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HANSARDTrade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026My Lords, today has been “Frank Sinatra day”—regrets, there have been a few—and we are thankful to the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, for this last one; it is the last but by no means…22 Jul 2026HANSARDCommercial Payments Bill [HL]A lawyer steps up.21 Jul 2026HANSARDDepartment for Science, Information and Technology: AbolitionMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Waldegrave, spoke about messages sent, and the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, spoke about concerns within the research community. Whatever the Minister…21 Jul 2026HANSARDCommercial Payments Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 10 in my name. Before that, I commend the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, on Amendments 1 and 9. These seem to be eminently sensible suggestions. I…21 Jul 2026HANSARDCommercial Payments Bill [HL]Your Lordships have shown a degree of creativity on this group. We have talked about end-of-month processing, public holidays and the effect on privatisation, nationalisation or…21 Jul 2026HANSARDCommercial Payments Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Leong, for his clear exposition of his collection of amendments. This might seem like a lot of government amendments to those who are not…21 Jul 2026HANSARDCommercial Payments Bill [HL]I ask the Minister to go back and have another look at the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, because there are vague stirrings in the back of my mind that there is a…21 Jul 2026HANSARDCommercial Payments Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, brought up a number of important issues, but I do not think he brought up any viable solutions. He spoke at the beginning about the…21 Jul 2026HANSARDCommercial Payments Bill [HL]My Lords, very briefly, this would seem to be the perfect amendment for the Minister to accept. As pointed out, it signals an innovative forward direction for the new department,…21 Jul 2026HANSARDCommercial Payments Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 37 is in my name. This amendment would confirm on the face of the Bill that the Act does not apply to contracts principally for the licence or assignment of…21 Jul 2026HANSARDCommercial Payments Bill [HL]21 Jul 2026HANSARDCommercial Payments Bill [HL]Fortunately, this is a short speech so I can lengthen it by repeating that. This amendment would confirm on the face of the Bill “that the Act does not apply to contracts…21 Jul 2026HANSARDCommercial Payments Bill [HL]My Lords, I should have said that my wife is a published author, so I have some family interest in this. Following the Minister’s last statement, I am still not clear on this. As…21 Jul 2026HANSARDCommercial Payments Bill [HL]That is clearer. I will climb through the words we have exchanged as a result of this debate and see whether any comeback is required on Report. Pending that, I beg leave to…21 Jul 2026HANSARDCommercial Payments Bill [HL]My Lords, the Minister has said in the past that there may be other means to ensure the necessary delivery of projects without retention, and this group is designed to probe those…21 Jul 2026HANSARDCommercial Payments Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a real pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, given his continued involvement with the Small Business Commissioner. There are a lot of amendments in this…21 Jul 2026HANSARDCommercial Payments Bill [HL]Before the Minister sits down, I found his answer on Amendment 91 a bit disappointing, given that we went through the debate on the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act…21 Jul 2026HANSARDCommercial Payments Bill [HL]I am sorry to labour the point, but that use of structures is exactly what my amendment seeks to avoid, because it is through those structures that clever companies with very good…21 Jul 2026HANSARDCommercial Payments Bill [HL]Simple—have a flat tax.21 Jul 2026HANSARDCommercial Payments Bill [HL]My Lords, these amendments are very much of the style that I had expected, knowing that the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, was involved in the Bill, and he certainly made his arguments.…21 Jul 2026