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HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences BillMy Lords, this Bill has always been about justice and getting it quickly for the victims of the Post Office/Fujitsu scandal. We can all agree—and have all agreed—that they have…23 May 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences BillMy Lords, as the Bill reaches its final stages, I have a few thank yous from my side. I put on record my thanks to my colleague and friend, the noble Lord, Lord Leong, for his…23 May 2024HANSARDPedal Cyclists: InsuranceMy Lords, as both a cyclist and a driver I understand the strength of feeling on this issue. Cycling insurance would be impractical to implement, particularly since so many…23 May 2024HANSARDPaternity Leave (Bereavement) BillMy Lords, I start in the same way as my noble friend Lady Taylor of Bolton, by thanking my noble friend Lady Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent and Chris Elmore MP for sponsoring this…17 May 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister and the departmental team for their work on this Bill and for being available to meet me, my noble friend Lord Leong and others from across the…13 May 2024HANSARDCraftspeople: European Union Travel and TradeMy Lords, one of the other great issues facing the skilled craft industry today is that 98% of skilled practitioners are solo traders or microbusinesses, as we have heard. That…13 May 2024HANSARDCommercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]My Lords, I start by thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Hornsey, for bringing such an important Bill before the House and for giving all of us an opportunity to debate…10 May 2024HANSARDUK Trade PerformanceMy Lords, the Secretary of State’s facts and figures Statement to the Commons last week said nothing new. It was as if one of her advisers had opened up ChatGPT and asked it to…07 May 2024HANSARDAccounting Standards (Prescribed Bodies) (United States of America and Japan) (Amendment) Regulations 2024I thank the Minister for introducing this statutory instrument, which remedies the Government’s mistake from last year. It is obviously a very short one and we on this side are…26 Mar 2024HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Financial Penalty) Regulations 2024My Lords, I draw the attention of your Lordships’ House to my registered interests as director and shareholder of McNicol Consulting Limited, which is registered at Companies…25 Mar 2024HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (IAC Report)My Lords, like many others who have spoken, I pay tribute to my noble friend Lady Hayter of Kentish Town and to the International Agreements Committee for its contribution to this…19 Mar 2024HANSARDPost Office LegislationMy Lords, as we have said many times before, the Fujitsu/Horizon scandal is truly shocking and one of the most egregious miscarriages of justice in British history. The scandal…14 Mar 2024HANSARDHorizon Scandal: Psychological Support ServicesMy Lords, these are the words of the department in 2022: “While seeking evidence from relevant witnesses, the inquiry is keen that such participation should not intensify or…04 Mar 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon: Compensation and LegislationMy Lords, victims of the Fujitsu Horizon scandal have lacked justice for more than 20 years now. Lives and livelihoods were taken away, victims were told that it was only them and…27 Feb 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon: Compensation and LegislationJust to be clear on that as we go into the last few seconds, with regard to the quashing of the convictions, is it the case that the individual postmasters or postmistresses who…27 Feb 2024HANSARDPost Office: Executive RemunerationMy Lords, a recent Post Office board meeting refers to a “toxic culture of disbelief” persisting at the top, including a continuing view that some postmasters and postmistresses…27 Feb 2024HANSARDPaternity Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024Twenty-four.26 Feb 2024HANSARDPaternity Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Fox, I welcome this SI, as far as it goes. As he said, it is welcome, but this is not groundbreaking; we are talking about small moves in…26 Feb 2024HANSARDPost Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesMy Lords, the Horizon scandal is widely accepted as one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British history. Given the magnitude and duration of the scandal, it is quite…21 Feb 2024HANSARDPost Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesThis is a brief point regarding the Minister’s description of the situation between the Secretary of State and the chair of the board, and the appointment of the SID. I seek…21 Feb 2024