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HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: PHSO ReportMy Lords, paragraph 19 of the parliamentary ombudsman’s report clearly states that “complainants have suffered injustice as a result of maladministration”, and the report…28 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 4 seeks clarity as to what the Bill is getting at. The Bill’s intention appears to apply penalties to only selected directors and not the entire board of…28 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate and I am sure that some of the issues will return. Perhaps I may just clarify a point. The Bill also holds…28 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]I will speak to Amendment 25. This amendment seeks to strengthen Parliament’s role in crafting and approving regulations for the water industry. The Bill as it stands asks people…28 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]28 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, my Amendment 82 addresses a major question that the Bill does not address: why do water regulators fail? After all, they have been at it for many years—at least 35…28 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who participated in this debate, giving us much food for thought. I thank the Minister for her response and I withdraw my amendment for the time…28 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]Gosh—my turn again. This amendment seeks to replace the words “performance-related pay” with “total remuneration”. At Second Reading, I raised the question of how the ban on bonus…28 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]28 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 100. The water authorities in Berlin and Paris are publicly owned and have stakeholder-elected directors. In most European countries,…28 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill23 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillMy Lords, Amendment 44 requires the Secretary of State, within 12 months of enacting the Bill, to publish an annual report on the relationship between the provisions of the Bill…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillMy Lords, I do not want to reply to the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, because I would be here all night picking holes in every point he made in reference to me. Perhaps I may help the…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPassenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillI am very grateful to the Minister and all the other noble Lords who have participated in tonight’s debate. Let me make it clear that my proposal would not stymie competition…23 Oct 2024HANSARDChild Poverty: Benefit CapMy Lords, the Government have indicated the financial cost of abolishing the two-child benefit cap. Can the Minister indicate the social cost of keeping 4.3 million children in…22 Oct 2024HANSARDMinisterial Gifts and HospitalityMy Lords, the Front Benches may well cross cocktail sticks, but people looking at undue hospitality and gifts see the whole thing as sleaze and corruption. That damages trust in…16 Oct 2024HANSARDExternal Auditing of Companies: DeficienciesMy Lords, I am honoured to open this debate and flag some of the issues, which I hope the Government will address. Ever since the collapse of BHS in 2016 and Carillion in 2018,…14 Oct 2024HANSARDExternal Auditing of Companies: DeficienciesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to address any external auditing deficiencies highlighted by the collapse of BHS, Carillion, Patisserie Valerie, and London…14 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is always a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb. This Bill has more holes than Swiss cheese. I shall give noble Lords some…09 Oct 2024HANSARDWater (Special Measures) Bill [HL]First, can the Minister say how many billions of pounds, and can she publish that calculation? Secondly, she says it will take a long time, but the Government are going to…09 Oct 2024