"My Lords, I add my congratulations to the quad of maiden speakers we have had in our debate today. In four minutes, you need to cut to the chase, so that is what I will do.
I am not someone who believes that that any improvement to employment rights negatively …..." Baroness Penn - View Speech
"My Lords, can the Minister confirm that any defence spending channelled through the National Wealth Fund will not be constrained by the Government’s fiscal rules, specifically the investment rule, as those investments will be scored as net financial assets under the new measure of debt introduced by the Chancellor?..." Baroness Penn - View Speech
"My Lord, I too welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Caine of Kentish Town, who clearly brings a wealth of experience to the House. It is always somewhat strange debating a Finance Bill at this end. We cannot amend it; we do not have much time to make our contributions, and …..." Baroness Penn - View Speech
"My Lords, as someone whose daughter has just started breakfast club this week for the first time, I absolutely recognise their value for children and parents. The Minister was helpfully clear that the key difference in the Government’s approach is that it is about universality and a free-to-use service. She …..." Baroness Penn - View Speech
"My Lords, I want to follow up the point made by noble friend Lady Coffey on the impact of the national insurance rise on childcare providers. The Minister recognised the impact that rise will have on childcare provision by saying that public sector providers will get an additional £25 million …..." Baroness Penn - View Speech
"My Lords, I will be incredibly brief, having not been part of the collective of Peers who worked on the parent Act to this statutory instrument. The key question that has been highlighted is, what is the Government’s interpretation now of the powers in the Act? The Government’s and the …..." Baroness Penn - View Speech
"Does the Minister accept that the Act does not oblige the Secretary of State to follow Ofcom’s advice, and that the Government have a separate decision-making moment—a process—to consider that advice and reach their own decision? So it is not on Ofcom; it is on the Government. It is the …..." Baroness Penn - View Speech
"My Lords, I join the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, in looking forward to the trio of maiden speeches we have coming up in this debate. As recognised by the last Government and by this one, our creative industries are an absolute economic powerhouse, and I am sure we will hear …..." Baroness Penn - View Speech
"My Lords, I am glad the Minister found something else to agree with my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe on: the importance of affordable energy for growth. Can the Minister therefore clarify whether the Government endorse the more than doubling of the carbon price in the next five years, which is …..." Baroness Penn - View Speech
"My Lords, the costings we have seen for this policy tend to put APR and BPR together. Can the Minister provide figures for the effects of each separately?..." Baroness Penn - View Speech