Speeches by Lowe.
Every Hansard contribution by Rupert Lowe this parliament, most recent first. Back to the MP page for the headline figures and analysed positions.
Showing 281–300 of 483 contributions · most-recent first
| Date | Debate & contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 891) “You do not know.” | 4 |
| 15 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 891) “Was there a reason why you shut this Government consulting hub that people seem to think worked quite well and seemed quite logical to me?” | 25 |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1243) “What does it cost? Do we know?” | 7 |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1243) “James, I was listening to your introduction, and you talked about missing data. What is the definition of missing data?” | 20 |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1243) “So when you say missing, it just has not been submitted. Is that right?” | 14 |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1243) “That is all very well, Conrad, but at the end of the day, what is the sanction on local authorities for not populating this data? Is there any?” | 28 |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1243) “I am juxtaposing this against the private sector, where I run lots of companies. If I tell HMRC that I have missing data when it comes to my tax return, what do you think happens? Do you think they accept that, or do you think they say, “I’m terribly sorry, we’re going to assess you anyway”? Is there a divergence betwe…” | 121 |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1243) “Er—[Laughter.]” | 1 |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1243) “Good question.” | 2 |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1243) “It is all a function of interest rates, James. But at the end of the day, if the Bank of England is being covered for any losses by the Treasury, surely he who says, pays? I mean, it should be the Treasury’s decision and not the MPC’s decision.” | 48 |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1243) “I think that is a very good question, Chair, because I do not understand why we do not just let these gilts run off. If the Bank of England is getting a payment from the Treasury for making the decision that you say is theirs, surely, if the Treasury is paying the losses, it should be the Treasury’s decision, not the B…” | 79 |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1243) “If I can just very quickly come in on that subject, I understood that the Treasury has given a guarantee to the Bank of England so that any losses that the Bank of England suffers are paid by the Treasury. Is that right?” | 43 |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1243) “Radley.” | 1 |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1243) “From an Abingdon boy.” | 4 |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1243) “It’s two-tiered, Geoffrey.” | 3 |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1243) “How does that square with a briefing we had this week that said that the Government do not know how much they are spending on external consultants? They do not have a washboard of who they spend the money with, and they do not know how much they are spending. How does that feed into OSCAR II correctly?” | 58 |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1243) “My opinion is that OSCAR II basically understates our liabilities and overstates our assets. I think to some extent it is delusional. If you put nonsense data in, you get nonsense data out. If we are feeding all this nonsense data into OSCAR II, how confident are you that we actually do know the financial position of U…” | 59 |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1243) “Thank you. While we have got the supremo of OSCAR II here—the man who drives the national assets and liabilities—I have a bugbear, and this “rubbish in, rubbish out” point plays into it. As I understand it, this feeds up into OSCAR II, so the Whole of Government Accounts will be a subset of what goes into OSCAR II.” | 59 |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1243) “But 4% have audited accounts, Conrad.” | 6 |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1243) “At least you would have accurate data, because most of them do have audited accounts—in fact, all of them do. They have to.” | 23 |