"My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to open this debate. Let me start by thanking everyone who has come in on this lovely sunny day, and, in particular, the members of the committee for their hard work and commitment over the years in which I was chair. Sadly, I …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"That this House takes note of the Report from the Economic Affairs Committee National debt: it’s time for tough decisions (1st Report, HL Paper 5)...." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for an excellent debate and their fantastic speeches. The debate has shown this House at its very best and shown why our committee is able to produce such hard-hitting reports. I thank all noble Lords for their very kind words about me, which …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"We hear some answers here from our Front Bench, and my noble friend Lord Howell discussed that point. Then there are the further pressures we will face: the noble Lord, Lord Browne, spoke about defence and welfare, and the noble Baronesses, Lady Cash and Lady Grey-Thompson, tackled the intergenerational issues. …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"My Lords, last weekend at Davos, the Chancellor said that growth trumps net zero. If that is the case, will the Government review and revise regulators’ remits to reflect that?..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"My Lords, according to the OBR, if the Government were to meet their ambition to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by the end of the Parliament, they would break their new debt rule. Which is more important: the 2.5% target or the debt rule?..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"My Lords, I welcome my noble friend Lord Booth-Smith to his place. I very much look forward to hearing his speech and his contributions.
I will pick up on what my noble friend Lord Forsyth and the noble Lord, Lord Burns, said, and I will focus on one word: debt. …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to welcome the noble Lord, Lord Vallance, who I am delighted to see on the Benches opposite—I welcome talent to this House—and my good noble friend Lord Petitgas. My noble friend and I have two things in common: we both worked in a …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to open this debate. I begin by thanking all members of the Economic Affairs Committee for their time, toil and commitment which went into producing our report, and our excellent clerk, our policy adviser, and our special adviser Professor Rosa Lastra. I also …..." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech
"That this House takes note of the Report from the Economic Affairs Committee Making an independent Bank of England work better (1st Report, HL Paper 10)...." Lord Bridges of Headley - View Speech