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Lords Chamber
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill
Report stage part one - Tue 21 Oct 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Sikka (Lab - Life peer) We know from the Post Office scandal that innocent individuals can be pressurised into admitting fraud - Speech Link
2: None Fraud, Error and Recovery”. - Speech Link
3: Lord Palmer of Childs Hill (LD - Life peer) Fraud, Error and Recovery”. - Speech Link
4: Lord Palmer of Childs Hill (LD - Life peer) If there is fraud, it has to be proved pretty conclusively, rather than, because we suspect fraud, us - Speech Link
5: Lord Vaux of Harrowden (XB - Excepted Hereditary) This is similar to the powers conferred on the Cabinet Office and the Public Sector Fraud Authority that - Speech Link
6: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) In addition, the Independent Office for Police Conduct will be responsible for reviewing any serious - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 - Tue 10 Mar 2026
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kate Dearden (LAB - Halifax) Investigatory Powers Act 2016, to obtain authorisations to acquire communications data in the most serious - Speech Link
2: Kate Dearden (LAB - Halifax) The Serious Fraud Office can already request the use of those powers to investigate those offences. - Speech Link


Written Statements
Unexplained Wealth Orders Annual Report 2024-25 - Tue 24 Feb 2026
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Dan Jarvis (Lab - Barnsley North) Four orders were applied for by the National Crime Agency and one by the Serious Fraud Office, the first - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Wed 05 Nov 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Andrew Western (Lab - Stretford and Urmston) Fraud against the public sector is not a victimless crime. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) In my office, nearly every week I have people come to me who have inadvertently made mistakes. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Western (Lab - Stretford and Urmston) Just so that he is sure of that power, the Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, my hon. - Speech Link
4: None My Department is working closely with the Home Office on this. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 19 Mar 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Sarah Coombes (Lab - West Bromwich) What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Serious Fraud Office. - Speech Link
2: Sarah Coombes (Lab - West Bromwich) Scams are devastating for the victims in my constituency, but serious fraud is insidious and is undermining - Speech Link
3: Ellie Reeves (Lab - Lewisham West and East Dulwich) We are committed to supporting victims of rape and serious sexual violence. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill
Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons - Tue 11 Nov 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: None insert— “(1) The Minister may— (a) investigate or take enforcement action in respect of suspected fraud - Speech Link
2: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) House once again for the constructive debates and meticulous scrutiny that the Public Authorities (Fraud - Speech Link
3: None Authority to undertake proactive investigations where credible evidence of fraud arises. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) My department is working closely with the Home Office on this. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 13 Nov 2025
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Serious Fraud Office’s work in tackling serious - Speech Link
2: Ellie Reeves (Lab - Lewisham West and East Dulwich) On 9 September, the Serious Fraud Office secured £1.1 million from the sale of a Lake district house - Speech Link
3: Steff Aquarone (LD - North Norfolk) One way the Serious Fraud Office can be made more effective is through access to more registers of beneficial - Speech Link
4: Ellie Reeves (Lab - Lewisham West and East Dulwich) The Serious Fraud Office is constantly looking at ways to clamp down on fraud and economic crime. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage part two - Wed 07 Jan 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Vaux of Harrowden (XB - Excepted Hereditary) My Lords, we come back to fraud. - Speech Link
2: Lord Young of Cookham (Con - Life peer) to foot the fraud bill alone”. - Speech Link
3: None If the Government are serious about the work of the Select Committee on fraud and about doing something - Speech Link
4: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) According to UK Finance, authorised push payment fraud accounted for almost 41% of fraud losses in the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Victims and Courts Bill
Report stage - Tue 10 Mar 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Hacking (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) The report, from a very small office, is remarkable. - Speech Link
2: Lord Hacking (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) There was also a very serious failure by the Home Office in leaving the post of the anti-slavery commissioner - Speech Link
3: None A couple have funding or co-funding from their host agency, or from a mayoral office or PCC. - Speech Link
4: Lord Sandhurst (Con - Excepted Hereditary) These are serious matters that deserve careful reflection. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Digital ID - Mon 19 Jan 2026
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: None “Following my appointment as a joint Minister across the Cabinet Office and the Department for Science - Speech Link
2: None It will reduce fraud, enable new possibilities for integrated services and make interacting with government - Speech Link
3: None That is confusing, vulnerable to fraud and does not always create a clear record of when and where checks - Speech Link
4: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) programme adheres to the National Cyber Security Centre’s advice to ensure that its data is protected, fraud - Speech Link
5: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) My Lords, the Liberal Democrats strongly opposed the previous proposal as a serious threat to privacy - Speech Link