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Lord Palmer of Childs Hill (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 15 October 2025

Debate

Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill

Contribution

My Lords, we are in a world of information-sharing and information-gathering, and this is where that starts and stops. Amendment 3 would ensure that “information notices issued to banks and financial institutions include a clear statement that the person to whom the information relates is not necessarily guilty of suspected fraud”. Amendment 4 “would limit the persons to whom information may be disclosed by requiring the Secretary of State to specify eligible persons in regulations”. In our view, these are sensible safeguards and regulations. On that basis, we on these Benches broadly support the amendments.

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