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Parliamentary proceeding

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707 c198-242

Session

2008-09

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Treasury

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House of Lords chamber

Pre-budget report November 2008: Facing global challenges: supporting people through difficult times.
Monday, 24 November 2008
Command papers
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Lord Myners | 707 c240-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will ensure that I am even more informed on matters relating to the EU Commission, altho...

Lord Pearson of Rannoch | 707 c240 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when the Minister revisits that, will he bear in mind that the Commission is responsible f...

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Lord Ryder of Wensum | 707 c239 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister is very naughty because he tries to put words into people’s mouths that they ...

Lord Myners | 707 c239 (Link to this contribution) Perish the thought, my Lords, that I should seek to put words in the mouth of the noble Lord, Lord R...

Lord Higgins | 707 c239 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister quoted a particular paragraph, or it may have been a chart—it is extremely di...

Lord Myners | 707 c239-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in discussion with colleagues I shall consider the merit of assisting the noble Lord in pu...

Lord Myners | 707 c240 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my answer to my noble friend Lady Cohen was to highlight that the vast majority of EU expe...

Lord Myners | 707 c238 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Vinson, raised questions about quantitative easing. The most recent a...

Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay | 707 c235 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should point out to the noble Lord that he has obviously not been looking at the gilt ma...

Lord Myners | 707 c235-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I look at the gilt market daily. The premium of UK borrowing over German government borrow...

Baroness Noakes | 707 c235 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, can the Minister remind the House for what period the IMF was making its examination for t...

Lord Myners | 707 c235 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this was the IMF’s standard spring report. It is backward-looking and forward-looking. The...

Lord Barnett | 707 c237 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is my noble friend saying that the reports that I quoted of meetings between the FSA, the ...

Baroness Noakes | 707 c237 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I let the first reference to my right honourable friend Kenneth Clarke go by without risin...

Lord Myners | 707 c237 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I note that the right honourable Member for Rushcliffe amended his views on VAT. I am sure...

Lord Myners | 707 c235 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I find myself defeated by a man who honed his skills in the other place. I heard him say t...

Lord Myners | 707 c237-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in truth, I am not sure. I have certainly had meetings with the heads of the major account...

Lord Myners | 707 c199 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome this opportunity to debate the information provided to the European Commission u...

Lord Myners | 707 c198 (Link to this contribution) To move that this House takes note with approval of the Government’s assessment as set out in the Pr...

Lord Myners | 707 c200-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall address those points later in my opening speech. I do not believe that the IMF use...

Lord Ryder of Wensum | 707 c200 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister has mentioned the IMF. Why was it that before the PBR Statement last November...

Lord Higgins | 707 c201 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a crucial question. To what extent do the Government intend to fund that deficit f...

Baroness Noakes | 707 c203-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for explaining to the House why we should approve this submission of ...

Lord Myners | 707 c201-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Government intend to adopt a prudent and appropriate funding structure and, as such, t...

Lord Newby | 707 c206-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank the Minister for his explanation of the Pre-Budget Report. The report’s sta...

Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay | 707 c229-32 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that was a fine load of old Schmidthubers to liven us up at the end of a long debate. I ho...

Lord Howard of Rising | 707 c232-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been an interesting debate with many notable and intelligent contributions, espec...

Lord Myners | 707 c233-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I add to the comments by the noble Lord, Lord Howard of Rising, in complimenting the quali...

Lord Myners | 707 c234 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if that is the case, I concede that point, as I am sure the noble Lord would also do shoul...

Lord Ryder of Wensum | 707 c235 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the IMF stated quite clearly last year that the Government’s spending policies were out of...

Lord Ryder of Wensum | 707 c235 (Link to this contribution) Certainly, my Lords, no one could consider the Government’s expenditure last year as anything but re...

Lord Myners | 707 c235 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would be very happy to give way again to the noble Lord if he answered the question abou...

Lord Freeman | 707 c212-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, on once again making a comprehensive and t...

Lord Vinson | 707 c214-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Lord Keynes was addressing a group of bankers and asked them to raise their hand if they h...

Lord Barnett | 707 c209-12 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have an exceptional economic situation, but, however serious it is, the media are seeki...

Lord Ryder of Wensum | 707 c218-20 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am pleased to follow my noble friend Lord Blyth whose industrial experience is hugely re...

Lord Sheldon | 707 c220-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the important point in the Pre-Budget Report is that we are witnessing a greater instabili...

Lord Blyth of Rowington | 707 c217 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, much has already been said, and I will be brief. When I spoke in your Lordships’ House in ...

Lord Pearson of Rannoch | 707 c227-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with my noble friend Lady Noakes that it really is pretty absurd that the United K...

Lord Northbrook | 707 c224-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the House is asked to note with approval the Government’s economic assessment as set out i...

Lord Higgins | 707 c222-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the debate is taking place on the basis of the Pre-Budget Report, a massive 232 page docum...

Lord Pearson of Rannoch | 707 c240 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I still have not understood whether the Minister and Her Majesty’s Government think that i...

Lord Ryder of Wensum | 707 c234 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am always grateful to the ever polite and courteous Minister. I said no such thing. I si...

Subjects

Banks

Credit

Borrowing

Fiscal policy

Government assistance

Financial markets

Economic policy

Public expenditure

Loans

Monetary policy

Public finance

Public sector debt

Small businesses

Taxation

VAT

Economic recession

Stability and Growth Pact

Pre-Budget report 2008

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