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HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill04 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill04 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, as we draw this stage of the debate to a close, I want to reiterate our position that the powers granted in this part of the Bill are in principle necessary. I thank the…04 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, the powers granted in this part of the Bill are necessary in principle, although the core principle of proportionality, which guides our approach on these Benches, means…04 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister and repeat that to spend her honeymoon in this way is truly admirable. Our proposal in this group is straightforward: that Clause 7 and the…04 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, it is me again. Our proposal in this group is that Clause 7 and the corresponding Schedule 1 do not stand part of the Bill. The powers granted to civil servants under…04 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, as we conclude this group of amendments, I return to the fundamental point at the heart of our proposals. These powers, granted to investigators in the name of the…04 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, our amendments in this group are based on a recognition of the fact that we are granting sweeping powers to investigators in the PSFA, to be exercised in the name of the…04 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill04 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, on this occasion I want to thank all noble Lords who have contributed. I hope that the Minister will recognise what we are proposing in this group are a series of…04 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her response. As we draw the debate on this group to a close, I thank all noble Lords who have engaged with the issues—so I thank the Minister.…04 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill04 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I apologise for not congratulating the Minister for choosing to spend her honeymoon in these august surroundings. What better way? At Second Reading, I highlighted the…04 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, this is a serious Bill. It deals with a serious problem. Fraud against the taxpayer is not a footnote. It is not a rounding error. It is a threat to public trust and the…04 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, our amendments in this group seek to address some of the limitations that the Bill places on the powers of the PSFA to undertake investigations on behalf of the Minister…04 Jun 2025HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseMy Lords, I thank the Minister for responding to the Statement made in the other place almost to the day of the anniversary of the Statement and apology made on behalf of the…21 May 2025HANSARDImproving Cyber ResilienceMy Lords, in November last year, media reports confirmed that the GOV.UK One Login service had been adopted by 50 government services, and that was expected to reach 100 within…21 May 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, it is both a pleasure and a privilege to open my remarks by looking forward to and welcoming the maiden speech of my noble friend Lady Spielman. Throughout her career,…15 May 2025HANSARDArm’s-length BodiesMy Lords, the abolition of NHS England was a rare decisive move from this Government, but the Government’s actions on quangos do not match the rhetoric. The Government have…01 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Biggar on his excellent maiden speech on the importance of our national story in liberal schools. I also thoroughly enjoyed the…01 May 2025