"My Lords, I shall do my best to comply with the spirit of cross-party consensus day. I should first declare from the register that I am chairman of Make UK, which has more than 20,000 member companies in manufacturing and infrastructure. I commend the Government on this 10-year infrastructure plan …..." Lord Harrington of Watford - View Speech
"My Lords, I am chairman of Make UK, which represents 27,000 manufacturing businesses in the UK, which I think by mutual acclaim amount to between 10% and 15% of GDP. Our members are extremely worried because they face a 50% premium—at the absolute minimum—on the price of the electricity they …..." Lord Harrington of Watford - View Speech
"My Lords, I do not know quite what to say. I will try to keep my comments brief, because I do not want to incur the wrath of the noble Baroness, Lady Anderson, telling me to keep quiet. I shall try to be as brief as I can, but this …..." Lord Harrington of Watford - View Speech
"My Lords, I requested this debate on a subject on which I spent most of last year and produced what is somewhat modestly called the Harrington Review of Foreign Direct Investment—it is probably the only volume that will ever bear my name, so it means a lot to me.
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what measures they intend to implement to attract more foreign direct investment to the United Kingdom...." Lord Harrington of Watford - View Speech
"My Lords, it gives me the greatest pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Elliott’s maiden speech, to which I will return a bit later. First, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, for allowing us to have this debate. Of all the many speeches, I will refer particularly to …..." Lord Harrington of Watford - View Speech
"My Lords, I join the long line of people welcoming my noble friend to the Treasury and the Front Bench today. I have a lot of respect for her personally and she has done the jobs she has held within government extremely well. Before she was in this House, she …..." Lord Harrington of Watford - View Speech
"My Lords, this is a difficult speech for me to make, because we have heard so many wonderful speeches today. I particularly mention the noble Lord, Lord Bilimoria, who spoke before me; having tears in one’s eyes is not really a good way to start a speech in the House …..." Lord Harrington of Watford - View Speech
"My Lords, I felt I was reasonably experienced at doing Bills from my career in the Commons and my experience here. I have taken through quite a few Government Bills, usually with consensus, and I have done a Private Member’s Bill, which became law. I was not aware of the …..." Lord Harrington of Watford - View Speech
"I thank the noble Lord for his question. I am embarrassed to say that I do not know the answer, because these are their seats and they are entitled to sell them as they think fit. I am afraid I cannot answer that question. I have also been involved in …..." Lord Harrington of Watford - View Speech