"My Lords, I am glad to have the opportunity to support Amendment 23, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Fox, concerning a jobs and industrial transition strategy, which is very much in in line with the comments I made in our previous debate. The question of protecting skilled employment, in …..." Lord Wigley - View Speech
"My Lords, I am delighted to support the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Fox, and to be following the noble Lord, Lord Redwood. I am sorry the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, is not in his place at the moment, but both he and the noble Lord, Lord Redwood, …..." Lord Wigley - View Speech
"My Lords, I want to speak briefly to Amendment 28, which deals with pension liabilities of the undertaking that has gone into state ownership. Some noble Lords will remember in our pensions Bill debates that we had the example of Allied Steel and Wire, where employees, who had been given …..." Lord Wigley - View Speech
"Before the Minister sits down, will he please address the question of why steelworkers in Scunthorpe, Port Talbot or anywhere else should have faith in the Government’s provisions for pensions when they failed to safeguard the pensions of Allied Steel workers in Cardiff and continue to do so?..." Lord Wigley - View Speech
"My Lords, does the Minister accept that a figure of 23,000 has been identified as the number of those who have been caught by this problem? Those who are newly retired may still have payments to make on mortgages on their houses and may be in danger of losing them. …..." Lord Wigley - View Speech
"My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his response on the whole range of diverse amendments we have before us. No doubt the Opposition Front Bench will have their own opinion on which ones of these they may want to return to on Report, because there are important …..." Lord Wigley - View Speech
"My Lords, the amendment proposes inserting a new subsection (2A), which provides that:
“In assessing the ‘public interest’”—
which is the whole dimension underpinning the Bill—
“in regard to the exercise of transfer powers relating to a steel undertaking located in Wales, the Secretary of State must consult the …..." Lord Wigley - View Speech
"My Lords, I beg to move Amendment 4 standing in my name and to speak to Amendment 36, which is also in my name and which is grouped with it—as is Amendment 29 in the name of the noble lord, Lord Fox, and Amendments 30, 31, 43, 44 and 46 …..." Lord Wigley - View Speech