Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 09 Feb 2017
Brexit: Financial Services (European Union Committee Report)

"My Lords, I declare my interests as noted in the report. After the figures of potential job losses given by the noble Lord, Lord Shutt, I hope to cheer the House up a bit. I have come to think that since the report which we are discussing was published in …..."
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Written Question

Government Departments: Accountancy

Monday 2nd November 2015

Asked by: Lord Butler of Brockwell (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many ministerial directions have been issued to accounting officers in the last 10 years, and in which departments.

Answered by Lord O'Neill of Gatley

There have been 27 ministerial directions between 2005 and 2015.

The departments they were issued in were: Department of Trade and Industry; Ministry of Defence; Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform; HM Treasury; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Department for Communities and Local Government; Ministry of Justice; Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; Department for Transport; and the Cabinet Office.

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 11 Mar 2015
Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill

"Does the noble Lord recognise that all that this amendment does is force the Government to make regulations? In making those regulations, they can find a way of doing precisely what he is asking the Minister to do—to meet this problem in those areas where it needs to be met …..."
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