20 Most Recent Stories From Lord Taylor of Goss Moor's recent appearances (TheyWorkForYou)

Wed 7th Apr 2010:

Finance Bill | Business of the House | Commons debates.

If I were to give way to the hon. Gentleman, I think that we would both be reminded that we are already straying a little far from the Bill. Let me reiterate that the first issue relates to...

Finance Bill | Business of the House | Commons debates.

We have set out a series of tax changes that should be in the Bill. They are largely designed to move the burden that we are asking people to weather away from those on lower incomes. To pay for...

Finance Bill | Business of the House | Commons debates.

The hon. Gentleman invites me-

Finance Bill | Business of the House | Commons debates.

The evidence from the economy is that we are just about there. If we spend too much, we build up debt or tax problems for the future, but if we spend too little, the economy falls down. The small...

Finance Bill | Business of the House | Commons debates.

I will not go into the technicalities, but we need to be straight about the balance sheets and to tackle the underlying problems in the banking sector. We need to separate the investment and...

Finance Bill | Business of the House | Commons debates.

I will in a moment, but I want to make the point that the decisions we are debating-about which taxes to raise and about how many taxes there are-fundamentally underpin both the question about...

Finance Bill | Business of the House | Commons debates.

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.

Finance Bill | Business of the House | Commons debates.

I would go a little further. It is not just a matter of those forms of debt, but debt in the wider economy-family indebtedness right through the economy. When we look at the figures as a whole,...

Finance Bill | Business of the House | Commons debates.

I think that we should move on from the knockabout, as it does no one any particular justice. I want to begin my remarks by concentrating on the big picture that underpins the Finance Bill,...

Finance Bill | Business of the House | Commons debates.

That is rather different from proposing a substantial increase in cider duty, for which the Conservative party claimed credit but which it now opposes.

Finance Bill | Business of the House | Commons debates.

We played a fundamental role in respect of the cider duty, in that we campaigned against it. I imagine that that is what lies behind the Conservative party taking the position that it has taken....

Finance Bill | Business of the House | Commons debates.

It seems rather extraordinary for the hon. Member for Fareham (Mr. Hoban) to criticise the Government for their brazen disregard of Parliament in short-circuiting debate on the Bill, when it is...

Fri 5th Feb 2010:

Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) (No.2) Bill | Bill Presented | Commons debates.

That is a huge concern, so I hope that the Minister will provide a time scale, because it has taken a great deal of time to resolve the issue. He may not make the announcement, but I hope that it...

Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) (No.2) Bill | Bill Presented | Commons debates.

I commend the hon. Gentleman for his pursuit of this issue. There is a particularly extraordinary position in relation to psychological damage and it appears to contradict established practice in...

Anti-Slavery Day Bill | Bill Presented | Commons debates.

The hon. Gentleman intervened just as I was about to turn to the present. He made his point very clearly, and he is right. There is a desperate need to awaken people's consciences to what is...

Anti-Slavery Day Bill | Bill Presented | Commons debates.

I greatly welcome the work of the hon. Member for Totnes (Mr. Steen). He has a long-established reputation and is held in high regard in this House, and in his speech he was able to talk at...

Local Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny) Bill | Bill Presented | Commons debates.

Let me make it clear that I was not necessarily suggesting that the list should appear on the face of the Bill. I accept that consultation needs to take place and that the timing might not work...

Local Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny) Bill | Bill Presented | Commons debates.

First, I welcome the comments of the right hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich (Mr. Raynsford) and endorse pretty much everything that he said. I will not repeat it, because he put it...

Local Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny) Bill | Bill Presented | Commons debates.

On that point, I am never particularly in favour of giving Ministers all sorts of discretionary powers; one never knows who the Minister will be at any given time. I am not quite sure why the...

Tue 2nd Feb 2010:

Schools Funding (Cornwall) | Westminster Hall debates.

My hon. Friend's point was that the 11 per cent. figure is deeply misleading. There are schools that could not accommodate the theoretical number of pupils because the structure of the building...

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