I support the amendments in this group, and I feel that this Bill has an opportunity to improve—or at least not diminish—the protections that are offered to consumers of financial services. We have long known that from a consumer perspective, the asymmetry of information and the asymmetry of …..." Baroness Altmann - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for his Answer, but there is no way that the offer can be considered fair. It cannot be justified as being in the shareholders’ interests. It does not mention that Aviva has its own small shareholder dealing service, for example. The gaps in shareholder …..." Baroness Altmann - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to protect shareholders in major British firms from being targeted by mini-tender offers which seek to enable unauthorised overseas firms from buying shares from vulnerable share- holders below their market value...." Baroness Altmann - View Speech