Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom (Con)

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 167, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, and I also support Amendment 74. I have done that in the knowledge that it is perfectly possible that

My Lords, good can come out of bad events. The experience, as well as the speech, of my noble friend Lady Harding is one such good aspect. If it combines with bringing us into line with European pract

Does the Minister accept that without litigation funding, Alan Bates would never have been able to bring his fantastic legal action against the Post Office, and does he recognise that this is an urgen

My Lords, I apologise for having spent less time in Committee than I would have liked, but I have been speaking on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill. I am grateful to those noble Lords who I sus

My Lords, it is a pleasure and an honour, although rather difficult, to follow the noble Lord, who spoke movingly and from the heart about things he knows a great deal about. I thank him for what he h

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that Answer. Given that Fujitsu knew from the beginning that its system was faulty; that it knew that it was altering remotely sub-postmasters’ accounts without the