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HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Fourth sitting)In light of the Minister’s clarification, I am happy to withdraw amendment 25. However, with regard to amendment 23, I am still unclear as to what exactly the Minister is saying.…02 Dec 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Fourth sitting)I rise to speak to amendment 23. The Minister will be aware that if the Bill is enacted, as we are all confident that it will be in due course, a large number of public…02 Dec 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 21, in clause 6, page 6, line 3, at end insert— “(2A) Where an obligation to give notification would have arisen under section 2(3), save for the…02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI will confine my remarks to the north-east of Scotland. Whether it is farmers, oil and gas workers, the fishing industry, local pubs and hotels, businesses, or families who are…01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIf the hon. Member feels so strongly about the two-child cap, why did he vote to keep it last year?01 Dec 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q I should declare that I worked in the health service for 33 years—not all politicians are political careerists. You are all very senior people, and obviously very experienced,…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you for your evidence so far, Mr Weatherby. Notwithstanding the force of the command responsibility amendment that you have told us about, would you see an additional or…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (First sitting)Q This question is for Mr Guest. For a member of the public like me, could you draw out the difference between what you would regard legally as “seriously improper” conduct and…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (First sitting)To be clear, it depends.27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q Lord Evans, in the fullness of time, the Committee will consider amendments, so the final Bill might be slightly different in its shape. One can readily understand the very…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q I, too, salute your courage in your fight over many years to get to this point. The Bill is a landmark and will be something really good coming out of such a terrible tragedy,…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q We have not met before, but may I call you Cindy? Cindy Butts: Yes, please do.27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q Chief Constable, I want to follow up on some of the points you made about training. First, this is groundbreaking legislation; we are seeking to achieve a massive culture…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q My supplementary to that comes in the light of the earlier point by the hon. Member for Wells and Mendip Hills about the number of failings at an organisational level over the…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you. Thank you for your very extensive evidence, which is very impressive from someone who has been in post for just two months. However, I wanted to ask you about your…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q Well, you have got the duty of candour, the code of ethics, the code of conduct and the new offences. Do you feel that that represents a challenge for large public…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q And you know all about cultural change, following the Stephen Lawrence inquiry— Cindy Butts: I do, and it is part of the reason why, in my submission, I spoke to the issue of…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q How would we do that? Dr Chopra: Going back to what I was saying about our role as a regulator, I have focused on where we have taken enforcement powers where we have seen…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q Ron, it says in our brief that in 2006, you predicted the impending sub-prime/collateralised debt obligation crisis. Should I sell everything? I am only kidding. Ron Warmington:…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q What I wanted to ask you about seriously was culture change, because that is what a lot of the Bill is about—about how we ensure that Hillsborough or the infected blood scandal…27 Nov 2025