Lord Vaux of Harrowden
The Lord Vaux of Harrowden
Crossbench
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 10 August 2017
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Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025
21/07/2025 • Lords
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...
Employment Rights Bill
15/07/2025 • Lords
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...
Companies House: Filing of Annual Accounts by Small Companies
07/07/2025 • Lords
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...
Armed Forces: Recruitment and Retention
06/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, under the Capita system, probably the single biggest difficulty of the recruitment process was actually getting medical records out of the h...
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill
24/06/2025 • Lords
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 ...
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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Palace of Westminster: Restoration and Renewal
24/06/2025 • Lords
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...
Employment Rights Bill
23/06/2025 • Lords
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...
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill
17/06/2025 • Lords
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...
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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Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill
15/06/2025 • Lords
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 ...
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
15/06/2025 • Lords
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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