Lucy Neville-Rolfe

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1. House of Lords · House of Lords · 16 September 2026

   • Local authority fraud, enablers and evolving scams

     “My Lords, I know from having had ministerial responsibilities for public sector fraud that there's much scope for reducing it in local authorities. Scams relating to empty business premises is a very good example of this. Does the government have…”

     Watch from 21:15

   • Spending cuts, ‘moron premium’ and index-linked gilts

     “My Lords, as most of us agreed in my noble friend Lord Bridges of Headley's debate last week, we need to be honest about the trade-offs that we face. Given the sheer scale of our national debt and the moron…”

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2. House of Lords · House of Lords · 15 September 2026

   • Oral question 2 – Tax burden and economic growth

     “My lords, wealth creators and entrepreneurs are more internationally mobile than ever. What steps are the government taking to ensure that their cumulative tax rises don't drive away young people or established wealth creators like Chris Rokos, who until recently…”

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   • Financial Services and Markets Bill – Climate and nature duties and division

     “My Lords, as this is third reading, I just wanted to start by extending my warm thanks to the noble Lord the Minister and his team for their work on the bill. I welcome the movement that the government have…”

     Watch from 2:28:49

   • Financial Services and Markets Bill – Final passage and oversight issues

     “My Lords, I want to close by acknowledging the considerable degree of cross-party support and engagement that has underpinned most of our discussions on the bill. And I want to thank the noble Lord the Minister, Lord Pitt-Watson and his…”

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3. House of Lords · House of Lords · 14 September 2026

   • FATF credibility, UK illicit flows and AML supervision

     “My Lords, fighting financial fraud is very important, but it does impose huge costs on the honest and reputable businesses without always catching the criminals. So how does the government gauge whether regulations and their enforcement, which she described so…”

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   • Funding incentives, political concerns and whistleblower protections

     “I thank the minister for her office for the fight against public sector fraud and energetically. I share my noble friend Lady Coffee's concern about the move to DWP, which risks focusing the fight against fraud too narrowly. Is this…”

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4. House of Lords · House of Lords · 10 September 2026

   • Fiscal outlook debate: Bond markets, tax levels and ministerial defence

     “My Lords, I'm grateful for the opportunity to contribute to what I agree has been an outstanding debate. And I want to thank my noble friend Lord Bridges of Headley for setting out the scale of the challenge facing the…”

     Watch from 3:05:52

5. House of Lords · House of Lords · 9 September 2026

   • Financial Services and Markets Bill: climate, nature and deforestation duties

     “My Lords, we have a lot to cover today, so I'll be brief. We don't believe that imposing additional reporting duties, transition plan requirements, and regulatory processes on financial services firms is the right way to address the concerns that…”

     Watch from 1:59:33

   • Financial regulators’ proportionality and transparency duties

     “My Lords, we welcome the government's decision to retain proportionality as an express statutory consideration for both the FCA and the PRA when they exercise their general functions. This responds to productive discussions in and outside committee for which I…”

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   • Digital assets, AI and open finance: call for a UK strategy

     “My Lords, this is an important and forward-looking group of amendments covering open finance, digital market infrastructure, and the future of digital assets. And I'm very grateful to my noble friend Lord Holmes of Richmond for his amendments and for…”

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6. House of Lords · House of Lords · 7 September 2026

   • Oral Question 2: Public/private partnerships and infrastructure

     “My Lords, will public-private partnerships form part of the Burnham government's new architecture for growth beyond the health sector, which the minister described, and decarbonization? It's good to see Lord Brooke returning to the battle on this matter.”

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   • Oral Question 4: Taxation of rural businesses and family farms

     “My Lords, every day I become more convinced that it is business, not government, that creates growth. Now farming and family businesses in rural areas are under tremendous pressure from a series of high taxes including IHT. Will the Minister…”

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   • Financial Services and Markets Bill report: Consumer credit and mortgage prisoners

     “My lords, I am honored to open our discussions at report stage on the Financial Services and Markets Bill, a bill which we support in general but are seeking to improve. I again congratulate the noble lord the minister on…”

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