Lord Livingston of Parkhead

6 parliamentary sessions on record in this archive

6 sessions
Lords Proceedings 1 June 2026
Business Hiring
My Lords, I talk to a number of businesses and work in very major businesses, and I see the issues that they are having about employing young people just now. When will the Government accept that, in addition to technology changes, the raft of legislation that makes it more expensive, more difficult…
Lords Proceedings 26 March 2026
Middle East: Economic Update
My Lords, in coming back to the comment on oil and gas made by the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, the growth of green energy and the growth of oil and gas are often described as somehow at odds with each other. It is quite clear that we need both for our energy security. We should grow our gree…
Lords Oral Questions 23 March 2026
Companies: Online AGMs
The noble Lord sets out the rationale for why this will form part of the modernising corporate governance consultation. It will be in the hands of the shareholders and the businesses to decide. In fact, 85% of OECD Factbook countries, including the US, Germany and Japan, already allow virtual AGMs. …
Lords Oral Questions 8 January 2026
Israel: Trade
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Austin of Dudley, for securing this debate. I declare that I am not Jewish, but I am a member of the Conservative Friends of Israel. In the year to the end of 2025, the UK and Israel traded roughly £6.2 billion in goods and services, with the UK repor…
Lords Oral Questions 16 October 2025
Stablecoin Ownership
I agree with every word that the noble Lord said. Absolutely, getting the regulatory regime right for this is important. As I said, we will bring forward that legislation by the end of the year.
Lords Proceedings 16 June 2025
Conflict in the Middle East
My Lords, as is clear, Iran was heading towards the ability to create nuclear weapons. We can debate the timeframe, but given that the Iranian leadership chants repeatedly not just death to Israel, death to America, and death to infidels, but “death to England”, and given the failure of the diplomat…

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