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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 10 Jul 2025
Tax Increases

"My Lords, in all our discussions of tax and spend, we very rarely address the third pillar—the state of the gilts market. Was the Minister as taken aback as I was to read in the OBR report that, at the end of June, the UK tenure bond yield had the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 08 Jul 2025
Companies House: Filing of Annual Accounts by Small Companies

"My Lords, perhaps the Minister can help me, because I have become very confused. Like the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, I understand from the Financial Times and others that the Government have decided to shelve the reforms in filing for small companies, even though most of those companies have upgraded …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 08 Jul 2025
Government Performance against Fiscal Rules

"My Lords, the Government have constantly asserted that meeting the fiscal rules is non-negotiable. Will the Minister now reassure the House that protecting the NHS and social care is also non-negotiable, and rule out any cuts to those services as the Government try to balance the books? Will he also …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 07 Jul 2025
Unpaid Tax

"My Lords, this is Whistleblowing Awareness Week. The Minister will know that HMRC, in its attempts to claw back large amounts of tax fraud, has announced a new scheme of rewards and incentives to bring whistleblowers into discussion with HMRC and to pursue fraudsters. However, there has been very little …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 30 Jun 2025
UK Modern Industrial Strategy

"My Lords, we on these Benches remember how powerfully business welcomed the industrial strategy produced by Vince Cable during the coalition years, and the shock and dismay with which it greeted the Conservative decision, when that party was in government alone, first to weaken it and eventually to scrap it. …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 24 Jun 2025
UK Infrastructure: 10-year Strategy

"My Lords, like my colleagues in the other place I welcome this strategy, which if well managed can significantly improve the UK’s potential for growth. My colleague, the MP Sarah Olney, who responded to this Statement in the other place, focused very much on the absence of a serious discussion …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 16 Jun 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords, Amendments 247, 248 and 250 would introduce further requirements in relation to trade union ballots, particularly concerning the risk of intimidation, the use of workplace locations and the information that unions must provide to members. While the intention to ensure that ballots are conducted fairly without pressure is …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 16 Jun 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords, I speak to Amendment 251C through to Amendment 252, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe. These amendments would introduce a wide range of limitations to the new right not to suffer detriment for participating in protected industrial action. The amendments seek to define and restrict …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 16 Jun 2025
Employment Rights Bill

"My Lords, I shall speak briefly to this group of amendments, which introduce various review provisions linked to the operation and impact of measures in the Bill. Amendments 254 and 255, in the names of the noble Lords, Lord Sharpe and Lord Hunt, seek to ensure that the consequences of …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 12 Jun 2025
Spending Review 2025

"My Lords, I recognise that the Chancellor faces real constraints, and this morning’s GDP figures for April underscore the problem. However, I am not going to use this opportunity to spend a lot of time talking about growth. It is such a big issue that we need some separate debate …..."
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