"Facilitating means merely that any financial institution registered with the FCA in this country would have to use the IHT423 procedure—it could not say no. At the moment, we have a framework that is purely discretionary. In my professional life every single institution has always said yes, but obviously there …..." Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
"I listened carefully to what the Minister had to say; I thought he was on a good track for a while but he finished rather poorly.
I am grateful for the very sensible words from my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe, who understood the situation completely and absolutely, and for the …..." Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
"My Lords, as noble Lords have noticed, this is a very skinny list of amendments; it is a group of one. I will put on record my registered interests: I am a chartered accountant and a chartered tax adviser, and, back in the day, I did the appropriate examinations that …..." Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
"My Lords, I pay tribute to the Minister for so adroitly finding her way through the document, but are we not rather discussing it in a vacuum? She said clearly that she did not want to stray into issues relating to the EU reset, but is it not the fact …..." Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
"My Lords, I add some comments to what the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, has said and what he is trying to achieve. I put on record my interests in the register as a chartered accounts and chartered tax adviser—I am very well versed in the burdens, I suppose, …..." Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
"My Lords, when I was young, some time ago, it was more commonplace that councils cleared out the storm drains on a cyclical maintenance basis. Many councils on discretionary cost-cutting no longer do that; some exemplary councils do. Can the Minister ensure that her good office tells local councils that …..." Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
"My Lords, I put on record my registered interest as the director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation.
Let me restate what Labour’s manifesto said. It promised to get power bills down by £300. The latest price cap is £294 higher than in those lofty days of July 2024, and …..." Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
"My Lords, it must be noted that the Government are enjoying and using many of the Brexit dividends that were given to them: that is zero tariffs on anything they please; that is using subsidy—not a mechanism I particularly promote—in various places, notably, in the exchange here this afternoon, on …..." Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
"My Lords, I start with compliments and thanks to all those who have given their maiden speeches today; I look forward to hearing much more from them. I put on record my registered interest that I am the director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation.