My Lords, I begin by paying tribute to my noble friend Lady Rock for her superb chairmanship of the Autism Act 2009 Committee; my fellow committee members; the diligent committee staff; and, above all, the nearly 400 individuals and organisations that submitted written evidence to us.
There is a ke…
My Lords, this House is often confronted by issues of great complexity, but happily today we are dealing with a rather straightforward single issue on which I hope we will be united.
Like others, I am a relative newcomer to this place. Since my arrival, I have come to understand a little the range …
I start by paying tribute to the noble Lord, Lord St John of Bletso. I do not know whether he will mind me mentioning that we recently discovered that we share one thing in common—there may be others—which is that we are both stammerers. He is wonderful testimony to the fact that it is not a life-ch…
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Ricketts, and the European Affairs Committee on their report. Our EU relationship has always concerned trade, regulation and security. What has changed is that each of these now runs through technology. Competitiveness, resilience and strategic influence…
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Gill, and the noble Lords, Lord Docherty, Lord Doyle and Lord Pitt-Watson, all gave excellent speeches, and all demonstrated the differences, and the different approaches, that they will bring to these Benches, from which the whole House will benefit. Welcome to th…
My Lords, it is a privilege to lead today’s debate on the impact of the Government’s economic and taxation policies on jobs, growth and prosperity.
I begin by noting an absent friend. I am saddened that the coming Budget will be the first in 35 years that will take place without the thoughtful and …
My Lords, we are all grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Elliott, for having secured this debate. As noble Lords will know, the noble Lord is one of the most brilliant political campaigners of his generation, evidenced in the speech we have just heard and, most notably, in his leadership of Vote Leave,…
My Lords, economic crime, in particular fraud, is now the leading form of UK crime and, together with money laundering and bribery, costs the UK billions of pounds each year. It also undermines public trust, public confidence and economic growth. The good news is that enforcement against these econo…
My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association. It is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Lister of Burtersett. I thank the many disabled people and organisations who have written to us all. I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Shawcross-Wolfson,…
My Lords, I will speak very briefly—I promise—in support of the amendments in this group in the name of my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe, and Amendment 113, from my noble friend Lord Sharpe. I begin by apologising for not speaking on Second Reading of this Bill.
We have heard many contributions i…