"My Lords, we do indeed have a great country, as the noble Lord said, and we should not be talking it down. But, that said, we should be having proper policy conversations. GDP growth by itself gets us nowhere. If we want to know about prosperity and real value for …..." Lord Hintze - View Speech
"My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow—and more to the point, to listen to—the noble Lord, Lord McDonald of Salford. Here, I must declare an interest: Salford City, his namesake, is this Monday fighting for promotion from League Two to League One against the wonderful Notts County. Let …..." Lord Hintze - View Speech
"My Lords, does the Minister recognise that freezing tax bands makes it much more difficult for those in work and those striving to earn money to get to that £60,000? That is the problem in my view...." Lord Hintze - View Speech
"My Lords, does the Minister agree that the only genuine way to look at the prosperity of our citizens in this country is GDP per capita? Does he also agree that one of the big detractors of growth in GDP per capita is the growing and significant welfare spend? If …..." Lord Hintze - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare my farming interests in Somerset and the Cotswolds. More importantly, how many civil servants are actually working on this and what on earth are they doing? Are we back in analysis paralysis? This is not the first delay we have seen because the Government “want to …..." Lord Hintze - View Speech
"My Lords, with huge respect to the Minister, how on earth is he going to analyse 200,000 responses? Surely that is analysis paralysis...." Lord Hintze - View Speech
"My Lords, let us examine the Chancellor’s Statement from a slightly different perspective. We are told that welfare spending will increase by roughly £18 billion. If I understand the figures correctly, that is approximately 0.63% of GDP. We need always to think about things relatively, and 0.63% of GDP is …..." Lord Hintze - View Speech