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HANSARDCommonwealthI respectfully remind noble Lords that the Back-Bench speaking time is five minutes.30 Jun 2022HANSARDBanks: ForgeryMy Lords, the National Economic Crime Centre continues to assess the material submitted to it in relation to alleged signatory fraud by banks, as well as information obtained…30 Jun 2022HANSARDBanks: ForgeryMy Lords, the noble Baroness is referring to Action Fraud, which is receiving some funding—but the money is ring-fenced from another source. I cannot find the precise reference to…30 Jun 2022HANSARDBanks: ForgeryMy Lords, that was a completely different case, of course. But we are doing a number of things, as the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, will be aware. Some of this is legislative and…30 Jun 2022HANSARDBanks: ForgeryI am afraid that I cannot; I am not familiar with the case. As I said, we maintain that the NECC should have operational independence, so I am afraid that I cannot enlighten the…30 Jun 2022HANSARDBanks: ForgeryMy Lords, my noble friend is right to raise the changing nature of some of these crimes. I am sure that she is partly referring to the UKFI report on fraud, published earlier this…30 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI am afraid that the answer to both of those questions is that I do not know. It would be remiss of me to anticipate the sorts of concerns we are listening to and the subjects…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI thank all noble Lords who have spoken to this group, which concerns both compensation and backdated payment. I shall start with the former. One of the main aims of the Bill is…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillThe noble Earl, Lord Lytton, raises some very specific and technical points, if I may say so. I am afraid I am going to have to write to him. I turn to Amendments 28 to 33, tabled…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillAs my noble friend the Minister has pointed out, lawyers do well whatever happens. I am coming on to expand a little more on the protections for site providers, if the noble Lord…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, this was a brief debate. I turn first to Amendment 43. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, and the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, for raising this important subject. The…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in the short debate on this group, particularly the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, for introducing Amendment 19, also signed by the…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I think that they should have notice, but the point is that the paragraph 17 conditions exclude activities that would impose an additional burden on a site provider, as…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillIf my noble friend will permit, I will come to the points she raises on consultation shortly. Clause 72 will allow the Secretary of State to amend the Communications (Access to…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI am about to get on to the various backdating aspects of this, so I hope that will answer some of these more specific questions. I think I got to this being of huge benefit to…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI read my brief very carefully, and I said “any transitional provisions in respect of the Bill”—I did not say that there will be transitional provisions—after listening to the…29 Jun 2022HANSARDCouncil of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic ViolenceMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for making some powerful contributions to this debate. In particular, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, and her colleagues on the…27 Jun 2022HANSARDUkraine: Defence RelationshipsMy Lords, I respectfully remind noble Lords of the speaking limit. We are running very close to time anyway, and the Minister will not have very long if we do not all stick…09 Jun 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, we had a small issue with the timer that has now been resolved, so perhaps this is a good opportunity to remind noble Lords that the advisory Back-Bench speaking time is…17 May 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I respectfully remind the House that the Back-Bench advisory speaking time is six minutes. Thank you.12 May 2022