"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
"My Lords, rather than more piecemeal devolution, is the time not now right for a more comprehensive and coherent look at devolution throughout the whole of the United Kingdom, so that we have a sensible system, and that some kind of commission—a constitutional commission or royal commission, under a wise …..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a pity that the Minister has resorted to statistics to try to explain this away. All it needs is one of these very cleverly devised adverts to put pressure on children or to influence children to put pressure on their parents, who can ill afford to …..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech
"My Lords, does the Minister recall that Alex Salmond used to be an economist with the RBS? Does that not say everything? Will the Minister confirm that economic growth in Scotland in the third quarter of 2013 was much the same as economic growth in the United Kingdom, which shows …..." Lord Foulkes of Cumnock - View Speech