"My Lords, my noble friend Lady Stedman-Scott and I have only one amendment in this group: Amendment 109, which would remove the Government’s broad mandation power. That has been very much the theme of this debate, of course. I want to be absolutely clear at the outset that we are …..." Viscount Younger of Leckie - View Speech
"My Lords, I shall address each amendment in this group briefly in turn to provide some of the context and rationale for why we have introduced them. First, Amendments 84 and 85 relate to Clause 24. These amendments are concerned with how this policy will operate in practice and whether …..." Viscount Younger of Leckie - View Speech
"My Lords, this is a busy group and I shall not detain the Committee by speaking to all the amendments therein, but I do want to welcome the amendments that have been tabled by other noble Lords, which will allow us to have a detailed and, I hope, fruitful debate …..." Viscount Younger of Leckie - View Speech
"My Lords, I will be brief in closing as I suspect that the Committee is keen to get on to the next group.
Across this group, with the focus on scale—looking at both the merits and the demerits—the consistent theme has been a desire to ensure that the framework we …..." Viscount Younger of Leckie - View Speech
"My Lords, supported by my noble friend Lady Stedman-Scott, I am glad to be leading off in another group of amendments, largely designed to probe the Government and clarify their thinking, plans and rationale on the small pots regulations in the Bill. Indeed, I know that many industry bodies are …..." Viscount Younger of Leckie - View Speech
"My Lords, I will conclude fairly briefly. I thank all noble Lords for their contributions and the Minister for her reply. I thank in particular the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, my noble friends Lady Noakes and Lady Coffey, and the noble Lord, Lord Palmer. I see, as the Minister pointed …..." Viscount Younger of Leckie - View Speech