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HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed this afternoon to what is a very important group of amendments. I add my thanks to the Ministers and officials for their…11 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill11 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill11 Mar 2024HANSARDLife Sciences BusinessesI thank the Minister for that reply. We all understand the importance of the life sciences sector to our economy and to the health of our nation. Can he explain why, under this…26 Feb 2024HANSARDLife Sciences BusinessesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what further steps they intend to take to support life sciences businesses starting up and scaling up in the United Kingdom.26 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Exclusion (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, I thank the committee, so ably chaired by the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell, and all those who have spoken on this totally compelling and hard-hitting report. It is fair…08 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. We are grappling with some important issues at the heart of Part 4 of the Bill. This group of amendments follows…07 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I realise that it is late in the day and that I am raising a fundamental issue at a late point. Perhaps it is straying a little beyond the main intent of the Bill;…07 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken. This truly is a miscellaneous group of amendments and I will add to the miscellany of all this, because my Amendment 215A…07 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill07 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, it gives me great pleasure to speak to this group, partly because, for many years, I was on the board of a very good ombudsman scheme. I suppose I should own up to it…07 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillGosh—I cannot help feeling that this is the beginning of a much longer conversation. We may not want to have that conversation now, but this is an important issue; I absolutely…07 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillDid the noble Lord get a response from the Box?07 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, this amendment comes at the end of a long debate but is none the less important. It addresses one of the main factors leading to the long and sad decline of many of…07 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. I am pleased to have added my name to Amendment 137 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, which…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, all these messages about being prepared to talk further are very welcome; I am sure that we will take the Minister up on them. Part of the issue about drip pricing and…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly on this group because I am very aware that we will have a more substantive debate on subscriptions in the coming groups, so forgive me if I am very…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for that introduction. He made an excellent argument about why we should include third parties working on behalf of consumers in the…31 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in support of my amendment. I am very grateful. A number of passionate contributions were made. Once again, I was impressed by…31 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill31 Jan 2024