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HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillIt is an important matter; it is one of many important matters on the Government’s agenda; and, when parliamentary time allows, we will legislate for it.31 Jan 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillThe noble Lord makes some valid points on the RAB mechanism, which will be debated in full on the upcoming nuclear Bill, but I will write to him on the specific points,…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI am grateful to all noble Lords who took part in this debate. The noble Baronesses, Lady Sheehan, Lady Hayman and Lady Jones, raising their favourite subject brought me a great…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillWe will continue to have these debates: I just point the noble Baroness to the fact that we are spending £3.4 billion over the next few years on precisely the schemes that she…31 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillIndeed, the register of overseas entities Bill is currently tied up in the economic crime Bill, which we hope to make progress on as quickly as possible. However, I do not want to…31 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillI cannot give the noble Lord a commitment about when a Bill might arrive. I also cannot give a commitment about what might be in it when it does arrive.31 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillThere are indeed a number of positive elements to legislating on this issue. One of them is the issue highlighted by the noble Lord. However, we are again dealing with…31 Jan 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime: Planned Government BillAll departments are working together to try to combat this menace, and there are a number of different elements to that. Obviously, BEIS’s responsibilities, in terms of Companies…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI have not satisfied them all yet.31 Jan 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillIndeed—[ Interruption .] I will let the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, come in as well.31 Jan 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillThat is not a subject for today’s debate. I have no idea whether the figures produced by the noble Baroness are accurate, but we have had this debate many times. We are phasing…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI think we discussed this earlier. I am really not sure of the point the noble Lord is trying to make. Amendments 12 and 29, tabled by the noble Baronesses, Lady Boycott and Lady…31 Jan 2022HANSARDStatus of Workers Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hendy, for moving his technical amendment in order to comply, as he said, with the recommendation of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory…28 Jan 2022HANSARDPost Office: Horizon CompensationOf course, it is not just Northern Ireland: throughout the whole United Kingdom people have been financially, emotionally and criminally destroyed by this case. No words that we…24 Jan 2022HANSARDPost Office: Horizon CompensationIt is beyond extraordinary, if I can disagree slightly with the noble Lord. The whole situation is tragic, appalling—there are numerous words we could use to describe the depth of…24 Jan 2022HANSARDPost Office: Horizon CompensationI think the noble Lord is being a little unfair. He referred to a third, but it depends which of the cases he is talking about. There are a number of different aspects to this.…24 Jan 2022HANSARDPost Office: Horizon CompensationBoth noble Lords who have raised this matter make an important point. I very much hope that those who were judged responsible will be held accountable, but it is important to wait…24 Jan 2022HANSARDPost Office: Horizon CompensationI certainly join my noble friend in paying tribute to the work of the noble Lord, Lord Arbuthnot, both in this place and the other place, as well as—to be fair—a number of Members…24 Jan 2022HANSARDPost Office: Horizon CompensationThe noble Lord makes an important point, with which I know many in the House will have some sympathy, but it is important that we await the outcome of Sir Wyn Williams’s inquiry.…24 Jan 2022HANSARDPost Office: Horizon CompensationMy Lords, the Government have indeed set aside up to £685 million to support the Post Office in paying compensation to postmasters with quashed Horizon-related convictions. The…24 Jan 2022