"My Lords, the one thing one would have thought the Government had learned from the Budget is that business cannot deal with uncertainty. Most of the Fair Work Agency legislation is going to be in secondary legislation, so we need to know exactly when that is going to come out. …..." Lord Leigh of Hurley - View Speech
"My Lords, when the Government took the political decision to ban some arms to Israel and to then recognise the Palestinian state in a series of anti-Israel measures, the Israeli Government said at that point that they might consider reducing or stopping intelligence sharing with the UK Government. Have the …..." Lord Leigh of Hurley - View Speech
"My Lords, the situation with the OBR is clear. What is not clear is what the OBR told the Chancellor in respect of income tax receipts before her briefing statement. Should it not be the case that all information supplied by the OBR to the Chancellor is revealed in retrospect …..." Lord Leigh of Hurley - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hollick. Much of what he said, but not all, I agreed with. It is also a pleasure to congratulate the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Portsmouth on his excellent maiden speech.
"My Lords, this is the second fantasy black hole of this Government. The first did not actually matter because absolutely nobody believed it. No credible economist believed it; I challenge noble Lords to name one who did. However, the second fantasy black hole does matter, because we were all sucked …..." Lord Leigh of Hurley - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effect of the Budget on small and medium-sized businesses...." Lord Leigh of Hurley - View Speech
"My Lords, yesterday was the benefits Budget. The Chancellor has broken her promise not to increase income taxes. As she said in her Budget, because no national insurance is charged on dividend income, she will increase the income tax on dividends. Does the Minister think that she understands that national …..." Lord Leigh of Hurley - View Speech
"My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Monks, on securing this very timely and important debate. I declare all sorts of interests. I am a founder and current senior partner of the advisory firm, Cavendish Corporate Finance—I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Davies, for his comments on …..." Lord Leigh of Hurley - View Speech
"My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Fox, said, here we are, back again.
In the ping-pong debate last time, the noble Baroness, Lady Lloyd of Effra, stated:
“The Government have engaged extensively with stakeholders on their make work pay reform since August 2024. A major part of this engagement …..." Lord Leigh of Hurley - View Speech
"Before the Minister sits down, she said that she had consulted representative bodies of industry and commerce, by which I assume she means the FSB, the IoD and the CBI. Can she give us a flavour of those conversations, and identify any organisation that has given wholehearted support to the …..." Lord Leigh of Hurley - View Speech