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HANSARDChagos IslandsMy Lords, the Chagos archipelago contains some vital marine habitats—and I recognise that in the past there have been difficulties of marine protection in the area. Can the…06 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise briefly to support these important clauses. I declare my interests as I hold copyright as a filmmaker and writer. Copyright and IP exist to assert ownership over…28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support Amendment 34 from the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and will speak to my own Amendment 35, which amends it. When an algorithm is being used to make important…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]Before the Minister sits down, he said that there will be evaluations of the efficacy of these systems but he did not mention whether those will have to be made public. Can he…21 Jan 2025HANSARDConsumer Products (Control of Biocides) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a long time since the only good microbe was considered to be a dead microbe, but, even as I sat here in my office in Parliament, I noticed that we have been issued…17 Jan 2025HANSARDPublic Authority Algorithmic and Automated Decision-Making Systems Bill [HL]I would like to pick up on three important aspects of this Bill that perhaps set it aside from what we might discuss in Committee on Monday. One is the fact that it covers…13 Dec 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendment 75, which was very eloquently introduced by the noble Lord, Lord Holmes. My academic background is in the research of communication…25 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords ReformBefore I joined your Lordships’ House this year, I had little understanding of its role—like most people in this country, as the noble Lord, Lord Ranger, said. I thought for a…12 Nov 2024HANSARDScience and Technology: EconomyMoving swiftly on. I worked both at BBC Science and at the BBC Natural History Unit after doing a doctorate in what my father—initially, concernedly—thought was “not a proper…31 Oct 2024HANSARDScience and Technology: EconomyI thank the noble Viscount, Lord Stansgate, for initiating this debate and giving me an opportunity to introduce myself to your Lordships’ House. This is a very welcoming place,…31 Oct 2024