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HANSARDLiving in a COVID World: A Long-term Approach to Resilience and Wellbeing (COVID-19 Committee Report)My Lords, I join all those who congratulated the noble Baroness, Lady Lane-Fox, on her speech and on the work that she did in chairing this committee. She brings a thoughtfulness…29 Nov 2023HANSARDVeterans Welfare ServicesI think the noble Lord was trying to reverse what I was saying, which was that the experience is that we are working better with the MoD as a result of this work—we are moving…22 Nov 2023HANSARDVeterans Welfare ServicesI am so grateful to the noble Lord for taking part in this debate and for making those points. Of course, a lot of them extend beyond my brief to the Ministry of Defence. However,…22 Nov 2023HANSARDVeterans Welfare ServicesI thank my noble friend for his comments. I have already said that we hope to say something about the Etherton report by the turn of the year. I note what he said about the…22 Nov 2023HANSARDVeterans Welfare ServicesMy Lords, I should first say that it is good that we all agree on how deeply proud we are of our veterans, and on the importance of doing the right thing by them. I will start by…22 Nov 2023HANSARDVeterans Welfare ServicesMy Lords, I have the pleasure of repeating a Statement made in the other place. The Statement is as follows: “With permission, Mr Deputy Speaker, I wish to update the House on the…22 Nov 2023HANSARDDigital Government (Disclosure of Information) (Identity Verification Services) Regulations 2023As I said, it will be possible. You are not confined to one. It is very much coming at the problem from the user, not simply from the government department, which I think was one…20 Nov 2023HANSARDDigital Government (Disclosure of Information) (Identity Verification Services) Regulations 2023The difference is that, at the moment, you tend to have to provide a passport. It is difficult to log in to some of these services without a passport or a driving licence. In…20 Nov 2023HANSARDDigital Government (Disclosure of Information) (Identity Verification Services) Regulations 2023Given the time, I will take that away, along with the voting point, if I may. I drew attention to the code of practice and the parent Act; we have every intention of following the…20 Nov 2023HANSARDDigital Government (Disclosure of Information) (Identity Verification Services) Regulations 2023While I am on the subject of benefits to the individual, there is an example that I would like to share with the committee; it reflects a question that I asked. Sometimes, married…20 Nov 2023HANSARDDigital Government (Disclosure of Information) (Identity Verification Services) Regulations 2023It is data sharing for the purposes of digital identity. Ultimately, by April 2025, we hope to have approximately 145 central government services that can be accessed via One…20 Nov 2023HANSARDDigital Government (Disclosure of Information) (Identity Verification Services) Regulations 2023One obvious benefit is that more and more government departments are using digital. The technology is transforming our lives, after all. Once you have this single digital…20 Nov 2023HANSARDDigital Government (Disclosure of Information) (Identity Verification Services) Regulations 2023My Lords, I am glad to see the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, and others, and I echo what he said about our constructive discussions in 2014-16. I am also pleased to see…20 Nov 2023HANSARDDigital Government (Disclosure of Information) (Identity Verification Services) Regulations 2023My Lords, I thank the Committee—thin though we are—for its time and excellent questions in scrutinising the draft regulations. I think it is right to say that we have learned from…20 Nov 2023HANSARDDigital Government (Disclosure of Information) (Identity Verification Services) Regulations 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Digital Government (Disclosure of Information) (Identity Verification Services) Regulations 2023 Relevant document: 54th Report from the…20 Nov 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord for his clarification. That is why I chose to reiterate what I have said. I will talk to the noble Lord, Lord Alton, tomorrow, but I reiterate that we are…25 Oct 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I express my gratitude to the noble Lords, Lord Hunt and Lord Fox, and the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, for their insightful contributions in this brief debate—not least…25 Oct 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, the other place has now been clear, for the second time, that it is firm in its position on this amendment. Noble Lords asked the Commons to reconsider, and it has…25 Oct 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]That this House do not insist on its Amendment 102B in lieu of Commons Amendment 102, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 102C.25 Oct 2023HANSARDUK-EU Relationship (European Affairs Committee Report)I thank the noble Viscount for that information. Perhaps we could have a word on the detail.20 Sept 2023