"My Lords, I know from having had ministerial responsibilities for public sector fraud that there is much scope for reducing it in local authorities. Scams relating to empty business premises are a very good example of this. Do the Government have any wider plans to tackle fraud in local authorities, …..." Baroness Neville-Rolfe - View Speech
"My Lords, as most of us agreed in my noble friend Lord Bridges of Headley’s debate last week, we need to be honest about the trade-offs that we face, given the sheer scale of our national debt and the moron premium on our gilts, which the Minister mentioned. I believe …..." Baroness Neville-Rolfe - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to reduce the £110 billion annual interest bill for servicing Government debt...." Baroness Neville-Rolfe - View Speech
"My Lords, as this is Third Reading, I want to start by extending my warm thanks to the Minister and his team for their work on the Bill. I welcome the movement that the Government have shown on several of the issues that we have raised during the passage of …..." Baroness Neville-Rolfe - View Speech
"My Lords, I close by acknowledging the considerable degree of cross-party support and engagement that has underpinned most of our discussions on the Bill. I thank the Minister and his officials for their work, as well as the noble Lord, Lord Stockwood, for guiding the Bill through Second Reading and …..." Baroness Neville-Rolfe - View Speech
"My Lords, wealth creators and entrepreneurs are more internationally mobile than ever. What steps are the Government taking to ensure that their cumulative tax rises do not drive away young people or established wealth creators such as Chris Rokos, who until recently contributed so much to the UK’s prosperity in …..." Baroness Neville-Rolfe - View Speech
"My Lords, fighting financial fraud is very important, but it imposes huge costs on honest and reputable businesses without always catching the criminals. How do the Government gauge whether regulations and their enforcement, which she described so graphically, are proportionate?..." Baroness Neville-Rolfe - View Speech
"My Lords, I was responsible in the Cabinet Office for the fight against public sector fraud—and energetically so. I share my noble friend Lady Coffey’s concern about the move to the DWP, which risks focusing the fight against fraud too narrowly. Is this because it was too awkward a portfolio …..." Baroness Neville-Rolfe - View Speech
"My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to what I agree has been an outstanding debate, and I thank my noble friend Lord Bridges of Headley for setting out the scale of the challenge facing the country in his usual persuasive style. He rightly drew attention to …..." Baroness Neville-Rolfe - View Speech
"My Lords, Amendment 98 would remove Clause 50, thus returning us to the broad principle that we raised in our discussions on Clause 3, which led to a majority of 81 in a vote on its deletion. Clause 50 will allow the Treasury to amend or repeal primary legislation without …..." Baroness Neville-Rolfe - View Speech