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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 25 Jun 2025
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill

"My 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 principle that I believe we can all support: the importance of integrating independent expert advice into the policy …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 25 Jun 2025
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill

"My 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 dissemination of information designed to assist others in committing fraud against the welfare system. It seeks, quite simply, a necessary …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 25 Jun 2025
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill

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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 25 Jun 2025
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill

"My 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 digital, but it also reflects something more fundamental: that our law must evolve to meet emerging threats, …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 25 Jun 2025
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill

"My 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 of financial exclusion and, crucially, ensure that the findings of that assessment are made public and laid before …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 25 Jun 2025
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill

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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 25 Jun 2025
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill

"My 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 insert a new subsection to Clause 105, which states:

“Sections 72, 73 and 74 may not come into …..."

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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 25 Jun 2025
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill

"I shall just pick up on what the noble Baroness said about universal credit and the fact that it is quite complicated. I hope she will agree that the old system, where there were six benefits, was particularly overcomplicated and that one of the successes of the past 14 years …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 25 Jun 2025
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill

"My 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 strong support for Amendment 124A tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle. I do so …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 25 Jun 2025
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill

"Right 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 the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, and the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Leicester. I realise that the latter …..."
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