"While the Minister is talking about cutting tax on pensions, will he spare a thought for the 4,000 members of the British Midland International pension scheme who lost considerable sums of pension entitlement when their airline was taken over? Lufthansa offered them substantial compensation, but Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs …..." Mark Lazarowicz - View Speech
"15. One of the features of the UK housing market is that millions of houses are inefficient in their use of energy, and even much new housing is not as energy-efficient as it ought to be. The Help to Buy scheme could have been used as a way of providing …..." Mark Lazarowicz - View Speech
"T3. What is the Government’s current position on net neutrality, particularly given recent discussions and decisions in both Europe and the United States?..." Mark Lazarowicz - View Speech
"I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way and for making such powerful points. When these points are put to the Government, they always say that the financial circumstances are such that there must be cutbacks somewhere. Is it not ironic that the Government are putting forward a …..." Mark Lazarowicz - View Speech
"The shortage of housing, particularly affordable housing, about which many of my hon. Friends have spoken affects Scotland as much as it does the rest of the UK. We, too, have seen a reduction in house building. Indeed, the figures for last year show a 46% drop in house building …..." Mark Lazarowicz - View Speech
"I see that the Scottish Government’s White Paper on independence asked the question:
“What about bank bail-outs if there is another financial crisis?”
The Scottish Government responded:
“If in the future wider support from governments is required to stabilise the financial system, this would be coordinated through the governance arrangements …..." Mark Lazarowicz - View Speech
"My constituency has a large number of excellent pubs of distinction, and my hon. Friend may well have visited some of them from time to time. They are also major sources of employment in the area. How would the proposals in the motion assist employment in that very important sector …..." Mark Lazarowicz - View Speech