Lord Dodds of Duncairn (DUP)

My Lords, I welcome the Minister’s reply, as well as the Government’s Access to Banking Services review and the powers they have committed to taking through the Financial Services and Markets Bill. Ev

To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure communities have access to face-to-face banking services.

My Lords, scenes of appalling violence that we have seen in Belfast and in north Belfast, which I used to have the honour to represent in the other place, have been rightly condemned by everybody. Suc

My Lords, I am grateful for this opportunity to speak in the gap. I want first of all to join with the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, in her remarks about the incident in north Belfast—the area I had the

It is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Wheatcroft, and I entirely agree with what she said about social care and the need for a timetable—that is a glaring omission from the Government’s

My Lords, I warmly welcome the way in which the Minister introduced her remarks by referencing the sacrifices made by members of the security forces, who suffered grievous losses to protect everybody