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HANSARDCross-government Cost-cuttingMy Lords, I begin by congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Bird, on securing this debate, and thank all noble Lords for their excellent contributions. I also congratulate the noble…21 Dec 2022HANSARDBoardman ReportI always try my best to help the noble Lord, as he will know, but although the Boardman report, which we are discussing today, covered a lot of ground, I do not think it went as…20 Dec 2022HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryI thank my noble friend. I think I have said probably as much as I can about having an arm’s-length body, but clearly it is helpful to have Sir Robert’s advice on this important…20 Dec 2022HANSARDBoardman ReportI think we all need to calm down. The Government are currently considering the recommendations of the Boardman review and will update noble Lords on such work in due course. The…20 Dec 2022HANSARDBoardman ReportIf people want to support charities or think tanks anonymously, that should be permitted. Think tanks are not part of government, and, as I have explained, some think tanks…20 Dec 2022HANSARDBoardman ReportI agree with my noble friend, who talks very good sense. The issues are complex and are being reviewed at the current time: for example, the Government are reviewing the lobbying…20 Dec 2022HANSARDBoardman ReportI thank the noble Lord for his point. We need to distinguish between inappropriate lobbying, which we have sought to regulate since 2014, and other contributions to thought. In…20 Dec 2022HANSARDBoardman ReportIf you declare all donations and list all the people who donate to charities—such as Liberty, to which noble Lords may want to contribute—you will find that other people will go…20 Dec 2022HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryMy Lords, I start by saying that this is an unimaginably awful matter causing heartbreak and pain to all those directly and indirectly affected. It is a deeply shaming episode, as…20 Dec 2022HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryI thank the noble Baroness for those comments, which underline the scale, gravity and dreadful consequences of this. It is very important that we dwell on that point. It is…20 Dec 2022HANSARDBoardman ReportI am glad we are agreed that lobbying is part of legitimate policy development. Of course, we have the lobbying Act, which is in the process of being reviewed, notably by the…20 Dec 2022HANSARDBoardman ReportI take a rather different view. I think that think tanks advance democratic engagement by advancing ideas and policies, and they go up and down in time in terms of influence, as I…20 Dec 2022HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryThe interim payment is confined to those Sir Robert suggested it should be paid to—those who were infected. There was an ongoing scheme over a number of years to make payments to…20 Dec 2022HANSARDPublic Services: Workforce (Public Services Committee Report)And employers. I know from my experience at Tesco, which the noble Lord, Lord Collins, was kind enough to reference, how important discussions with unions on ways of working and…16 Dec 2022HANSARDPublic Services: Workforce (Public Services Committee Report)—old-fashioned new and old—might agree with that. However, for today, strikers need to ask themselves whether it is really fair to do what they are doing as the country is trying…16 Dec 2022HANSARDPublic Services: Workforce (Public Services Committee Report)My Lords, I begin by sharing the many thanks expressed to the noble Baroness, Lady Armstrong of Hill Top, for opening the debate with such verve, and indeed to her committee and…16 Dec 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I would like to briefly thank all those who have spoken. I agree with them on almost everything, and I also agree that we should commend my noble friend Lord True, now the Leader…13 Dec 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, before the Procurement Bill is read a third time, I will deal with the legislative consent aspects. Most of the provisions apply to England, Wales and Northern Ireland…13 Dec 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]That the Bill be now read a third time.13 Dec 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I will move a minor technical amendment to Clause 110 in my name. I know how keenly noble Lords have scrutinised the Bill, and I am therefore confident that they will…13 Dec 2022