Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GP)

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson. This is possibly one of the most important parts of this Committee and it is crucial that the Government listen to wh

My Lords, I thank the Minister and everyone who took part in the debate on this long and varied group. Noble Lords will be pleased to know that I do not plan to run through all the amendments. I will,

My Lords, observant noble Lords will have noticed that I am not my noble friend Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb. She apologises that she is currently occupied in the Chamber with the Public Office (Accounta

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, referred to the role of enablers in supporting business tax avoidance schemes. We know that, in many areas of financial crime, estate agents, bankers, lawyers and

My Lords, it is a pleasure to briefly follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, and to applaud the work of her and her allies that has got us to this place, as she said, after a great deal of struggle.

My Lords, in following the noble Lord, Lord Mackinlay, I make no apologies for returning to the subject of political funding, because, of course, we are conducting this debate under the shadow of one