Parliamentary search - Eurozone Crisis

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

733 c83-146GC

Session

2010-12

Department

Treasury

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords Grand Committee

Proceeding contributions

Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon | 733 c90-2GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Monks, for introducing this issue. Although it is pe...

Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon | 733 c140GC (Link to this contribution) I mentioned the ““outs””. The Minister may recall that I said that it seems to me that Britain is th...

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Lord Lawson of Blaby | 733 c142GC (Link to this contribution) Before my noble friend turns to the subplot, will he just clarify the position on measures that migh...

Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise | 733 c107-9GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is with great pleasure that I speak for the first time in your Lordships’ House. I than...

Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise | 733 c109GC (Link to this contribution) However, I am at least able to say that I made it in front of a full house, so I thank your Lordship...

Baroness Valentine | 733 c104-7GC (Link to this contribution) I declare that I am chief executive of London First, a not-for-profit membership organisation that s...

Lord Myners | 733 c128-30GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Lamont of Lerwick, not only on securing the deba...

Lord Lamont of Lerwick | 733 c83-8GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very delighted to have the opportunity to introduce this debate. I ought to explain t...

Lord Brougham and Vaux | 733 c83GC (Link to this contribution) Good afternoon, my Lords. I am sorry about the delay, but we had to have a sound engineer so that Ha...

Lord Lawson of Blaby | 733 c88GC (Link to this contribution) No, I am here.

Lord Monks | 733 c88GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Lamont, for initiating this timely and important deb...

Lord Lamont of Lerwick | 733 c83GC (Link to this contribution) That the Grand Committee do consider the economic situation of the United Kingdom, including the imp...

Lord Williamson of Horton | 733 c92-4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest, as I spent a good part of my career in the United Kingdom in public...

Lord Monks | 733 c88-90GC (Link to this contribution) Apologies for that. One effect of this, although there were others, is that the traditional constrai...

Lord De Mauley | 733 c98GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord knows perfectly well that we are a self-regulating House. We have all agree...

Lord Myners | 733 c98GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before my noble friend speaks, I ask the Whip representing the Government whether we will ...

Lord Lawson of Blaby | 733 c97-8GC (Link to this contribution) However, I conclude by saying that, later on, we will have to address the politics, which means that...

Lord Lawson of Blaby | 733 c97GC (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to my noble friend for reminding me of that. It underlines what an outrage it is ...

Lord De Mauley | 733 c97GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do apologise to my noble friend. I respectfully draw his attention, and that of other no...

Lord Lawson of Blaby | 733 c95-7GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join others in commending my noble friend Lord Lamont for having, by a somewhat circuito...

Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon | 733 c141GC (Link to this contribution) Can the Minister name another ““out””; that is, another beyond the 17 and the 10 who are out? Can he...

Lord Sassoon | 733 c141GC (Link to this contribution) I am not sure that that is the point; the point is that we have to fight for the single market to be...

Lord Sassoon | 733 c141GC (Link to this contribution) We are getting some ping-pong between noble Lords. I am conscious of the time that we have for this ...

Lord Sassoon | 733 c140-1GC (Link to this contribution) No, my Lords, I do not believe that is the difference. I will come back to engagement in a minute or...

Lord Davies of Stamford | 733 c141GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords—

Lord Sassoon | 733 c141GC (Link to this contribution) I shall give way in a moment. I do not accept the premise of my noble friend that that paints us int...

Lord Eatwell | 733 c134-7GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like other noble Lords I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Lamont, for securing this deb...

Lord Sassoon | 733 c137-40GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start by thanking my noble friend Lord Lamont of Lerwick for leading this debate, and al...

Lord Sassoon | 733 c142-3GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, no, I was not doing that. I was merely describing the route under which this proposal was ...

Lord Lamont of Lerwick | 733 c143-6GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank everyone who participated in this debate. Out of the 20 Back-Benchers who spoke, I...

Lord Sassoon | 733 c142GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we will take whatever appropriate actions suit the particularities of the situation as we ...

Lord Myners | 733 c142GC (Link to this contribution) May I ask the noble Lord one further question on Europe? In describing the financial transaction tax...

Lord Sassoon | 733 c141-2GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is not what I have said. I have said that should the eurozone countries decide that i...

Lord Davies of Stamford | 733 c141GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. Does what he just said about the Government wishing to...

Lord Hollick | 733 c109-11GC (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to follow the maiden speech of the noble Lord, Lord Wolfson. He showed great ...

Lord Maclennan of Rogart | 733 c111-4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a very great pleasure to follow the maiden speech of the noble Lord, Lord Wolfson of...

Lord Higgins | 733 c115-6GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, for some weeks now I have been pressing the Government to allow us to have a debate on the...

Lord Desai | 733 c98-100GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lamont, for giving us this opportunity. I shall also he...

Lord Alderdice | 733 c100-2GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start from the position of one who has been for many years, and still is, very committed...

Lord Flight | 733 c102-4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is nearly six months ago that the noble Lord, Lord Lamont, and I at the same time asked...

Lord Skidelsky | 733 c130-3GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I find myself agreeing very much with the speeches of the noble Lords, Lord Lamont and Lor...

Lord Lea of Crondall | 733 c125GC (Link to this contribution) Someone did. I apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Lawson. I know that the noble Lord, Lord Lamont, is...

Baroness Kramer | 733 c126-8GC (Link to this contribution) This is very intimidating company with so many speeches from people with experience, knowledge and w...

Lord Davies of Stamford | 733 c133-4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as I came into the debate this afternoon I was convinced that I was on the speakers’ list,...

Lord Liddle | 733 c116-9GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise, on his maiden speech. H...

Lord Lea of Crondall | 733 c123-5GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Wolfson, on his maiden speech. He must fi...

Lord Lamont of Lerwick | 733 c125GC (Link to this contribution) I do not think that anyone mentioned ““democracy””.

Lord Dykes | 733 c119-21GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it gives me particular pleasure to add words of congratulation and thanks to the noble Lor...

Baroness Wheatcroft | 733 c121-3GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, thanks to the efforts of the noble Lord, Lord Lamont, we have heard some fascinating insig...

Notes

In the Daily Part the proceedings were continued in the Official Report, 5 December 2011 (c115-46GC).

Subjects

Banks

Borrowing

EU countries

Finance

European Union

Economic situation

Economic and monetary union

International Monetary Fund

Government securities