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(Lords) on the Green Investment Bank
(Lab):
I welcome the noble Lord to his new Front Bench duties and look
forward to working with him. The issue that has just been raised
is important. Surely it is now clear that the trustees will be
unable to prevent the green mission being changed, because the
way that the deal is structured means they can be bypassed. Is it
right that there will be no obligation on the new owners to
continue investing in the UK, contrary to the requirements of the
Act passed by this House?
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department
for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Lord Prior of
Brampton) (Con): On the latter question of whether the
bank may invest overseas, I understand that it is already
considering projects in India and east Africa. One purpose of
introducing private capital into the Green Investment Bank is to
give it more flexibility to develop the business in future.
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debate on Armed Forces: Capability
(CB):...We are the
fifth largest economy in the world—we were the fifth largest
economy in the world, but because of the uncertainty the world
sees before we leave the EU and the devaluation of the pound, we
are no longer fifth. India has overtaken the UK as the
fifth largest economy in the world and will soon overtake the UK
as the fifth largest defence spender as well...
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debate on Yemen
(Beckenham)
(Con): ...The south-east tip of the Arabian
peninsula has been important to us for at least 200 years. The
area was crucial to the functioning of the British empire,
particularly after 1869, when the Suez canal opened and the route
to India was much shortened. When oil came to replace coal, Aden
became even more important, and British Petroleum set up
refineries there. Time passed and the Aden protectorate became
part of our empire. Indeed, the British Government had to rule it
through 23 sheikdoms or tribal areas that were not great friends
of one another. That remains the case to this day. We cannot just
think of them as the Houthis or something; they are all different
tribes, which is the problem...
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