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HANSARDCopyright and Artificial IntelligenceThe noble Earl is right, and we are trying to find a way to ensure that those rights are upheld. However, all these sectors need to grow in our economy. As I was just explaining,…27 Feb 2025HANSARDCopyright and Artificial IntelligenceThe noble Lord is right that this is a complicated copyright area and there are some legal cases in the offing. It is a complicated area that needs a holistic approach. Our view…27 Feb 2025HANSARDCopyright and Artificial IntelligenceMy Lords, as the noble Lord knows, that information will be published in the normal way. What I will say is that the Minister for AI and Digital Government and the Minister for…27 Feb 2025HANSARDCopyright and Artificial IntelligenceI thank the noble Baroness for her helpful suggestion. Hopefully, she has fed that into the consultation. I am sure it will be considered as one of the many proposals to resolve…27 Feb 2025HANSARDCopyright and Artificial IntelligenceI thank my noble friend for that proposal. Again, I hope that all these companies will contribute, or have contributed, to the consultation, because those are exactly the sorts of…27 Feb 2025HANSARDCopyright and Artificial IntelligenceThe noble Viscount has made an important point about watermarks, and that is certainly one solution that we are considering. The issue of transparency is crucial to the outcome of…27 Feb 2025HANSARDCopyright and Artificial IntelligenceTo my knowledge, we have not received any representations from the US Government. I am sure any such discussions that take place will become public very quickly.27 Feb 2025HANSARDCopyright and Artificial IntelligenceMy Lords, the Government agree with many of the points made during the debate on the data Bill, and in other discussions in this House, that further transparency is needed from AI…27 Feb 2025HANSARDPost Office Horizon Compensation SchemeMy Lords, I was going to go on to say that a number of noble Lords have asked very specific questions, and I will of course write. I will just deal quickly with the idea that…27 Feb 2025HANSARDPost Office Horizon Compensation SchemeI hear what the noble Baroness is saying. Perhaps if she has some of that evidence, she could share it with us. I am not dismissing what the noble Baroness said. If she has that…27 Feb 2025HANSARDCopyright and Artificial IntelligenceMy Lords, of course the Government recognise the concerns that many in the creative industries have about the potential impact of AI on that sector. This is why we want to act now…27 Feb 2025HANSARDPost Office Horizon Compensation SchemeMy Lords, first, I welcome my noble friends Lord Barber of Ainsdale and Lady Elliott of Whitburn Bay and congratulate them on their maiden speeches. I am sure this House would…27 Feb 2025HANSARDCopyright and Artificial IntelligenceMy Lords, the Government consulted on several issues regarding copyright and AI. That consultation closed on 25 February and over 11,500 responses were received. We welcome this…27 Feb 2025HANSARDPlant Oxford SiteMy Lords, of course we understand the challenges faced by the sector. The Government have been working closely with stakeholders across the automotive industry and beyond to…25 Feb 2025HANSARDPlant Oxford SiteI concur with my noble friend’s point. BMW often describes Oxford as the home of the Mini and sees that investment as crucial. I hope that my noble friend and other noble Lords…25 Feb 2025HANSARDPlant Oxford SiteMy noble friend makes a very important point. We are talking not just to the employers but to the unions about the future for the staff employed there. They have a central role to…25 Feb 2025HANSARDPlant Oxford SiteI thank the noble Lord for his kind comments and look forward to working with him in our new roles in the future. The precise timeline for the launch of Oxford’s Mini new electric…25 Feb 2025HANSARDPlant Oxford SiteThe noble Lord makes an interesting point of which I was not aware. I will go away and look into it. We are investing in the development of electric vehicles; just today, the…25 Feb 2025HANSARDPlant Oxford SiteMy Lords, we are very aware of the situation with regard to China, in particular Chinese electric vehicles. China’s role in the global automotive industry is growing, which…25 Feb 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025I can only reiterate what I have already said: we took Ofcom’s advice after a great deal of scrutiny of why it had come to that piece of advice. Its advice was that the key factor…24 Feb 2025