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HANSARDStrategic Defence ReviewMy Lords, the Minister mentioned the recruitment gap earlier. I had the privilege last week of spending the week with the Royal Gurkha Rifles, and I must say how impressed I was.…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, it has been a long debate so I will try not to detain the Committee much longer. I thank the many noble Lords across the Committee who have contributed. It has been long…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI hate to interrupt the noble Baroness at this late hour, but that is just a repeat of what has been said before; it is not a tangible quantified reason for doing this. Yes, for a…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, we now come to the general subject of unfair dismissal rights from day one, which we have just touched on in relation to apprentices. Many of the same arguments are…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillDoes the noble Lord accept that these are not simply arguments that people around this Chamber are putting forward but matters that are in the Bill’s impact assessment? It is the…21 May 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, who I think was rather underplaying her expertise in her comments. There is a certain level of déjà vu…15 May 2025HANSARDTelecommunications Fraud: Reimbursement of VictimsMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord for that Answer. As noble Lords will be aware, banks now have to reimburse fraud victims. However, according to the PSR, over 70% of scams by…14 May 2025HANSARDTelecommunications Fraud: Reimbursement of VictimsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they intend to take to ensure that technology and telecommunication firms contribute to the cost of fraud prevention and the…14 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Fox, I am a little puzzled by the groupings between this and the previous amendments. I have gone the opposite route and decided to speak to…13 May 2025HANSARDBank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [HL]My Lords, I want to ask the Minister a question that arises from this change. First, though, it is over six months since we debated these amendments. That does seem like an…12 May 2025HANSARDSpring StatementMy Lords, the Minister has mentioned several times this £1 billion re-investment, which is not included in the OBR forecast. Can he confirm that the impacts of the Employment…27 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I accept that the intentions behind this Bill are well meant, but I am concerned about the unintended consequences. There are some positives—the rules on fire and…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I will make a few comments on Amendments 24 and 41, which deal with the interrelationship between the Holocaust memorial and the restoration and renewal programme for…27 Mar 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformMy Lords, I think we all applaud the desire to get people off benefits and into work, but to do that we need jobs and we need employers who are willing to take those people. I…18 Mar 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I rise very briefly to thank the Minister for tabling this amendment, which, as he says, introduces a periodic independent review of Great British Energy’s…25 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, briefly, I thank the Minister for tabling Amendment 21. It is identical to an amendment I tabled in Committee, and introduces a time limit of six months for the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI am really puzzled as to why I am not allowed to speak to my amendment. I will speak to two amendments in this group—I hope on a more constructive basis than we have seen on some…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 37 in this group and to Amendment 1, which has been introduced by the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, and to which I have added my name. Before I…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for those confirmations and, on that basis, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.11 Feb 2025