Autumn Statement

My Lords, I remind the House that this is a time-limited debate and when the clock shows 5, time ...

My Lords, this is a welcome, if short debate. We are very much looking forward to the maiden spee...

My Lords, I shall begin by saying that I agree very strongly with my noble friend Lord Wriggleswo...

My Lords—

I do not have time to yield to interventions. That is the nature of a debate in which we are limi...

My Lords, I, too, was disappointed that in the Chancellor’s Statement we heard hardly anything ab...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to add to others’ my welcome to the noble Lord, Lord Rose, in eager an...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the right reverend Prelate, particularly with his responsibili...

My Lords, we seem to have achieved the best of all possible worlds: a Conservative Chancellor was...

My Lords, I do not have time to answer the disparagement by the noble Lord, Lord Lawson, of Keyne...

My Lords, I speak, for the first time in this House, with both nervousness and trepidation. Befor...

My Lords, I welcome the noble Lord, Lord Rose of Monewden, to the House and congratulate him on a...

My Lords, one phrase that, for me, leapt off the page in the Chancellor’s Statement was:

“I...

I add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Rose, on his excellent maiden speech. We look fo...

My Lords, I enjoyed that speech. I join in welcoming the noble Lord, Lord Rose, and comment, whic...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Rose, on his excellent speech. The noble Lord, Lord...

My Lords, somewhat to my surprise, I find that I have been making speeches in Parliament on Budge...

Why not have a toll road? We never have toll roads in this country; perhaps, as a Tory finance pe...

My Lords, I should like to touch upon three issues in my five minutes. The first has been prompte...

My Lords, in his absence, may I add my congratulations to my noble friend Lord Rose on his maiden...

My Lords, I draw attention to the contrast between the prospects for our economy, particularly on...

My Lords, in his first Budget in 2010, the Chancellor said that the Government would,

“have...

My Lords, I shall confine my remarks to the part of our country that matters most to me—Northern ...

My Lords, I begin by apologising to the noble Viscount that my Select Committee duties kept me fr...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Rose of Monewden—I hope I have pronounced that corr...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Rose, on his excellent maiden speech, and in partic...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Viscount, Lord Younger, on securing this very important debate...

My Lords, this has been an excellent debate and I congratulate the noble Viscount, Lord Younger, ...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Rose on his muscular magic and sparkle. He meets my...

My Lords, any debate on the economy and the Autumn Statement—perhaps it should be called a Budget...