Queen's speech debate on Monday, 8 December 2008, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Mandelson. The answering member was Baroness Noakes.

Queen's Speech

Lords debate on Queen's speech (third day) on business and economic affairs.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 706 c155-256
Session: 2008-09
Department: Treasury; Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Procedure: Addresses to the Crown
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Baroness O'Cathain | 706 c185-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the two opening sentences in the gracious Speech emphasised the overriding priority of ens...; Lord Layard | 706 c187-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am delighted on this side of the House to follow my noble friend Lord Thomas’s fine rema...; Viscount Trenchard | 706 c189-91 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Secretary of State for introducing the debate. The Government would ...; Lord Haskel | 706 c191-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the starting place for today’s debate must be the financial and industrial crisis about wh...; Bishop of Durham | 706 c175-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was pleased to see in the gracious Speech the promise that the Government, "““will work ...; Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay | 706 c173-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am afraid that I cannot compete with the noble Lord, Lord Wakeham. I started my own busi...; Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market | 706 c179-81 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the short time available to speak I want to confine myself to three issues, and I take ...; Lord Bhattacharyya | 706 c177-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the gracious Speech made it clear that the economy is the overriding priority for the Gove...; Lord Thomas of Macclesfield | 706 c183-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is the first time that I have spoken in public since my severe stroke in 1999. It was...; Lord Skidelsky | 706 c181-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the opening paragraph of the gracious Speech pledges the Government to give overwhelming p...; Lord Bilimoria | 706 c167-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the past decade Britain has experienced a period of remarkable uninterrupted economic g...; Lord Rooker | 706 c169-71 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare my interest as a fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and my ...; Lord Wakeham | 706 c171-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, and I entered the House of Commons on exactly the same day an...; Lord Mandelson | 706 c155-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to open this debate on business and the economy. I confess to f...; Lord Barnett | 706 c228-30 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I strongly support the case for a fiscal stimulus; that goes without saying. I am bound to...; Viscount Eccles | 706 c227-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Sheldon, because he clearly shows th...; Earl of Caithness | 706 c219-22 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if, as the gracious Speech states, the overriding priority is to ensure the stability of t...; Lord Cotter | 706 c222-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, today we get the chance once again to address the issue of business and the economy. We ha...; Lord Sanderson of Bowden | 706 c223-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not suppose that it is terribly popular to declare that for six years, up to 2004, I ...; Lord Sheldon | 706 c225-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall refer briefly to the absence of a Civil Service Bill, which we have expected every...; Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 706 c211-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should like to follow up on some points made about savers. In the UK, unlike in Europe, ...; Lord Patten | 706 c213-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall continue, albeit I suspect not seamlessly, the exact theme of the noble Baroness, ...; Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 706 c215-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the department whose affairs I shadow—namely, the Department for Innovation, Universities ...; Lord Sawyer | 706 c217-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a short speech about customers. It is about how we might be able to give people th...; Lord Low of Dalston | 706 c209-11 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have not had the pleasure of listening to a speech by the noble Lord, Lord Marlesford, b...; Lord Marlesford | 706 c207-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was delighted when the Minister made a most important announcement in his speech. I shal...; Lord Paul | 706 c205-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should like to say a few words about the reality on the ground of the manufacturing indu...; Lord Higgins | 706 c201-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree wholeheartedly with what the noble Lord, Lord Borrie, has just said about the impo...; Lord Clement-Jones | 706 c203-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the opportunity today to raise a number of issues, mainly from the standpoint of...; Lord Broers | 706 c198-200 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I compliment the noble Lords, Lord Rooker and Lord Bhattacharyya, on their advocacy of the...; Lord Borrie | 706 c200-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on 22 October my noble friend the Secretary of State, who we are delighted to see leading ...; Baroness Kingsmill | 706 c195-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I intend to be brief, not least because the noble Lord, Lord Smith of Clifton, has somewha...; Lord Tugendhat | 706 c197-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is just over a month since we last debated economic affairs in this House and I see man...; Lord Smith of Clifton | 706 c193-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to raise two aspects of the operations of UK business, neither of which is adequate...; Lord Myners | 706 c252-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise; I heard nothing from the opposition Front Bench of concern for the plight of ...; Lord Myners | 706 c250-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is my honour to bring today’s portion of the debate on the humble Address to a close. I...; Earl of Courtown | 706 c230-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not pretend to be any expert on the economy, like the noble Lord, Lord Barnett, whose...; Lord Hunt of Chesterton | 706 c236-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is with some trepidation that I join this economics debate, but since Chancellors of th...; Lord Bates | 706 c238-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in a debate on economics and business, there is necessarily a huge number of statistics ba...; Lord Lipsey | 706 c232-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, had this debate been held just a week ago, I should have had to declare an interest as cha...; Baroness Garden of Frognal | 706 c234-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in this wide-ranging debate, like my noble friends Lady Sharp and Lord Cotter I shall refe...; Lord Newby | 706 c243-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the debate today has concentrated on two questions: the nature and scale of the economic p...; Lord De Mauley | 706 c247-50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a very interesting and deeply sobering debate, and I am most grateful to all...; Lord Davies of Coity | 706 c240-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, addressing the question of benefits and economic affairs is always very important, but now...; Lord Jones of Birmingham | 706 c242-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Chesterton, for his kind words. I also join him in sa...; Baroness Noakes | 706 c160-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Secretary of State for opening today’s debate. I agree with one of his stateme...; Lord Razzall | 706 c164-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is always absolutely fascinating to hear the views of the noble Lord the Secretary of S...
Subjects: Bank services Banks Borrowing Finance Innovation Fiscal policy Government assistance Interest rates Economic situation Economic and monetary union Economic policy Pensions Public expenditure Mortgages Loans Monetary policy Public sector debt Training Small businesses Regulation Taxation VAT Unemployment Science Regional development agencies World economy
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