Lord Davies of Brixton

I will speak briefly in the gap. I want to ask my noble friend the Minister about the measures that can be taken. The issue has been set out very clearly, but is the Treasury cons…

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My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lexden, for introducing this debate. No one doubts the strength of his feeling on the issue. I suspect that much of his speech overrated the…

I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey, on making a very powerful case for keeping the existing system under which the FOS operates. The problem here, expressed in the consid…

Before the Recess we had tumble dryers, last week we had seed potatoes and this week we have batteries. I support the process. I think it is right that every Member of this House…

I thank my noble friend for the Statement from the Commons, which I welcome. Does she recognise that the problem here—we can take the comments from the Opposition with a pinch of…

There is real concern that some mental health conditions are being diagnosed too broadly, and it is worth giving the matter a serious discussion, so we owe our thanks to the noble…

I want to express my support for the amendment from my noble friend Lord Bradley, because in Committee I had a parallel amendment that dealt with a similar issue. I very much agre…

I think the reaction from noble Lords was to the use of the word “Orwellian”. No one is questioning the facts; it is the suggestion that a central arbitration commission is Orwell…

I support the Bill and the purposes behind it. We know that it is a priority for the Labour Government, in particular for my right honourable friend the Prime Minister. More impor…

There is a thought experiment, a century old, that I think should be made compulsory for every financial regulator, every market reformer and, frankly, every politician who has ut…

My Lords, I should let the House know that I am joint chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on State Pension Inequality for Women, which serves to bring the concerns of many…