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Debate on select committee report on Thursday, 11 March 2010, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Richard. The answering member was Lord Davies of Oldham.

Barnett Formula

Lords debate on motion to take note of the report of the Barnett Formula Committee (HL 139 2008-09). Agreed to on question.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
718 c360-405 
Session
2009-10
Department
Treasury
Select Committee on the Barnett Formula
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Lawson of Blaby | 718 c365-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Richard, who chaired in an exemplary manner the commit...
Lord Richard | 718 c360 (Link to this contribution) Moved By That this House takes note of the Report of the Committee on the Barnett Formula (First R...
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Lord Richard | 718 c361-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the exodus having taken place, perhaps I could say one or two words about the Barnett comm...
Lord Moser | 718 c369-71 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I also speak as a member of the committee which, like the noble Lord, Lord Lawson, I enjoy...
Lord Tunnicliffe | 718 c369 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise to the House. I was not in the Chamber at that point. I am very sorry to have ...
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 718 c373-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Barnett, who is responsible for the patern...
Lord Barnett | 718 c371-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Richard and the committee on an excellent report. When...
Lord Tunnicliffe | 718 c369 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a timed debate of three hours. The advice on eight minutes—
Lord Livsey of Talgarth | 718 c367-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope the House will bear with me, because I am the Welsh affairs spokesperson for the Li...
Lord Livsey of Talgarth | 718 c369 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was informed, as were we all, that the suggested time for speeches is 10 minutes. I have...
Lord Morgan | 718 c376-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think there are only two advantages to the Barnett formula. One is that it has given my ...
Baroness Noakes | 718 c401 (Link to this contribution) I understand the point that my noble friend makes, but it is very difficult to make any transition f...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 718 c402 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like all noble Lords I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Richard, for having chaired the...
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 718 c401 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to my noble friend. We had a debate about the impact of Barnett and the post fact...
Lord Richard | 718 c405 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank all those of have taken part in this debate; it has been interesting, though somew...
Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 718 c404 (Link to this contribution) I have followed the Minister’s argument closely. If it is the case that it can be accepted that the ...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 718 c404-5 (Link to this contribution) Remedying abuses, of course, is a good deal easier than correcting advantages. The noble Baroness ha...
Lord Davies of Abersoch | 718 c402-4 (Link to this contribution) Unfortunately, my Lords, I am not so sure that the Leader of the Opposition quoted liberally from th...
Lord Sewel | 718 c380-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I had better make it clear at the outset to my noble friend on the Front Bench that, like ...
Lord Lang of Monkton | 718 c387-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, given the relatively short time available, I hope that the House will indulge me if I focu...
Lord Sheldon | 718 c389-90 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the original decision by my noble friend Lord Barnett, as Chief Secretary to the Treasury,...
Earl of Mar and Kellie | 718 c385-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am glad that we are debating this report and its conclusions as I believe that it points...
Lord Selkirk of Douglas | 718 c391 (Link to this contribution) Very briefly, as I do not want to take up too much time.
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 718 c391 (Link to this contribution) There is no time limit, but this is an important point. My noble friend was on the Calman commission...
Lord Selkirk of Douglas | 718 c390-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am glad to follow the noble Lord. I enjoyed his speeches as a Minister in the House of C...
Lord Selkirk of Douglas | 718 c392 (Link to this contribution) The point that I was making, if my noble friend had followed me closely, was that this is a matter o...
Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 718 c392-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like other members of the committee, I enjoyed serving on it enormously, not least because...
Duke of Montrose | 718 c395-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a daunting task to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hollis of Heigham, and her tour r...
Lord Newby | 718 c396-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like all other noble Lords who have spoken, I begin by congratulating the noble Lord, Lord...
Lord Sewel | 718 c397 (Link to this contribution) My argument was that because Scotland is now an economic success does not automatically justify cont...
Lord Newby | 718 c397-8 (Link to this contribution) I thought that the noble Lord also said that one of the contributory factors to making it an economi...
Baroness Noakes | 718 c398-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Richard, and the Select Committee on their thorough an...
Lord Lawson of Blaby | 718 c399 (Link to this contribution) If my noble friend will allow me, I am slightly puzzled. As I understand it, our party wants an inde...
Lord Richard | 718 c400 (Link to this contribution) I want to put one point to the noble Baroness. Is she really saying that the consideration of the Ba...
Baroness Noakes | 718 c400-1 (Link to this contribution) I am saying that this is a very difficult background against which to move towards the proposals mad...
Baroness Noakes | 718 c399-400 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Office for Budget Responsibility, which I think my noble friend is referring to, is of...
Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market | 718 c378-80 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as I approached giving evidence to the Select Committee and as I approached this debate, I...
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 718 c402 (Link to this contribution) Is it not conceivable that the Leader of the Opposition may have read our report and accepted it?
Lord Trimble | 718 c382-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, had the pleasure of serving on the ad hoc committee on the Barnett formula. I use ...
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