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HANSARDDigital ID: Public ConsultationMy hon. Friend is exactly right. It is very difficult today to get information out of the public sector because it is often paper-based or on IT systems that we cannot access.…10 Mar 2026HANSARDDigital ID: Public ConsultationFirst, the Prime Minister’s announcement was that it should be mandatory for digital verification of ID. This scheme enables that, but there are other routes available to people…10 Mar 2026HANSARDDigital ID: Public ConsultationThat is exactly our ambition. We will all have constituents who struggle to get in touch with the right people with the right information and the right ability to make a decision…10 Mar 2026HANSARDDigital ID: Public ConsultationI very much agree with my hon. Friend. We have to remember that taxpayers pay for these public services, but they have nowhere else to go, unlike in the private sector, where they…10 Mar 2026HANSARDDigital ID: Public ConsultationNo.10 Mar 2026HANSARDDigital ID: Public ConsultationAs the House would expect, I have been engaging with the First Ministers and Deputy First Ministers of the devolved Governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland about the…10 Mar 2026HANSARDDigital ID: Public ConsultationThere is a little irony in the SNP advising the Labour Government that we should spend more taxpayers’ money on worse public services, which is exactly what the SNP has been doing…10 Mar 2026HANSARDDigital ID: Public ConsultationI completely agree with my hon. Friend. The good news is that there will be a “Dear Colleagues” letter coming out later today that will invite all hon. Members, on a cross-party…10 Mar 2026HANSARDDigital ID: Public ConsultationThe consultation is open to anyone and everyone, whatever view they hold, so I encourage the hon. Lady to invite her constituents to take part. She asked about the cost of the…10 Mar 2026HANSARDDigital ID: Public ConsultationThe hon. Lady is right that the grand idea is not just to improve public services, but to reduce cost by taking a more digital approach to delivery. At the moment, every call to a…10 Mar 2026HANSARDDigital ID: Public ConsultationThere have been some estimates that if we are able to harness the full benefit of the gov.uk app and improve the productivity of customer services across Government, we could save…10 Mar 2026HANSARDDevolved AdministrationsThis Labour Government are focused on delivering for every part of the country. Over the past few weeks, we have signed a £50 million defence growth deal with the Welsh Government…05 Mar 2026HANSARDStandards in GovernmentSince coming into office, this Government have established the Ethics and Integrity Commission to strengthen standards across the public sector. The Prime Minister has…05 Mar 2026HANSARDStandards in GovernmentI can assure my hon. Friend and the House that under this Government, political donations have no bearing on the award of Government contracts whatsoever. Public procurement rules…05 Mar 2026HANSARDStandards in GovernmentI refer the hon. Gentleman to his statement.05 Mar 2026HANSARDStandards in GovernmentI thank the hon. Member for raising that particular contract, and since he last asked the Government that question we have done some research. The original contract was awarded by…05 Mar 2026HANSARDStandards in GovernmentThe Humble Address deals with the matters in question, but I remind the hon. Member that he is asking about the extension of a contract that was awarded under the previous…05 Mar 2026HANSARDStandards in GovernmentThe Humble Address that was put before the House by the Liberal Democrats is being managed by the Department for Business and Trade, as the appointing Department for the previous…05 Mar 2026HANSARDStandards in GovernmentThe hon. Member is right that we need to bring forward rules that allow provisions to apply to all and any peers who need to be removed from the other place for particular…05 Mar 2026HANSARDDevolved AdministrationsThe distraction of the Reform party or the Green party is not one that we have the benefit of this morning, because none of the Members from those parties have come to the Chamber…05 Mar 2026