"My Lords, will the noble Lord, who is my former student and was a very good student, join me in recognising that after three or four decades of being roughly constant, income inequality in the UK shot up during the 1980s, and the Gini coefficient went from around 0.25 to …..." Lord Stern of Brentford - View Speech
"The Minister sees virtue in flexibility in monetary policy. Will he comment on the virtue of flexibility in fiscal policy?..." Lord Stern of Brentford - View Speech
"Would the Minister agree that we are fortunate that the Bank of England has taken account of the fragility of output and employment in the UK economy, and will he assure us that the Government will also take account of that fragility in setting their own policy?..." Lord Stern of Brentford - View Speech
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the appointment procedures for the heads of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank...." Lord Stern of Brentford - View Speech
"I thank the Minister for his Answer and I declare an interest as a former chief economist and senior vice-president of the World Bank.
Does the Minister agree with the assessment that the system of reservation—because that is what it is—of headships of the IMF and the World Bank for …..." Lord Stern of Brentford - View Speech