Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 20 Nov 2025 Private Equity
"My Lords, I will speak on the role of private equity within the modern pensions landscape and, in particular, the implications of the Government’s Mansion House reforms for the Local Government Pension Scheme and long-term investment in the United Kingdom. The reforms announced in 2024 mark an important moment. They …..." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech
"My Lords, we are losing around 5,000 people a day from the labour market on to benefits. What is the department’s latest projection for the number of people expected to flow on to out-of-work and health-related benefits over the next 12 to 24 months? What are the main drivers behind …..." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech
"My Lords, the forthcoming Budget due on 26 November is perhaps the most anticipated that I can remember. We have had a summer of speculation, an autumn of uncertainty, and now, as winter approaches, we know what is coming—tax rises—and we know this is not an inevitability; it is a …..." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech
"My Lords, I support the amendments in this group, so ably introduced by the noble Lord, Lord Russell.
Amendment 27 asks for a statute of requirement for police officers to undertake an anti-social behaviour impact assessment when a victim reports three incidents of anti-social behaviour in a six-month period. This …..." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech
"My Lords, according to the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the Government received the full revised code of practice on 4 April. Only three chapters of it were altered in the updated version following the Supreme Court ruling. Can the Minister explain why there has been such a delay to …..." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech
"My Lords, KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation have launched their August 2025 jobs report. Permanent placements fell for the 17th consecutive month. The number of candidates looking for work has increased, fuelled by redundancies, fewer job openings and economic business threats. Merck has pulled the plug on a …..." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech
"My Lords, can the Minister set out how increasing in-person assessments, which we on these Benches fully support, will help reduce fraud and error, thus protecting taxpayers’ money, while ensuring another thing that we on these Benches support—that those who can work, do, and those who cannot, get the support …..." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech
"My Lords, I am not going to mention the two-child benefit cap. Can I say how pleased I am to see the Minister in her place? As always, I look forward to working with her. Can she reassure the House that the child poverty strategy will avoid a narrow focus …..." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for her introduction to the Bill and for the ability to speak openly to her in the lead-up to today. I completely agree with the Minister that benefits should be easy to access for those who are in genuine need and difficult—even impossible—to access …..." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to make weight loss medications available to people living with obesity who are unable to afford them privately...." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech