Baroness Noakes

My Lords, this is the first time I have spoken on Report, so I need to declare my interests as shown in the register, namely, that I hold shares in listed financial services compa…

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Murphy. I agree with practically everything he said. I start by declaring my interests, but not the usual ones recorded i…

My Lords, paragraph 4.52 of the Companion says that it is usual for a Member making a maiden speech to be congratulated by the next speaker only, on behalf of the whole House, plu…

My Lords, the issues have already been brilliantly explained by the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, and other noble Lords. As has been noted, there is no disagreement about the value…

My Lords, I declare my interests in that I hold shares in a number of listed financial services companies. It is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Eatwell, who is one of t…

I beg to move and wish to test the opinion of the House.

At end insert “and do propose the following amendment in lieu—

My Lords, I tabled Motion G1 in this group. The Bill will consolidate today’s pensions market into a small number of large firms. It may well bring benefits, but it also carries t…

I thank all noble Lords who took part in the debate on this group of amendments. I will start with Amendment 37, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Vaux. He will decide, when we…

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle. But, not for the first time, she will find that I disagree with practically everything she h…

My Lords, when the Government took powers to take control of British Steel’s operations last year, they were clear that they had no intention of nationalising it. Now nationalisat…

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Vaux of Harrowden, for adding his name to Amendment 1. The amendment would add to the Bill a statement of objectives for Great British Energ…