Finance Bill

My Lords, it is a pleasure to unexpectedly follow the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Brixton, althoug...

My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this now short debate and to place on record...

My Lords, I begin by picking up a point made by the noble Lord, Lord Rogan. I was so shocked to l...

My Lords, I begin by welcoming the noble Lord, Lord Harlech, to his place for what I think is his...

My Lords, it is a privilege to close this debate on the Finance Bill on behalf of the Government....

Whoever wrote the brief clearly assumed I was going to talk about public service pensions, but I ...

I thank the noble Lord for the intervention. I will have to go back and check Hansard. I heard hi...

I should perhaps declare my position as a vice-president of the Local Government Association. The...

I will have to disagree with the noble Baroness. I did not say that councils were not going to in...

Does the Minister deny the almost obvious fact that none of these big oil companies is going to p...

I do not have a crystal ball so I cannot say whether there will be an impact but we want to be ca...

My understanding is that the present investment programmes that they had before this tax came out...

I am sorry; I do not understand the question.

The noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, raised the ...