Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 11:17 am on 11 September 2025.
Lord Addington
Liberal Democrat
11:17,
11 September 2025
My Lords, does the Minister agree that we have been giving those bureaucrats who like designing red tape an absolute charter to have a field day on this? When will they give us a reduction of, say, 25% in the number of forms that you have to fill in? At the moment, it is just ridiculous.
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