Queen’s Speech

My Lords, it is a great honour and pleasure to follow such an impressive maiden speech. The Minis...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to join in the welcome to the noble Lord, Lord O’Neill. There could no...

My Lords, a new Government have a unique opportunity to set a clear strategic direction for the l...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to welcome the noble Lord, Lord O’Neill of Gatley, to the House ...

My Lords, I am genuinely delighted to welcome the Minister to the Dispatch Box, for three reasons...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to be able to speak in today’s debate before I re-enter the Styg...

My Lords, I, too, would like to congratulate the noble Lord on his entrance into this House, and ...

My Lords, I am extremely grateful for your Lordships’ patience in allowing me to wait until after...

My Lords, I am delighted to welcome the noble Lord, Lord King of Lothbury, to the House and to co...

My Lords, as a fellow Mancunian, I welcome the Minister to the House and congratulate him on his ...

I extend the warmest of welcomes to my noble friend Lord O’Neill of Gatley, and to his role at th...

My Lords, sometimes when I wander the corridors of this building, I feel a bit like my namesake, ...

My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lords, Lord O’Neill and Lord King, on their speeches. I ...

My Lords, I am delighted to be speaking today on the Queen’s Speech debate on business and the ec...

My Lords, the Governor of the Bank of England recently stressed that productivity performance is ...

My Lords, before I address the remarks made by the noble Lord, Lord O’Neill, in his excellent ope...

My Lords, I shall speak about two topics that were less prominent in the gracious Speech than I h...

My Lords, I follow the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, in concentrating on the full employment and wel...

My Lords, I add my voice to those who have congratulated my noble friend Lord O’Neill of Gatley a...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Wheatcroft. I agree with much of wh...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord King of Lothbury on his joining the House and on hi...

My Lords, it is always a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Desai. We seem to be yoked...

My Lords, I join others in congratulating my noble friend Lord O’Neill of Gatley and the noble Lo...

My Lords, my contribution to this debate will concentrate on employment relations and on why I be...

My Lords, today is allocated to discussing matters relating to business, economic affairs and tra...

My Lords, I add my word of welcome to the new Minister to his position. I have heard him on the r...

My Lords, I add my warm welcome to the two maiden speakers, the noble Lords, Lord O’Neill and Lor...

My Lords, I add my congratulations to the Minister on his maiden speech. He brings, among many ot...

My Lords, I welcome the Government’s commitment to a long-term economic plan and to reduce the de...

My Lords, with just 1% of the world’s population today, the UK is the fifth largest economy in th...

My Lords, I will say just a few words on a part of the United Kingdom so far scarcely mentioned—i...

I wish to talk about the dangers of our current economic circumstances, which have been exacerbat...

My Lords, before I begin, I should draw attention to the Members’ register of interests and the f...

My Lords, as a microelectronics engineer who spent his first 20 years in industry, it is perhaps ...

My Lords, like many others on this side of the House, I am less than transported by the Governmen...

My Lords, I have very much enjoyed listening to the speeches today, in particular the two maiden ...

My Lords, the outcome of the general election came as a massive blow to me, as it did to all nobl...

My Lords, the Government have a big job on their hands when it comes to business. We have had an ...

My Lords, the electorate spoke and trusted the Conservatives to carry on the rescue mission for t...

My Lords, it was indeed heartening to hear, both in the gracious Speech and in the admirable and ...

My Lords, I join noble Lords in welcoming to this House and congratulating my noble friend Lord O...

My Lords, I rise to speak in the debate having listened with interest to the learned and wise con...

My Lords, my contribution to this debate on the Queen’s Speech comes under the broad heading of “...

My Lords, I can hear a collective sigh around the Chamber as we come to the last Back-Bench speak...

My Lords, I declare my interest as chair of Housing & Care 21, the housing association. I also we...

My Lords, this has been an excellent debate. The opening speech from the maiden speaker, the nobl...

I thank noble Lords for their interesting and informed contributions to our discussion today abou...