Lord Palmer of Childs Hill

My Lords, this degrouped set of amendments is very narrow in drafting but, we believe, important in principle. Amendments 105A, 114 and 115 would require the Secretary of State an…

My Lords, I think that everybody in your Lordships’ House wants good investment, whichever side of the House we are on. If you are investing, with apologies, sometimes faith is no…

My Lords, in a less confrontational way than the noble Lord Fuller, from these Benches, I confirm that we support Amendment 49. The Government should not fail to support this. It…

My Lords, I compliment the maiden speeches of my noble friend Lady Teather, the noble Lord, Lord Walker, and the noble Baroness, Lady Antrobus. They were a credit to this House an…

My Lords, this group asks for greater transparency around Local Government Pension Scheme valuations by requiring benchmarking against insurer pricing and gilt-based discount rate…

My Lords, first, I have to declare an interest because after 28 years as a councillor in the London Borough of Barnet, I am in receipt of a modest local government pension. I some…

I had not intended to speak, but when I listen to the Minister linking over and again the problems in the Middle East with antisemitism, I am disappointed. They are two separate t…

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My Lords, I compliment the Minister on the work that is being done in this area. In my view, the aim of the Access to Work fund is to get people out of the house and into work. Th…

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Mann, for that personal information. I obviously agree with these statutory instruments; it would be strange if we did not—but it is industrial compen…

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her normal diligence on this subject. Alongside new measures “to increase incomes, reduce essential costs and strengthen local services”— I take…