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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister and the noble Lord, Lord Collins, for meeting with me earlier today. It allowed us to sort out some misunderstandings, for which I am very grateful.…10 Dec 2025HANSARDMobile Phone and Broadband PricesOne of the big phone companies has started to charge extra to warn customers of fraud and spam calls. Does the Minister agree with me that part of the basic service of a mobile…09 Dec 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I want to speak to Motion B1. Like, I think, many noble Lords, I start to become a bit uncomfortable when we have multiple rounds of ping-pong; and I generally hesitate…17 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, as we have just heard, Motions C, E and F relate to amendments that I tabled on Report, and which the House very generously supported. I will start with Motion C, which…11 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMotion E1 is the most important amendment we will be debating today. The introduction of day one unfair dismissal rights is the most damaging element in this Bill, in my opinion.…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillWe seem to be missing the point somewhat. The point is that, if this day-one unfair dismissal right comes in, the person will not be employed in the first place. It is not that…28 Oct 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, this Bill is important, creating a wide range of powers for the Cabinet Office and DWP to deal with fraud and error. Until recently, it received very little attention in…23 Oct 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, during the debate on the previous group, I mentioned that the two amendments in this group are designed to strengthen the safeguards around the use of the eligibility…21 Oct 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill21 Oct 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, as we have heard, this group relates to the measures in the Bill which would give the DWP the ability to require banks and other financial institutions to trawl all…21 Oct 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill21 Oct 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, the Bill creates a wide range of unprecedented and intrusive powers for both the Cabinet Office and the DWP. Throughout the course of the Bill—and in its previous…21 Oct 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I apologise: noble Lords are going to get fed up with hearing me, but this is the last of it. Amendments 75 to 77 relate to the new police powers that the Bill confers…21 Oct 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I thank every noble Lord who has taken part in this debate. I particularly thank the noble Lord, Lord Deben, for his generous words, and the Minister for her fulsome…21 Oct 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill21 Oct 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill21 Oct 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillI rise very briefly to support these three amendments, particularly Amendment 87, which relates to whether the independent reviewer “may” or “must” be given information. I thought…21 Oct 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. In particular, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Harper, for giving us the benefit of his real-life experience on…21 Oct 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillI beg to move.21 Oct 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I listened carefully to what the noble Baroness had to say on Amendment 67. All it would do is add scope to the independent reviewer to cover the costs of this policy,…21 Oct 2025