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HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, government Amendments 94 to 97 are minor and technical in nature. In England and Wales, the common law does not permit access to material protected by legal professional…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I am grateful for the contributions to this short debate. I hope that I can answer the questions that have been raised. The first and most important piece of information…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Viscount for his amendments and to all noble Lords who have spoken. We all want to ensure that, when someone who is subject to these debt…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I am grateful for some really good questions. These are exactly the kind of questions the Lords Committee should be asking on these sorts of issues, and I hope to give…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillI apologise; I forgot to answer that. No, it does not. These measures apply to any kind of overpayment but, as I described, they are only matters of last resort. We have to have…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillWill the noble Baroness give way?18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords for their contributions. As we have heard, this amendment would remove the requirement for banks to provide information to the…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillI just remind the noble Lord that these DWP staff are authorised fraud investigators and they work on our fraud teams. In the nature of their work, as it is for anybody who works…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I am grateful, as ever. The subject of Amendment 109, put forward by the noble Lord, Lord Palmer, is very much as it was in the fourth group, with the earlier amendments…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I thank noble Lords and thank the noble Viscount for doing some of my job for me, for which I am always grateful. I want to try to explain why the Government are doing…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillIt is up to the court to determine if someone has an essential need for a licence. We have deliberately drawn it broadly so that the court can make that determination. Examples…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, in the absence of a crowd of supporters, I thank the noble Viscount for setting out his amendment so clearly. I hope that my remarks will reassure him and give him the…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillI will write to the noble Viscount. As he knows from his experience with the Child Maintenance Service, as each form of enforcement comes into view, more and more people simply…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillI am sorry to interrupt—I never get to say that anymore. I thought it might be helpful for the Committee if I clarified. The noble Lord, Lord Vaux, referred to Clause 89; that…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Davies for raising this, and to the noble Viscount for his observations. I agree with my noble friend that affordability…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I am grateful for the support and take the chiding in the spirit in which noble Lords intended it. Government amendments are a key part of the legislative process. Noble…18 Jun 2025