Lord Leong

My Lords, I am grateful for the support for the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2026 and respect the thoughtful contributions from across the House. I thank my noble…

My Lords, I note the regret amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe. The context of this instrument is that the regulations were laid before Parliament on 2 February and a…

That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 2 February be approved. Relevant document: 52nd Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee

As I mentioned, the Government are having conversations with Fujitsu regularly, which I am sure are also at government level. I take the noble Lord’s point.

The noble Lord mentions procurement. I am sure that the Cabinet Office is looking into whether any changes need to be made, but a live inquiry is happening at this time. We have t…

My Lords, the Government are open to all suggestions, and that is something we will consider.

My Lords, the Government’s expectation is clear: Fujitsu should bear the cost of redress resulting from the Horizon scandal. We are engaging constructively with the company and ha…

As I mentioned earlier, we are in constant conversation with Fujitsu. It has already committed to pay compensation, but how and when that happens is currently being consulted on.

I am afraid I do not know the answer to that, but I will definitely find out and write to the noble Lord.

I have the utmost respect for the noble Lord but, as a former Secretary of State and Minister, he should know that the Government speak to government lawyers on a regular basis. A…

Bear with me. For instance, Fujitsu provides communications between our submarines at sea and HQ. It supports HMRC’s self-assessment scheme and the Home Office border operation. I…

The noble Lord touches on several points; let me go through each of them. First, the suggestion that we should simply walk away from existing Fujitsu contracts does not take accou…