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HANSARDPublic 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, I also wish to be brief and will cut down my notes, but this is a good opportunity to raise a number of points. I am very pleased that the noble Lord, Lord Vaux, has…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, Amendments 99D and 109ZA are in my name. Amendment 99D seeks to ensure that, before a deduction order is applied, proper and fair consideration is given to the wider…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy remarks will be brief. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Brixton, for tabling Amendments 109A and 109B, which seek to introduce further safeguards into the process by…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillThe Minister may have just answered my question, which is a slightly opaque one, perhaps. Is it a good assumption that in any search of a property by the DWP when it suspects…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I have a degree of sympathy for the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, and the noble Lord, Lord Palmer of Childs Hill. It touches on a value that I…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillI just want to pick up on something quite interesting that the noble Baroness said, which leads me to ask a question of the Minister. I am not expecting an answer now. It is to do…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Kramer and Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, for tabling this amendment. I recognise the spirit in which this proposal is made—a desire to…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I am very grateful for the thoughtful and supportive contributions from the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, and the noble Lord, Lord Palmer, which we have heard throughout…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, my remarks largely chime with those made by the noble Lord, Lord Palmer. The Committee will be relieved to know that this is my shortest speech. I offer some measured…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillI appreciate the noble Baroness’s very full response. This is more of a probing question. We have obviously been debating and talking about driving licences. The ultimate…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, we now turn to what I believe is the last group for today. I will speak to Amendments 122A, 122B and 122C, which largely concern the code of practice and matters…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I oppose the proposition that Clause 92 and Schedule 6 should not stand part of the Bill. Clause 92 provides for disqualification from driving to be a sanction that is…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, the codes of practice are documents which we feel, from how the Bill is drafted, are being treated as ancillary—I set out my stall on that earlier—when, in truth, they…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I offer my strong support for Amendment 109, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Palmer. It proposes a vital and compassionate safeguard that ensures that, before any direct…18 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillI am standing up to be helpful to the Minister. For fear of being rather like a long-playing record, I think that a flow chart would be incredibly helpful—so I am pressing my case…16 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, in speaking for the Opposition, I should say that there is quite a bit to say, but I have cut down my remarks in the interests of time. I think the Committee will be…16 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillMy Lords, I shall speak briefly to this group. For once I shall be helpful to the Government, as I rise to speak in opposition to Amendments 89A and 89B in the name of the noble…16 Jun 2025