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Lord Brodie has been keen from the outset to understand how he can best engage with the families; I understand that he intends to appoint a family liaison officer to the inquiry, in order to ensure that that happens.
We also heard the DWP talking about pension tax credits, and I understand that between a quarter and a third of people who are entitled to pension tax credits do not claim them.
Cross-border powers relating to how DAPOs will operate in practice will require further liaison with other jurisdictions, given that this is an area that will be new to all.
In its report in March 2026 on the Transparency of intergovernmental activity and its implications for parliamentary scrutiny, the predecessor Committee to the Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee expressed its support for this recommendation.
I ask for speeches of four minutes.17:09 I, too, congratulate James Dornan on securing the debate and I join Sandra White in expressing our sympathies to him and his family on their bereavement.