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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 07 Dec 2016
Policing and Crime Bill

"My Lords, I support the amendment. I was a member of the ad hoc Select Committee so ably chaired by the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, along with others who have already spoken. It was a great learning experience. In my long lifetime, if not as long as some in this …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 02 Feb 2016
Commercial Debt: Late Payments

"When will the Government be as tough on companies behaving badly as they are on benefit claimants?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 20 Nov 2014
Arts Council: Spending Outside London

"My Lords, the Minister mentioned favourably the county of Durham. However, even there, with regard to the Heritage Lottery Fund, the people of County Durham put in 30p per head and receive only 12p in grant funding...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 29 Jul 2013
Economy: GDP Forecast

"My Lords, we all welcome the improved rate of growth, but is it not true that this Government have not yet achieved the rate of growth that they inherited?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 25 Jul 2012
Taxation: Avoidance

"My Lords—..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 24 Jul 2012
Public and Commercial Services Union: Strike Action

"Is the Minister aware that the PCS has at least my full support? The reason is that every union in the public sector has been provoked beyond endurance by the present Government. The unions are fully justified in negotiating with the Government and it is the Government’s duty to settle...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 05 Jul 2012
Media Oversight: Transfer of Responsibilities

"My noble friend’s words were not harsh enough. We have a weak Prime Minister. He should have called for Jeremy Hunt’s resignation immediately he discovered there was a problem. That is the problem; we have a weak Prime Minister who does not have the courage to do the right thing...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 03 Jul 2012
NHS: Spending Formula

"My Lords, because the Minister has said that he will work very hard for more equality around the regions, we believe it—but that is not true of the Government as a whole. We are terribly worried, for example, that in the first round of local government negotiations the county of …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 28 Jun 2012
FSA Investigation into LIBOR

"Does the Minister agree that the apparently noble gesture of the directors of Barclays in waiving their bonuses this year is not good enough? I will be pretentious and say that we, the people, demand that they pay back every bit of the bonuses for the years in question.

While …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 21 Jun 2012
Economy: Growth

"I am most grateful to the noble Baroness for giving way, but what is rearmament but public expenditure spent on arms, which creates jobs in the private sector?..."
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