Lord Horam (Con)

My Lords, before I contribute to this extremely interesting debate, I will pay a small tribute to those who are connoisseurs of these debates, and recognise the late Lord Skidelsky, who died unexpecte

I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Davies, and to the noble Lord, Lord St John of Bletso, who made an excellent valedictory speech. I had no idea that both of them had a stammer. I might mention th

My Lords, briefly, I support the remarks made by my noble friend Lord Callanan, and I particularly support his Amendment 47. I also support Amendment 50 from the noble Lord, Lord Purvis. The scrutiny

He is pointing at my noble friend Lady Hodgson of Abinger, his wife. I am eternally grateful to my noble friend for all that he has done. As for this report, there are a number of reasons why we shoul

I think we can all agree, my Lords, that if anyone deserves a debate on a subject of their choice, it is my noble friend Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts. This is not simply because of this particular r

My Lord, any competent economist alive or dead recognises that a crucial part of a Government’s economic performance, particularly one which is predicated on getting more growth, is to control public