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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 21 October 2025

Debate

Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill

Contribution

100: Schedule 5, page 116, line 39, at end insert— “(4) Sub-paragraph (5) applies where— (a) a bank is given—(i) an account information notice or a general information notice under paragraph 3,(ii) a notice under paragraph 5,(iii) a further information notice under paragraph 15, or(iv) a direct deduction order, and(b) a deputy acts on behalf of an account holder of an account to which the notice or order relates.(5) The bank must give the Secretary of State the name and correspondence address that it holds for that deputy (unless the bank has already provided that information).”Member’s explanatory statement This amendment would require a bank to give the Secretary of State details of any deputy acting on behalf of an account holder to which certain notices or a direct deduction order relate.

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