"My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell, for securing and introducing this debate, even if its timing in peak Budget purdah means that its scope is necessarily either backward-looking or about broad principles. In responding to the Question from the noble Baroness, Lady …..." Viscount Chandos - View Speech
"My Lords, I am delighted to be able to speak in this debate and have been privileged to be a member of the Industry and Regulators Committee that produced the report. My noble friend Lady Taylor of Bolton has introduced this afternoon’s debate with the same incisiveness and wisdom as …..." Viscount Chandos - View Speech
"My Lords, I welcome the Leeds reforms that have been announced, and I thank my noble friend the Minister for his comments. I am delighted that the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, agreed that the balance was being successfully struck between achieving financial stability and growth objectives. If some in the …..." Viscount Chandos - View Speech
"I add my thanks and support for the Statement that my noble friend the Minister made, and raise a specific issue about this prospective use of frozen assets, whether the assets themselves or the income derived from them. A massive reconstruction challenge faces us in Ukraine, but there is also …..." Viscount Chandos - View Speech
"My Lords, I recognise that the Government’s priority must be to achieve the best possible outcome in relation to tariffs between the UK and the US. I am cautiously optimistic that this Government will do a great deal better than the Conservative Government did over many years, despite the litany …..." Viscount Chandos - View Speech
"I shall speak briefly to support the arguments and analysis of my noble friend Lord Eatwell and to remind your Lordships of the comments at Second Reading of the noble Lord, Lord Macpherson, who said that if we aggregate the reductions in employee national insurance that were introduced in the …..." Viscount Chandos - View Speech
"I thank my noble friend the Minister for her reply, but note that this is unchanged year on year, when, as she said, Allwyn committed to doubling or more. It pledged at the time of the licence being awarded to give £38 billion in the next 10 years, which looks …..." Viscount Chandos - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what they expect the National Lottery’s contribution to good causes to be in the first twelve months under the new operator, compared to the last twelve months under the previous operator...." Viscount Chandos - View Speech
"My Lords, we are all grateful to my noble friend Lady Thornton for securing this debate and for her powerful introduction to it. I also congratulate my three noble friends who have held their premieres today so impressively—not so much a maiden over as a hat-trick, to mix my sectoral …..." Viscount Chandos - View Speech
"My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Horam, even though it is nearly 40 years since I could describe him in parliamentary terms as a friend. I am very pleased to be able to speak in the important debate which the noble Lord, Lord …..." Viscount Chandos - View Speech