"My Lords, as the Minister will no doubt realise, tariffs are double-edged. The businesses that use steel that is not being manufactured in this country are in danger of having to pay higher prices for that steel, unless the Government are subtler than seems to be the case to date. …..." Lord Fox - View Speech
"My Lords, I am pleased to hear that the Government are talking to supermarkets about the role they might have in prices, because prices are an important worry for people right across the country—they really are going up. In the course of those discussions, did the Government talk about their …..." Lord Fox - View Speech
"My Lords, we thank the noble Baroness, Lady Penn, for bringing this question up; it is really important. However, it is not just about rights that do not exist; current rights and their take-up is also a really important issue, and I hope the review will look at that. According …..." Lord Fox - View Speech
"My Lords, as the Minister knows, financing rearmament is a challenge for all NATO countries, which is why I am a bit puzzled by the Government’s response. A viable defence, security and resilience bank would tick a number of important boxes: it would be multilateral; it would work with a …..." Lord Fox - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to joining the proposed defence, security and resilience bank...." Lord Fox - View Speech
"My Lords, nearly two years ago, the general election resulted in a brief outbreak of euphoria on the Benches opposite, and then, during the long parliamentary Session that followed, reality bit. During that campaign, as we heard, growth was declared as the number one priority of that Government, and yet, …..." Lord Fox - View Speech
"My Lords, part of the noble Lord’s Question alludes to the frailty of British high streets. I am sure that, in her travels as a Minister, she is visiting lots of high streets and seeing shuttered restaurants, empty shops and boarded-up pubs. This kind of hit from the strikes is …..." Lord Fox - View Speech
"My Lords, returning to defence spending, the Minister referred to the biggest sustained increase in that spending. If it happens, we will welcome it, but it does not happen until the defence investment plan is published. I noted the slight smile on his face when he said, “in due course”, …..." Lord Fox - View Speech
"My Lords, notwithstanding the developments that the Minister just spoke of and her Answer to my noble friend’s Question, it is clear that significant elements of battery vehicles will not be made in this country in time for the 2027 review of the rules of origin requirements, nor will they …..." Lord Fox - View Speech
"My Lords, if it is the Minister’s prediction that it is left up to shareholders to make the decision, the institutional shareholders will always outvote the individual shareholders. That is why individual shareholders should have their day at an AGM. When I organised AGMs for the three FTSE companies that …..." Lord Fox - View Speech