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 381–400 of 592 contributions · most-recent first
| Date | Debate & contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 891) “If the Chair will indulge me, I note that the civil service now amounts to a headcount of about 551,000, which is up 35% on 2016. When you are hiring all these new people, are you hiring people with the skills that you are spending money on with consultants? You say that you are now doing an analysis of what skills the…” | 123 |
| 15 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 891) “So we can assume that these other sources are wrong. Are they wrong that spending is significantly higher?” | 18 |
| 15 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 891) “It is consultants, really.” | 4 |
| 15 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 891) “It is extraordinary that you do not know the exact figures. If you are running a business, you know the exact figures. You have it and you can look at it, but it sounds to me like they are all estimates and are all up in the air.” | 48 |
| 15 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 891) “One would think that, with so many new people working for the civil service, an administrative burden would not be a problem, but logic probably does not play too big a part in it.” | 34 |
| 15 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 891) “Is that not what we need to see in order to be able to decide whether you have halved it? Your stated aim is to halve. In order to halve something, you need to know what the figure you are halving is, do you not?” | 45 |
| 15 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 891) “You might expect them to, but do you have that detail?” | 11 |
| 15 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 891) “Do you have a dashboard of what you have spent with each of these consultants? Can you tell me how much you spent with Deloitte or with each of these consultants in a concise spreadsheet? In my businesses, we look at how much we spend each year with each of our suppliers, and we then beat them up to get a discount. Are…” | 80 |
| 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) “Is that accurate? Other sources say that it could be significantly higher. Is it significantly higher?” | 16 |
| 15 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 891) “It is an estimate; it is not actual.” | 8 |
| 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) “No doubt you would be here for another reason.” | 9 |
| 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) “I am still struggling to see, but again, what it bears out to me is the complete separation between the private sector and the public sector. This would not be the way in the private sector. If I ran a public company or a private company with an audit report like this, I would end up in prison, probably.” | 59 |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1243) “Yes, but for your individual companies—” | 6 |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1243) “I know what it is, but if you put rubbish in at the bottom, you get rubbish out at the top. It is a bit like these local councils—it is a very good question. If you amalgamate all the local councils that are all a mess, you just get one big mess.” | 52 |
| 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 |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Public Accounts Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1243) “But 4% have audited accounts, Conrad.” | 6 |