"My Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, has clearly explained, the estates of deceased customers of NS&I were not always repaid money from all their accounts following a bereavement claim. The operational failure was identified in December 2025 but reported to Ministers and publicised only in March 2026. The …..." Baroness Kramer - View Speech
"My Lords, my Amendment 81 in this group addresses a single issue. There is no possible way that the Small Business Commissioner can achieve his or her purpose without a strong whistleblowing framework incorporated into the office.
In this legislation, the commissioner is not even a prescribed person required to …..." Baroness Kramer - View Speech
"My Lords, we support devolving more economic power to local areas, but any visitor tax must come alongside vital relief for a sector that is already struggling under the Government’s NIC hikes, which happened not so very long ago. So, will the Government enact an emergency 5p cut on VAT …..." Baroness Kramer - View Speech
"My Lords, these allegations, if accurate, would represent a shocking breach of public trust by an organisation now owned directly by the Government. But it also demonstrates a failure of the current whistleblowing framework that, to be heard and to have some measure of protection, the whistleblower has had to …..." Baroness Kramer - View Speech