Lord Vaux of Harrowden

Lord Vaux of Harrowden

The Lord Vaux of Harrowden

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Member since 10 August 2017

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I want to ask a very quick question of the Minister. Why 15%? A number of noble Lords have said very clearly that 15% does not give influence, but the...
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Employment Rights Bill

15/07/2025Lords

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My Lords, I have two amendments in this group, Amendments 50 and 67, which, like the amendments the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, has just spoken to, which...
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My Lords, thanks to the efforts of this House, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act introduced a new power for the Government to regulate...
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My Lords, under the Capita system, probably the single biggest difficulty of the recruitment process was actually getting medical records out of the h...
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My Lords, I add my support at least to the intentions behind this amendment. We have had a number of discussions in Committee on the potential impact ...
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We have had this discussion a few times, but does the Minister accept that most if not all of the safeguards she has talked about exist not in law but...
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My Lords, an awful lot of work by a large number of experts has been carried out over the past few years to learn more about the state of the Palace a...
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Employment Rights Bill

23/06/2025Lords

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My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 326A on behalf of the noble Baroness, Lady Penn, who apologises that she is unable to be here. The amendment is...
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The noble Baroness has not answered one question that I had. My understanding from Clause 89 is that these DDO rights—or however one describes them—ca...
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My Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendments 102 and 122, which would require the Secretary of State to apply to the court for a direct deduction orde...
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My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 91A and 91B in my name in the group, and I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, for her support in this. As ...
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My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate for their support on this. I welcome the clear statement from the noble Baroness ...
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Social Energy Tariff

15/06/2025Lords

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My Lords, one of the main reasons why electricity prices are so high is the bizarre way the wholesale market works. If I need to buy 10 pints of milk,...
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