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HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]May I just follow up by asking one quick question? I may be clutching at straws here but, in responding to the amendments in my name, she stated what the ICO believes rather than…16 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I was in such a hurry to apologise just now for missing Second Reading that I forgot to declare my interests and remind the Committee of my technology and, with regard…16 Dec 2024HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as a member of the Holocaust Memorial Foundation and as a resident of Westminster. I walk my dog in Victoria Tower Gardens and I played with my…04 Sept 2024HANSARDHorseracing and Bloodstock IndustriesMy Lords, I remind the House of my entries in the register of interests—specifically, my role as senior steward of the Jockey Club—and welcome the Minister to her place. If…29 Jul 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, I want to speak briefly in support of, first, the amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Holmes, which would recreate the office of the Biometrics and…17 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, as is so often the case on this subject, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, and the three amendments that I have added my name to: Amendments 142, 143 and 150. I…15 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, I rise once again in my Robin role to support the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, on this amendment. We had a debate on 23 November last year that the noble Baroness…15 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillI may be tired or just not very smart, but I am not really sure that I understand how being less prescriptive and more adaptive can heighten safeguards. Can my noble friend the…27 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, I rise to speak in support Amendments 79, 83, 85, 86, 93, 96, 97, 105 and 107, to which I have added my name. An awful lot has already been said. Given the hour of the…27 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, as is so often the case on these issues, it is daunting to follow the noble Baroness as she has addressed the issues so comprehensively. I speak in support of Amendment…27 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, I associate myself with the comments that my noble friend Lord Kamall just made. I have nothing to add on those amendments, as he eloquently set out why they are so…27 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, this weekend, as I was preparing for the amendments to which I have put my name, I made the huge mistake of looking at the other amendments being discussed. As a result,…25 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, in Amendments 13 and 15, to which I have added my name. Rather than repeat her arguments—as we are now all trying not to do—I…25 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillI wonder whether I heard my noble friend correctly. He said “may”, “could” and “not currently convinced” several times, but, for the companies concerned, there is a very real,…25 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 27 in my name, I will also express my support for Amendments 28 to 34. I thank my noble friend Lord Black, the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, and the…25 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillI agree with the noble Baroness, but with one rider. We will keep coming back to the need for children to have a higher level of data protection than adults, and this is but one…25 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, I am not quite sure that I understand where my noble friend the Minister is on this issue. The noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, summed it up well in his recent…25 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information Bill25 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, in the nearly nine years that I have been in this House, I have often played the role of bag carrier to the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, on this issue. In many ways, I…20 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, I will be brief because I associate myself with everything that the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, just said. This is where the rubber hits the road from our previous…20 Mar 2024