Lord Eatwell
The Lord Eatwell
Labour
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 13 July 1992
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Finance Bill
19/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, it is an honour and a pleasure to follow the excellent maiden speech of my noble friend Lady Caine. It must have been a special delight for ...
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill
04/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I am afraid that I regard this amendment, although obviously achieving consistency with treatment in Scotland as well as in the rest of the ...
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill
25/02/2025 • Lords
My Lords, Amendment 38, as written, is econometrically impossible. This cannot be done unless we have further specification of what is to be done. For...
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill
25/02/2025 • Lords
My Lords, the amendments proposed by the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, are a classic example of how to distort a market. She wishes not only to exempt ...
My Lords, I find some difficulty in addressing this group of amendments, specifically because these amendments are but a part of 38—out View full contribution →
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill
29/01/2025 • Lords
My Lords, with respect to all the amendments in this group, with the exception of that of the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, I repeat what I said last t...
Economic Growth
23/01/2025 • Lords
My Lords, in principle, the growth problem is straightforward: invest in the quality of labour via education and training, and in the quality of capit...
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill
21/01/2025 • Lords
Okay, let us say that we do not have this measure at all. Is the noble Lord going to cover the expenditure by borrowing or is he not going to spend on...
It did not. The level of employment went down, but unemployment is not measured by that.
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Sterling: Rise in Yields on 30-year Gilts
14/01/2025 • Lords
My Lords, the House will be aware that this country has an outstanding Chancellor of the Exchequer at the moment. However, will the Minister enlighten...
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill
08/01/2025 • Lords
The noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, suggested just now that it would not be possible to vote in Grand Committee. He is in error. I know that because I led f...
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill
06/01/2025 • Lords
My Lords, consideration of the Bill poses two serious economic questions. Regrettably, as one might have anticipated, neither was addressed by the nob...
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