"My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Baroness on securing this debate. Although I did not agree with everything she said, I thought she made the most important contribution to this debate when she said that it does not really matter what kind of education you want to go on …..." Lord Moynihan of Chelsea - View Speech
"My Lords, another day, another SI on the Windsor Framework on just a few products, the excuse being that if we do not do it, we will drag Northern Ireland further away from the rest of the United Kingdom. But the fault is in the Windsor Framework, which was designed—as …..." Lord Moynihan of Chelsea - View Speech
"My Lords, I have three brief points to make and three questions for the Minister, and I hope in speaking to avoid the hysteria noticeable in some speeches this evening.
My first point is that this whole ETS approach is yet another failed attempt at “We know best”. I could …..." Lord Moynihan of Chelsea - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow such an excellent speech by the noble Lord, Lord Griffiths. I declare my interest in new nuclear technology in the United States.
We have the highest electricity price in the world. Why? The Secretary of State claims that this is solely …..." Lord Moynihan of Chelsea - View Speech
"My Lords, I was heartened to hear the Minister at least partially endorse the fact that the price mechanism is a far better way of valuing goods than government diktat. However, does she also agree that the politics of envy, while it may on occasion attract some votes, rarely has …..." Lord Moynihan of Chelsea - View Speech
"My Lords, this week the Prime Minister—if indeed he still is the Prime Minister; I am not sure—abandoned his red lines to stealthily reintegrate with the EU, to change our laws to its laws, with the UK having very little say in what those laws will in future be. The …..." Lord Moynihan of Chelsea - View Speech
"Oh, I apologise—the noble Lord has moved further back. Brexit has not cost our economy, an idea that was ably demolished by my noble friends Lord Redwood and Lord Frost. Indeed, the OBR, in its claim that there has been a diminution, published my 10-page letter to it rebutting its …..." Lord Moynihan of Chelsea - View Speech
"My Lords, I revert to the amendment from my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe. I thank her for this important contribution and welcome the contributions from various noble friends, the news from the noble Lord, Lord Palmer, that he would be minded to support this amendment, and even the super news …..." Lord Moynihan of Chelsea - View Speech
"I am putting the same contribution in that is made by employers—by the Government—right now. If you carry on doing it, you have a bunch of obligations for past promises. In the future everybody has a defined contribution scheme but you have the defined benefit scheme up to now. By …..." Lord Moynihan of Chelsea - View Speech
"Does the Minister acknowledge that in 2012 the Hutton report said that the cost would fall, in an uncanny replication of what she just said, to 1.2%, but that it did not? It remained at around 2%. It says now that it will fall to 1.2% but, as I said, …..." Lord Moynihan of Chelsea - View Speech