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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 29 Jan 2019
Brexit: Security

"It is a good question...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Dec 2018
Bank Recovery and Resolution and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

"Object!..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Dec 2018
Bank Recovery and Resolution and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

"I am objecting to them being taken en bloc...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Dec 2018
Bank Recovery and Resolution and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

"My Lords, I was unable to attend the Grand Committee because of business in the House. Will the Minister confirm whether this is one of the many hundreds of statutory instruments needed because of a possible no-deal exit from the European Union, which no one wants and which would be …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Dec 2018
Capital Requirements (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

"My Lords, I was unable to attend the Grand Committee because of business in the House. Will the Minister confirm whether this is another of the many hundreds of statutory instruments that this House has to consider to prepare for a no-deal exit from the European Union, which no one …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Dec 2018
Capital Requirements (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

"My Lords, I was unable to attend the Grand Committee. Will the Minister confirm whether this is yet another of the many hundreds of statutory instruments which we are having to consider in this House in the event of a no-deal exit from the European Union, which 17.4 million people …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Dec 2018
Capital Requirements (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

"Could the Minister also commend the work done by the other committee, chaired by my noble friend Lord Cunningham?..."
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Written Question
Department for International Development: Allowances
Friday 23rd November 2018

Asked by: Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what allowance is paid to Department for International Development officials based in Abercrombie House, East Kilbride, when they are required to stay overnight in London in connection with their work.

Answered by Lord Bates

DFID employees do not receive an allowance. DFID employees undertaking a duty visit in London and require hotel accommodation have a rate cap of £115 room only or a 1st class berth on a sleeper train. A breakfast allowance of up to £15 and reimbursement of reasonable spend for meals.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 21 Nov 2018
Brexit: Economic Effects

"My Lords, can I just clarify something? Is it not the case that people such as the noble Lord, Lord Cormack, and the CBI, are only now cosying up to the deal proposed because they are absolutely scared—I was about to say “something” scared, but I had better not—of the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 19 Nov 2018
United Nations Relief and Works Agency

"My Lords, there were also reports in the papers that the British Government would follow President Trump and withdraw from another UN organisation, UNESCO. That was done by Mrs Thatcher’s Government in 1985 and there were huge outcries in the universities, the arts and elsewhere. Can the Minister give us …..."
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