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HANSARDPost Office Horizon Inquiry: Volume 1First, I pay tribute to the noble Lord for all his involvement in this running scandal over many years and for helping to bring the scandal to light. He asked about Fujitsu. As I…17 Jul 2025HANSARDPost Office Horizon Inquiry: Volume 1I thank my noble friend for those questions. He asked first about the cultural issues, and we all understand just how poorly the Post Office has been run over many years to allow…17 Jul 2025HANSARDPost Office Horizon Inquiry: Volume 1My Lords, I thank both noble Lords for their comments. The inquiry under Sir Wyn Williams has asked some wise and penetrating questions and has scrutinised more than 2 million…17 Jul 2025HANSARDPost Office Horizon Inquiry: Volume 1The noble Lord is right. From the top down, we all bear some responsibility for this, although I pay tribute to the MPs and the Members of this House who used their positions to…17 Jul 2025HANSARDPost Office Horizon Inquiry: Volume 1The noble Lord is right that we need to speed up the payments and, as I set out earlier, we are taking steps to do that. The Government have already taken major steps to improve…17 Jul 2025HANSARDPost Office Horizon Inquiry: Volume 1My Lords, as I say, the extent of Fujitsu’s role in the scandal is not yet fully known, so we await the second stage of Sir Wyn Williams’ inquiry report. I very much hope that…17 Jul 2025HANSARDPost Office Horizon Inquiry: Volume 1I thank my noble friend. He is quite right that this scandal occurred over many years, and it has taken a long time for both the previous Government and now this one to really get…17 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, as we have said before, we will continue to consult on this but that is our preferred option at this stage. We think that is a reasonable balance between the current…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, this has been an important debate on the issue of parental leave and pay. It has been wonderful to hear consensus on how important some of these fundamental issues are…16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill16 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, this Government were elected on a manifesto to provide unfair dismissal protection from day one of employment—not two years, not six months, but day one. To deliver this…16 Jul 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Super-Complaints (Eligibility and Procedural Matters) Regulations 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Online Safety Super-Complaints (Eligibility and Procedural Matters) Regulations 2025. Relevant document: 29th Report from the Secondary…15 Jul 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Super-Complaints (Eligibility and Procedural Matters) Regulations 2025My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their valuable contributions to this debate, including those who have rightly identified that we have taken the comments from the stakeholder…15 Jul 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Super-Complaints (Eligibility and Procedural Matters) Regulations 2025The only information that I have is that we are anticipating that the report would be published and available in early 2028—so, obviously, it would need to start well before then.…15 Jul 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Super-Complaints (Eligibility and Procedural Matters) Regulations 2025My Lords, as the Online Safety Act sets out, the Secretary of State must make these regulations under Sections 169(3) and 170(1) of the Act. They enable the super-complaints…15 Jul 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Super-Complaints (Eligibility and Procedural Matters) Regulations 2025I can only repeat what I said. Ofcom is going to produce a report on this; it will look at the pros and cons of the issue and it may decide that there are other ways in which to…15 Jul 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Super-Complaints (Eligibility and Procedural Matters) Regulations 2025As I have said, small organisations can get involved in the super-complaint process. The wording is designed as it is to allow new campaigning organisations, if you like, to come…15 Jul 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Super-Complaints (Eligibility and Procedural Matters) Regulations 2025We will know the outcome of that much sooner than 2028, because I am sure that we will all have experience of complaints that go forward and whether they are responded to…15 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, we intend to consult on this, and of course we will take the comments and concerns of business into account; it is our absolute intention to do that. What we do not want…14 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill14 Jul 2025