"My Lords, I thank both the noble Lord and the noble Baroness for their contributions. As I have said before, and will say again, Jeffrey Epstein was a despicable individual and his victims must be our first priority. We should never forget that, every time we discuss Epstein’s horrendous behaviour, …..." Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - View Speech
"Again, I put on record my thanks to my noble friend for the many hours he has spent looking at documents, for changing the way his committee is working in terms of the number of meetings, and for all the work that has been done in this space. On setting …..." Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - View Speech
"I thank my noble friend. Obviously, these are all live matters, and some of those conversations I simply cannot discuss in your Lordships’ House. We have a very constructive relationship with the Metropolitan Police and want to make sure that it has everything it needs as part of its investigations …..." Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - View Speech
"I am going to thank the noble Lord for the question; maybe I should not. He will have to bear with me, because he, like I, will have watched some of the hearings as they were happening. I will write to him with the detail about who, what, when and …..." Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - View Speech
"I would not want to mislead the House; I am going to write to the noble Lord about the commercial redactions. I had not been told that there would be any commercial redactions, but I will write to him to make sure that I am on the record, and I …..." Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - View Speech
"My Lords, I wish I could give the noble Lord the answer he seeks, but I cannot, because I have not seen the material we are discussing, for very good reason. On the reasons why it was a borderline case—I believe that is the phrase now—and what mitigations were put …..." Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - View Speech
"My Lords, I listened with care to the points raised by the noble Baroness and the noble Lord, and I will have to revert in writing on some of the points raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Finn.
"I thank my noble friend for that series of questions. Let me start with the factual question, because I have that data to hand. There are currently 2,696 retirement cases where a quotation has been issued but the pension is not yet in payment. These cases are the remaining subset …..." Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - View Speech
"The noble Lord is aware that I have been a fan for many years and would listen to him with interest on every position he takes. I do, however, find it a little rich, given the positions that he previously held, to be lectured by him about a contract that …..." Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - View Speech
"I thank my noble friend. There was I, about to say that, given his time in government and his extensive ministerial service across many departments, my noble friend knows better than I do about the awarding of these contracts.