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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 10 Sep 2026 Fiscal Outlook
"My Lords, one word hovers like a spectre over this debate on the fiscal outlook: debt. Two years ago to this very day, your Lordships’ Economic Affairs Committee, which I then chaired, published a report on our national debt, It’s Time for Tough Decisions. It concluded that the UK’s …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"My Lords, this has been an excellent debate. Let me start by apologising to the noble Lord, Lord Pitt-Watson, for not welcoming him to his place; this is the first time I have debated against him. I very much applaud his emollient and reasonable style. I think those of us …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare my interest as an adviser to and shareholder in Banco Santander. Your Lordships will be pleased to know that I will speak very briefly on Amendment 68. My noble friend Lady Noakes just covered the waterfront incredibly well, in her exemplary manner, and made all the …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 133 to 135 and 136 to 139 in my name, but not Amendment 135A, which is in the name of my noble friend Lady Lawlor. I thank my noble friends Lady Noakes and Lady Lawlor and the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, for putting …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"My Lords, I should like to speak briefly and, in so doing, declare my interest as an adviser to and shareholder in Banco Santander. I very much support these amendments. I think that we would all agree that we want our regulations and the entire process to be simple and …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"I just do not understand this argument at all. The committees in this House and in the other place, as my noble friend Lady Noakes said, have the power to summon but, as far I know, they have one policy adviser and one expert adviser—and that is it—to analyse regulations …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"I completely agree, but this is not about making them inflexible; it is about giving Parliament the ability to hold them effectively to account. I do not hear anyone saying that there is that means at the moment, and I cannot think that there would ever be a committee, of …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"My Lords, I shall briefly speak in response to the noble Baroness, and I once again draw attention to my interest as an adviser to the chairman of Santander. I want to make three quick points.
"My Lords, I will speak very briefly on this. I declare my interests as employee adviser to Banco Santander in Madrid and a shareholder in Santander. I also apologise to noble Lords, as I was unable to speak at Second Reading.