"My Lords, I have been a director, and not a cowardly one, at more than 50 AGMs over the last 30 years. Some AGMs have one attendee or none, some have a few tens, some have hundreds. The costs can often be thousands of pounds per attending shareholder. Given that …..." Lord Livingston of Parkhead - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Austin, for tabling this QSD and I welcome, if rather belatedly, the noble Lord, Lord Stockwood, as a Minister. It is excellent to have somebody with his extensive business knowledge in the position. I think I am right in saying that he …..." Lord Livingston of Parkhead - View Speech
"My Lords, first, I thank the Lord Speaker for all his service—a good fellow Scotsman and football fan. I also ask the House to note my interest as chairman of S&P Global. Does the Minister agree that stablecoin is like most other financial instruments: it depends on what is backing …..." Lord Livingston of Parkhead - View Speech
"My Lords, as is clear, Iran was heading towards the ability to create nuclear weapons. We can debate the timeframe, but given that the Iranian leadership chants repeatedly not just death to Israel, death to America, and death to infidels, but “death to England”, and given the failure of the …..." Lord Livingston of Parkhead - View Speech
"My Lords, I join others in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, for tabling this important debate.
I am not a renowned academic in this area. My contribution is as somebody who has been a practitioner: I have been the CFO of two FTSE 100 companies and on the audit …..." Lord Livingston of Parkhead - View Speech
"My Lords, I share my thanks to my noble friend Lord Harrington for his outstanding report; it is an excellent read.
I will give a view on the UK’s position in respect of FDI. I speak not just as someone who was previously Minister for Trade and Investment, but also …..." Lord Livingston of Parkhead - View Speech
"My Lords, I would like to join others in welcoming my noble friend Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton to this House. Like many others, I am here due to him. I had the great honour of being appointed as Trade Minister, so it is very appropriate we are talking about …..." Lord Livingston of Parkhead - View Speech
"My Lords, first, I commend fellow Peers of the English and Welsh variety for their sacrifice in being here tonight—speaking as a Scotsman, I can say that it has not been an issue.
"My Lords, would my noble friend agree that, while the Israel Defense Forces are not perfect, the obsession with focusing on them—despite their being the most moral and professional army in the Middle East—is very strange? At the same time, one must also focus on, for example, the Palestinian authorities …..." Lord Livingston of Parkhead - View Speech
"My Lords, I think the vast majority of Members of this House are of the view that no deal would be a disaster. We hear from some people from the European Research Group that somehow it is doable. This House is discussing not whether no deal would be a minor …..." Lord Livingston of Parkhead - View Speech