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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 03 Apr 2025
Net-zero Emissions Target: Affordability

"My Lords, I declare my interest recorded in the register, which relates to a battery-manufacturing company. Our debate today asks us to take note of the affordability of getting to net-zero emissions, but of course we know that the background is that the leader of the Conservative Party has asserted …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 26 Jun 2019
Climate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019

"My Lords, I declare an interest in a renewable energy company primarily involved in the wind business, though not in Europe. It is primarily involved with China, India and developing world; contrary to the implication of earlier comments by the noble Viscount, Lord Ridley, there is quite a lot of …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 07 Mar 2017
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

"My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Faulks, I arrived this morning for the debate on Amendment 1 not sure which way I would vote, but very clear that I was going to be a strong supporter of this amendment. Also like the noble Lord, I thought there was a …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 07 Mar 2017
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

"I am going to come very shortly and briefly to why I think these arguments mean that we should have a parliamentary debate. I do not think it would be appropriate to commit now to a future referendum, because I do not think we can know now what the meaning …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 07 Mar 2017
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

"The very argument as to why we should not commit to a future referendum, the uncertainty of the situation we will then face, is, however, the argument why it is appropriate for us to come back for a detailed debate in both Houses of Parliament at that time to deal …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 26 Feb 2014
Pensions Bill

"My Lords, we have before us this afternoon a series of interconnected issues —the one of aggregation versus pot follows members, the issue of charge caps and the issue of transparency of charges. They are all related, because they are all to do with the absolute importance of getting value …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 26 Feb 2014
Pensions Bill

"My Lords, I will speak in favour both of transparency as per the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Lawson, and the Government’s amendment and also in favour of a clear commitment to a clear cap on scheme charges in line with Amendment 29 which also bears my name.

As …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 26 Feb 2014
Pensions Bill

"Obviously, it is possible that with higher charges there might be a higher return, but many of the variations that we see in charges in the industry are for things that clearly will not produce a different return. One sees, for instance, a wide spread of charges for index funds, …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 15 Jan 2014
Pensions Bill

"My Lords, I would like to speak in support of this amendment. When the Pensions Commission addressed the issue of private pensions eight years ago, we had two absolute priorities. The first was the use of inertia through auto-enrolment to increase the number of people involved in savings schemes. I …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 11 Dec 2013
Energy Bill

"My Lords, I speak in favour of the amendment. I find it difficult to understand, for anybody who concentrates not on tactical issues such as the speed of passing of the legislation but simply on the wording, what their opposition in principle could be. The simple fact of the case …..."
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