To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to commission research into the impact on social cohesion of income inequality...." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"My Lords, with FTSE 100 chief executives—only four of whom actually founded their companies—earning 183 times the median earnings for a full-time worker, and with the chief executive of HSBC, for example, receiving £7.5 million in the year that its profits went down by 17%, does the Minister agree that …..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"My Lords, this is no laughing matter. Can the Minister explain to the House how the proposed changes in child tax credits will affect the per capita income of those involved?..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"Was finance for small businesses discussed at any of the 56 meetings Ministers had with HSBC over the past five years?..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"My Lords, that really was an astonishing and disgraceful Statement. I heard it in the House of Commons, and it was outrageous how the Chancellor tried to portray Labour as the friends of the tax evaders. If that is the case, why is it that £5 million has been given …..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much has been allocated to the Scottish Government in Barnett consequentials in the last year...." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"My Lords, does the Minister agree that Barnett provides secure funding for the Scottish Government and if they had relied on oil revenues they would not have produced the £7 billion that was in the SNP White Paper, but just over £1 billion, and that an independent Scotland would now …..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech