Lord Sikka (Lab)

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Lister for securing this valuable debate. I welcome the Government’s child poverty strategy, breakfast clubs, free school meals for all children in households on

My Lords, on 9 June the Minister said that “we consider the regulated capital value of the water sector to be the closest proximity for the total value of the sector’s debt and equity; it is currently

My Lords, this enabling Bill paves the way for a possible nationalisation of steel companies, with a particular emphasis on British Steel, currently owned by the China-based Jingye Group. This nationa

My Lords, carbon emissions harm the oceans through warming, acidification and deoxygenation, and threaten climate, food and jobs. Since 1990, the carbon emissions of the UK’s richest 0.1% have increas

My Lords, water companies have knowingly violated their licence conditions and have more convictions than hardened criminal gangs, yet no executive has been fined and no company forced to relinquish i

My Lords, this is primarily an enabling Bill and much of the substance will follow later, through the FCA and PRA rule-making and secondary legislation. Parliament will not have a proper opportunity t