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HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Seventh sitting)We fully support the measures in clause 68 on Crown premises and the Houses of Parliament—they seem perfectly sensible. As the Minister said, clause 70 specifies a whole string of…06 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Seventh sitting)We support the provision that a person can appeal against a penalty to the appropriate court. This is an appropriate level of oversight for these civil penalties, and it is…06 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Sixth sitting)Clause 34 provides the mechanism for account holders to request a review of a ministerial decision to make, vary or refuse to vary a direct deduction order. However, the scope of…04 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Sixth sitting)Clause 28 gives account holders the right to request a variation to a deduction order, perhaps in a change of circumstances, and clause 29 empowers the Minister to make such…04 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Sixth sitting)I struggle with my own name at this point in the afternoon, Sir Desmond. I beg to move amendment 20, in clause 41, page 25, line 16, leave out “40% of”.04 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Sixth sitting)The clause grants the Minister the power to issue a deduction from earnings order in cases where an individual is employed and has an amount that is recoverable under the Bill.…04 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Sixth sitting)We have tabled amendment 20 to remove the cap on the maximum deduction in cases of fraud. I should say from the outset that we would not expect deduction orders of above 40% to be…04 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Sixth sitting)I agree with what the Minister says about future-proofing. The affirmative procedure does apply to the measures in subsection (3), which are effectively about future-proofing. Our…04 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Sixth sitting)The clause allows individuals to appeal to the first-tier tribunal if they disagree with the decision to make, vary or refuse to vary a direct deduction order. This right of…04 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Sixth sitting)Clause 43, as the Minister said, grants Ministers the ability to suspend and restart deductions under a deduction from earnings order at any time by notifying the employer. As…04 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Sixth sitting)Clause 42 provides that when an employer receives a deduction from earnings order, they may also deduct an amount from the liable person’s earnings to cover reasonable…04 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment , by leave , withdrawn Clause 41 ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 42 The employer’s administrative costs Question…04 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Sixth sitting)My hon. Friend is of course absolutely right. We are told that many of these questions will be addressed at a later date, whether through regulation or through a non-statutory…04 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Sixth sitting)The clause grants the Minister extensive powers to introduce further regulations governing the operation of direct deduction orders. Specifically, the Minister will be able to…04 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Sixth sitting)I am very pleased to have this visibility of an important element of the Bill. That is one of the reasons why it stands out among so many of the references to codes of practice…04 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Sixth sitting)As the Minister said, this is a large group of clauses, so I will try to get through them as quickly as I can. However, given that the provisions grant the PSFA the power to…04 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Fifth sitting)Clause 13 sets out that the Minister can use powers to recover amounts from a penalty, such as late payment, but also relevant costs to be awarded by a court or tribunal. Relevant…04 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Sixth sitting)Where the individual has not notified anyone of their new employment, does the Minister expect a new employer to have any way of finding out that a new employee is subject to one…04 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Fifth sitting)Yes; it is set out quite clearly in amendment 19.04 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (Fifth sitting)As the Minister said, clause 15 establishes that a payable amount is a recoverable amount as defined in previous provisions of the legislation, while clause 16 further grants the…04 Mar 2025