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HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, I have tabled four amendments which constitute this group. There are two interacting issues: public interest and commercial interest. It is clear that where safety,…06 Feb 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, I have four amendments in this group. I am looking more at the commercial interest side of things, partly because “information” is a very broad word that can mean all…10 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, I have two amendments in this group, which add to the safety principles. Amendment 7 would add “road environs” to Clause 2(2) so it reads that “The principles must be…10 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]Can I just clarify something? I accept what the Minister says. In most cases there may be a public interest provision and there are not statutory protections on the information…10 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, I think that this is the first time I have had an Amendment 1, but, in any event, it gives me pleasure to start the Committee stage of the Bill. For the purposes of…10 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]10 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for his responses. At this stage, of course, everything is probing. I possibly still entertain a hope that we can have some little light-touch…10 Jan 2024HANSARDAutomated Vehicles Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my interest, as a member of my family works in the vehicle connectivity sector, but I have no financial interests. I have migrated to this Bill from my usual…28 Nov 2023HANSARDAlternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013Does the Minister recognise that the debate around aggregated cost disclosure and associated errors arising from misapplied legislation has highlighted difficulties of amending…13 Nov 2023HANSARDWater and Sewage Regulation (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)My Lords, I have been on the Industry and Regulators Committee since its inception and I am pleased that, before my time to rotate off, we will be looking at the issue, among…16 Oct 2023HANSARDUK Economy: Growth, Inflation and ProductivityMy Lords, we have had an interesting and important debate and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Eatwell, for putting it on the agenda. We have had wide-ranging speeches about the…29 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I first pass on the apologies of my colleague and noble friend Lady Kramer, who is unable to be in her place; hence, you have me instead. I identify with the comments…27 Jun 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, my name is on several amendments relating to failure to prevent fraud, and I support what has been said already and what was said extensively in Grand Committee on both…27 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I added my name to this amendment and suggested the inclusion of the Pension Protection Fund, partly because there is already quite a big conversation around how we will…13 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I support this amendment and I can be relatively brief. It is important not only to collect the statistics but also at times to dig underneath to see how they might be…13 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, in general I support all the amendments in this group. I am particularly pleased to see government Amendment 50 on the panel reports, assuming that they are implemented,…08 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I have two amendments in this group. Amendment 9 is similar to one I tabled in Committee and is intended to focus the secondary objective on the advancement of the UK…06 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI understand that there are and will be mechanisms in place, but the point that I was trying to make—and the reason that I expounded at length on how we got into this mess—is that…06 Jun 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillAs I interpret what the Minister has said, if the regulator is taking the costs risk into account, that means it will take into account the question: am I up against a really…09 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I, too, added my name to this amendment, which is supported by these Benches. This issue gets us back to David versus Goliath, which we have mentioned in previous…09 May 2023