Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 26 May 2010, in the House of Lords, led by Lord De Mauley.

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Lords statement on Government spending.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 719 c27-36
Session: 2010-12
Department: Treasury
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Finance: Savings
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
Written statements
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Lord De Mauley | 719 c34 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have just said that the Government agree that we must pay closest attention to the effec...; Lord Anderson of Swansea | 719 c34 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, any such cuts are likely to bear disproportionately on those who depend on public expendit...; Lord Kinnock | 719 c32-3 (Link to this contribution) May I confirm to the Minister that we on this side of the House do not favour inaction but oppose wr...; Earl of Listowel | 719 c33 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister referred to the removal of ring-fencing of certain funding to local authoriti...; Lord De Mauley | 719 c33 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Kinnock, is very experienced in these matters. I agree with him on op...; Earl of Onslow | 719 c33 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is it not astonishing that, on listening to the questions from the opposition Benches, you...; Lord De Mauley | 719 c33 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, for his point. As I have said, the Governm...; Lord De Mauley | 719 c35 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend Lord Bates is quite correct. I have said that the Government believe that ...; Lord Bates | 719 c35 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will my noble friend confirm that the current national debt amounts to some £893 billion r...; Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 719 c34 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, given that many Conservative-controlled authorities have a zero-rate increase this year an...; Lord De Mauley | 719 c34 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend Lord Burnett for that point. As he is aware, there w...; Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe | 719 c35 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the new Minister to his role and wish him well in the future. One of the issues ...; Lord De Mauley | 719 c35 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I entirely agree. The control of costs is vital; likewise the removal of waste, which does...; Lord Blackwell | 719 c34 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will my noble friend be robust in rebutting the assumption from the opposition Benches tha...; Lord De Mauley | 719 c34 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Farrington, for her kind question. It will be a principle...; Lord Strathclyde | 719 c31 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there are 20 minutes for Back-Benchers to speak, so we have plenty of time. I invite the n...; Lord Lea of Crondall | 719 c31 (Link to this contribution) My Lords—; Lord Lea of Crondall | 719 c31 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord. I think that is the protocol. I have two further questions for the...; Lord Anderson of Swansea | 719 c31 (Link to this contribution) My Lords—; Lord De Mauley | 719 c27-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer give...; Lord De Mauley | 719 c30-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Eatwell, for his Question, and indeed for his kind words when...; Lord Eatwell | 719 c28-30 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord De Mauley, for repeating the Answer given by hi...; Lord De Mauley | 719 c32 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend Lord King for his supportive comments. Europe is ind...; Lord King of Bridgwater | 719 c32 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does my noble friend not think that, as we as an incoming Government now face the biggest ...; Lord De Mauley | 719 c32 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Soley, for his question. I absolutely reject th...; Lord Soley | 719 c32 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure that the Minister will take that back to the department. I am also sure that at ...; Lord De Mauley | 719 c32 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his question. I am delighted that he said that he will be rigo...; Lord Newby | 719 c31-2 (Link to this contribution) Over the next few weeks, we will meet to decide exactly how we intervene in debates and, indeed, exa...; Lord De Mauley | 719 c31 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lea of Crondall, for his question. He quite rightly points to...; Lord De Mauley | 719 c36 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with my noble friend. I am convinced that there are substantial increases in produ...; Lord Davies of Oldham | 719 c36 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister has not been his usual frank self in responding to the question about front-l...; Lord De Mauley | 719 c36 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Government believe that the line they are taking is the right one to achieve the best ...; Lord Cotter | 719 c36 (Link to this contribution) On the issue of increasing apprenticeships, which is very welcome, will the Government continue to l...; Lord Sewel | 719 c35 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the Minister finally give an answer to the question on the assessment of the effect o...; Lord De Mauley | 719 c35 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I can only refer the noble Lord back to my earlier answer that the effect would be worse i...; Lord Hamilton of Epsom | 719 c35 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall follow up on my noble friend Lord Blackwell’s point. Does the Minister accept that...; Lord De Mauley | 719 c36 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Cotter for his question and for his kind comments on the Gove...; Lord Newby | 719 c31 (Link to this contribution) My Lords—; Lord Newby | 719 c31 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it might be the logical thing this afternoon for me simply to stand up, say "I agree with ...; Lord De Mauley | 719 c34 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend Lord Onslow for his helpful words. I assure him that...; Lord Burnett | 719 c34 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will my noble friend encourage the Government to produce soon an accurate figure of the to...; Lord De Mauley | 719 c35 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I share with the noble Lord a grave concern about unemployment. I point out to him that, a...
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