"My Lords, it is always a pleasure to speak in the same debate as the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, who has been his normal comprehensive self. I will touch on many similar themes, with one or two additional ones. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Anderson, for introducing this order, …..." Lord Fox - View Speech
"My Lords, I am glad the Minister mentioned the RUSI report, because I attended the discussion on it. He is exactly right that it found that ESG constraints in banks was not a specific issue, but it is also suggested that perceived public affairs and public relations issues in the …..." Lord Fox - View Speech
"My Lords, the noble Lord is right to ask this Question because a huge amount of public money is going out to British Steel every day. It does not take a report or a plan to improve what the business is doing. Things can be done day to day. It …..." Lord Fox - View Speech
"My Lords, the noble Lord is right to ask this Question. When we discussed the public procurement Act in 2023, it was an issue of great interest. There is an opportunity and a remit for this: authorities can pursue UK jobs, skills, local supply chains and social value through properly …..." Lord Fox - View Speech
"My Lords, I feel a great wave of consensus flowing over me. I will speak to Amendment 8 in my name. As we discussed before the Recess, much of the consultation process proposed a 45-day limit, yet the Bill offers no easy route from the 60 days it proposes to …..." Lord Fox - View Speech
"I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for his support for this amendment. One point of consternation or otherwise is that I would suggest that the supplier-marketplace relationship is a B2B relationship, not a B2C one. I am not sure where the argument that I am somehow pushing this to …..." Lord Fox - View Speech
"My Lords, the noble Lords, Lord Hunt and Lord Sharpe, were right to raise the issue of definitions in Committee. Rather than simply echo them, I decided to add something to the debate through Amendment 35, which sets out something of the Tower of Babel that exists around definitions. Subsection …..." Lord Fox - View Speech
"My Lords, there are no amendments in my name in this group, but I will speak very briefly on Amendment 24, which, as we heard, seeks to remove the ban on retention, with the very worthy aim of helping ensure that resident-owned or resident-run blocks of homes can police work …..." Lord Fox - View Speech