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HANSARDData 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, too, support the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones. As this is the first time I have spoken during the passage of the Bill, I should also…20 Mar 2024HANSARDAnaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates Order 2024My Lords, I support this Motion and, not for the first time in a debate on health, I find myself in almost complete agreement with the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, and the remarks he…26 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Exclusion (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, I knew it would be impossible to follow my friend the noble Baroness, Lady Lane-Fox. I begin by thanking the chair of the committee that I sit on, my noble friend Lady…08 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I fear that sometimes it is not enough that everything on an issue has been said; we have to make sure that everyone has said everything that needs to be said. I will be…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I will be brief. It is an honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Fox, and his passionate exposé about the importance of interoperability while reminding us that we should…29 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, it is with great trepidation that I rise to speak to these amendments because, I think for the first time in my brief parliamentary career, I am not complete ad idem…29 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I seem to have found my space in this Committee following my noble friend Lord Vaizey again. I have put my name to Amendments 65, 67, 71 and 72 in the name of the noble…29 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I promise I will speak briefly to associate myself with the remarks of my noble friend Lady Stowell and support her Amendment 77 and Amendment 76 in the name of the…29 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI will just add a couple of questions to the ones that my noble friend Lady Stowell just posed, and I am sorry that I have not been organised enough to share these with the Bill…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillBefore my noble friend answers that, can he shed some light on which stakeholders feel that this is unclear?24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, it is an honour to follow such an esteemed legal brain and parliamentary brain. I am neither, but I have put my name to my noble friend Lady Stowell’s two amendments and…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I associate myself with the remarks just made by the noble Lord, Lord Tyrie, about recognising how important it is that we embolden the CMA to tackle these merger…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I, too, wish to speak to Amendments 39 and 40, to which I have added my name. First, it is worth dwelling briefly on what the countervailing benefits exemption is: quite…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, as we start this phase of the Bill, I declare my interests, in particular my husband’s close involvement with the Bill in the other place as the Member of Parliament for…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I shall also discuss the leveraging or whack-a-mole provisions. Perhaps Conservative Peers today are London buses: this is the fourth London bus to make the same point.…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThe challenger app developers are, in essence, the customers here, so I am quite worried that I think I am hearing that the regulator cannot cope with customer feedback, whereas…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I support Amendments 8, 9, 10, 13, 35, 37, 42, 44, 45, 46, 57 and 58 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, to which I have added my name. I list…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Vaux, and his really detailed and insightful analysis of my old industry—telecoms—among other things. I am sure my noble…05 Dec 2023HANSARDEducational TechnologyMy Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Knight, who has just demonstrated his extraordinary depth of knowledge in both education and technology. In fact, it is…23 Nov 2023