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HANSARDJobs MarketMy Lords, feedback from the latest quarterly ONS vacancy survey for April to June suggests that some firms may not be recruiting new workers or replacing workers who have left,…23 Jul 2025HANSARDPensions: Low-income and Self-employed WorkersMy Lords, we welcome the setting up of the commission under the chairmanship of the noble Baroness, Lady Drake. Making the case for saving for retirement is crucial, given that…23 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for outlining the details of the Bill with her usual clarity. It is regrettable that we have only a Second Reading of this Bill, with no further…22 Jul 2025HANSARDNational Accident Prevention StrategyMy Lords, I, too, thank the noble Baroness, Lady Crawley, for securing this important debate. She is rightly concerned about the importance of ensuring that people’s safety should…17 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit: Two-child LimitFollowing on from the question from my noble friend Lord Brownlow, what decisions are being made and what coherent plan will there be to tackle the welfare Bill? It is…09 Jul 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillI thank the Minister for those comments. Others who have taken part in Committee may also be able to add value—I am sure that they would. I have a final comment before I sit down…25 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill25 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for giving some answers to my questions, particularly those that I raised about the letter—there is greater clarity now. Some of the answers I…25 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill25 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, for this group—the penultimate one in Committee—I thought that it would be helpful to noble Lords if I briefly read out what this amendment aims to do. It seeks to…25 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillRight now, however, I want to speak with a degree of sympathy for the principle underlying Amendment 123, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, and supported, as she said, by…25 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, we have come to what I regard as one of the most important groups in this Committee. Amendment 125A addresses a growing and deeply troubling problem: the deliberate…25 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, there is a rather gloomy atmosphere here, but I am not quite sure why. My remarks will be relatively short. I find myself in a very unusual position—namely, I offer…25 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, in speaking for the first time today, I take this opportunity to offer my congratulations to the Deputy Chairman of Committees, the noble Viscount, Lord Stansgate, on…25 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, in winding up on Amendment 131, I say that, as I laid out in my opening remarks, we believe that the amendment would introduce a clear, common-sense standard: that the…25 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, these amendments are well intentioned—an expression I believe I used in the last group, but I mean it. I want to acknowledge from the outset that they speak to a…25 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 126, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Palmer of Childs Hill, which would require an independent assessment of the impact of this Bill on those at risk…25 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I thank all those who have taken part in this short debate. As I said in my opening speech, this amendment reflects the reality that the vector of fraud is increasingly…25 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, we come to the final group, which I am pleased to open. I thank noble Lords who have participated in this Committee, particularly the noble Baronesses, Lady Sherlock and…25 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill25 Jun 2025