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HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Goldie, and her amendment. I am not going to repeat the strong and powerful case that she made, but I want to pick up on a couple of…11 Jun 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, I understand the point the Minister is making but, in all the years when I have met whistleblowers, I have never met one who came forward intending to speak to somebody…11 Jun 2025HANSARDCorporate LiquidationsMy Lords, does the Minister agree that what was worrying about the liquidation numbers in 2024 was the increase in compulsory liquidations? That came ahead of the NICs increases,…10 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill04 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I will be brief. The Minister will be aware that false bailiffs knocking at your door are a major scam, and the PSFA clearly would not intend or hope to be a source of…04 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Anderson. In the eyes of this Committee, coming here today on her honeymoon to lead on the Bill demonstrates that she is a true…04 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I will just pick up the issue that has been raised by the noble Lord, Lord Vaux. We are dealing tomorrow with a statutory instrument that attempts to provide safeguards…04 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillI have not thought this through, but a no win, no fee approach seems quite useful. If the PSFA, which will have many successful prosecutions where it brings in fees that are well…04 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillIf the Minister does not mind, can I pick up the issue that the noble Lord, Lord Maude, raised? Nobody knows how to manage government more closely than him; he is deeper steeped…04 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Maude of Horsham, and the noble Viscount, Lord Younger of Leckie, for rowing in on this issue of real significance. I also thank the…04 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI will just say to the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, that the greatest danger we have is that the Bill passes and yet we have groups of people in the workplace who are not in any way…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I would join with anyone who wants to speed up employment tribunals and cut the costs of going to them. I hope that is an agenda the Government will take on rapidly. We…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am a signatory to this excellent amendment, but I am also speaking as a winder from these Benches. I shall speak very briefly, because I will touch on many of the…19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister both for the meeting that many of us had before Committee and for her response today. I hope I am not being overoptimistic, but I am reading some…19 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am privileged to speak first on this group of amendments, which is an opportunity I enjoy just by the luck of the numbering. I acknowledge the intense campaigning done…19 May 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, is that the number of cases that were identified because there was enough evidence and people were arrested, or does she believe that that is an estimate of the total…15 May 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, this is not my usual field, so I shall be listening with great interest to the various speeches, including the maiden speech of the noble Baroness, Lady Spielman.…15 May 2025HANSARDMansion House AccordMy Lords, we all want to see more investment in the UK’s productive economy, but what protection is to be provided for people with small DC pension pots who cannot risk losses and…14 May 2025HANSARDBank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have to say that I appreciate the explanation that we have just had from the Minister, but I and others remain disturbed by the Government’s decision not to accept the…12 May 2025