Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The Rt Hon. the Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Conservative
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 31 August 2020
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Parthenon Sculptures: Return
15/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, this legislation is a throwback to the time when our national museums were little more than adjuncts of the Office of Works. As they gained ...
Tax on Imports under £135
13/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, the last Government removed the VAT exemption for tourists—the ability to reclaim VAT—which hit a lot of retailers and crafts companies base...
Advertising Restrictions on Less Healthy Food
13/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, will the assessment of the so-called junk food advertising ban include an assessment of the impact on our commercial broadcasters, which are...
Tourism Levy
13/07/2025 • Lords
It seems pretty clear that a tourist tax is emerging as a form of generating revenue. Edinburgh, as was said earlier, is imposing one next year, and t...
Tax Increases
09/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, as this seems to be a free-for-all on putting forward our economic theories, could we ban discussions of tax cuts and rises and instead look...
Palace of Westminster: Restoration and Renewal
24/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, has my noble friend seen the very interesting proposal to build a barge in the Thames right next to the Palace of Westminster? The man behin...
Live Music Industry: Support
22/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I declare my interest as a governor of an independent school—and give way to the noble Lord.
AI Opportunities Action Plan
04/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, to follow on from the noble Lord’s point about skills, behind the flashiness and excitement of AI lie some boring things that have to be don...
Ofcom: Protection of Children Codes
01/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, this Chamber provides important scrutiny to the work that Ofcom does, but it is worth noting that the Online Safety Act was a mammoth Bill a...
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
01/06/2025 • Lords
We only need the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, who also shares our birthday, to speak after me, and we will be making history, even if we do not pass this ...
My Lords, I will make a short intervention, not least because my noble roommate, the noble Earl, Lord Dundee, has just spoken, and we share a birthday...
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