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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 4 June 2025
Debate
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillContribution
Let me provide some reassurance on what this might look like in practice. This could mean that the PSFA seeks the court’s permission—all these decisions will be made by the court—to delete specific files from a laptop or remove specific papers from a bundle of documents before they are returned to their owner. Imagine that the PSFA seizes a laptop and, upon detailed review, discovers that it contains thousands of national insurance numbers that have been illegally obtained. The PSFA would make the necessary referrals to other law enforcement agencies but could end up in a scenario where it retains the laptop.
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