"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.
"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
"Well, here we are again, my Lords; another spring, another Statement. In autumn 2024, the OBR forecast that 2025 GDP growth would be 2%. The reality ended up at 1.3%. Never mind: in spring 2025, the OBR forecast 2026 GDP growth would be 1.9%. In autumn 2025, it downgraded that …..." Lord Moynihan of Chelsea - View Speech
"I thank the noble Baroness for her intervention. I was just about to get on to that in my second point, which is that the whole idea of an aggravated crime increasingly weaponises and politicises the concept of hate.
"My Lords, those of your Lordships who were in Committee will recollect that, as my noble friend Lord Herbert suggested, I tabled an amendment seeking to remove all aggravating hate crimes.