Enterprise Bill [HL]

My Lords, in recognising the intention of the Bill to promote economic growth, I want to focus on...

My Lords, any Bill called the Enterprise Bill starts with me prejudiced in its favour. I think th...

My Lords, I, too, feel that there is much to commend in the principles behind the Bill and the re...

My Lords, it is with great pleasure that I speak on the Enterprise Bill, a subject close to my he...

My Lords, I will avoid the temptation of going down the rates road any further. Equally, I will n...

My Lords, it is an enormous privilege, as ever, to address your Lordships, particularly on a subj...

My Lords, I welcome the policy aims behind the Bill and its goal of promoting the growth of enter...

My Lords, I think that no one champions more the huge and wonderful increase in entrepreneurship ...

My Lords, I applaud the aims of the Bill. In introducing it, my noble friend said that it was abo...

My Lords, I commend the thinking behind the Bill, seeking as it does to improve matters for busin...

My Lords, I speak as a businessman and as somebody who has employed many people through several b...

My Lords, at this stage in a Second Reading debate, it is tempting to throw one’s speech away and...

My Lords, this Bill will help small businesses up and down the country get on with the task of ma...

My Lords, I support the Bill and the measures it proposes for encouraging opportunity, productivi...

My Lords, owing to a mix-up my name was not on the speakers list, so, instead of my prepared spee...

My Lords, I thank all the speakers who have contributed to this debate. It has been extremely int...

My Lords, we have had an interesting debate on the measures contained in the Enterprise Bill. I a...

This is of such importance to the EHRC, but it is exactly the same argument as we had over the sm...

I thank the noble Lord for his comment. As I have said, we will discuss this matter further. We w...