"Given the need for more work experience, more apprenticeships and other support from the private sector, will the Government look again at the very damaging tax rises and regulatory changes they have introduced, which have driven down vacancies in a big way and driven up unemployment? They impede success for …..." Lord Redwood - View Speech
"My Lords, does the disruption in the Middle East not prove that we need to get the Jackdaw gas out as quickly as possible for domestic use? Does that not bring a tax bonanza, which surely the Government need?..." Lord Redwood - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare that my son teaches in the private sector, but I will not be drawing on his experiences or the views of his school in my remarks; I wish to be broader than that.
Jealousy is not a great emotion. It produces bitterness and unpleasantness. If it …..." Lord Redwood - View Speech
"My Lords, I have always believed in the supremacy of the House of Commons, and I have therefore always favoured an unelected upper House. I have always thought it right that this House should concentrate on two things: amending and improving legislation which has been initiated by the Government and, …..." Lord Redwood - View Speech
"My Lords, since September 2022, there has been a big sales programme of longer-dated bonds by the Bank of England to drive up longer-term interest rates. Can the Minister tell us how much, over the past two years, the Government and Treasury have had to send the Bank of England …..." Lord Redwood - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord McCrea, for moving this amendment so that we can again debate this crucial constitutional matter. I have every sympathy with the points he made, because what we face again here is legislation by sleight of hand. We are in fact approving comprehensive …..." Lord Redwood - View Speech
"My Lords, given the very big capital requirements that the Minister has rightly identified, and the need to pay compensation to existing shareholders if the Government wanted to buy it out, is it not the case that the country cannot afford nationalisation of the water industry?..." Lord Redwood - View Speech
"How much fraud did the PSFA find last year and how much more does it think it will find with the enhanced methods of going about it?..." Lord Redwood - View Speech
"When these cuts are finally made, how many jobs will be lost and how many people will no longer be able to get grants or contracts?..." Lord Redwood - View Speech