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HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank everyone for their fantastic contributions from all sides of the House. I say simply to the Government: I understand that they are trying to collect evidence,…12 May 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]49A: At end insert “, and do propose Amendment 49B instead of the words so left out of the Bill—12 May 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to my Motion 49A and offer my support to Amendment 46A in the name of the noble Viscount, Lord Camrose. It is a sensible amendment and I hope that the…12 May 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I want briefly to add my voice to that of my noble friend Lord Colville, to say that in Committee I asked a number of times whether the science of conditioning—that is,…12 May 2025HANSARDUS Tariff on UK FilmsMy Lords, the creative industries face threats on a number of fronts, including trade tariffs on touring, as we heard earlier, and the widespread theft of their copyright. I am…08 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, my remarks will focus primarily on technology in school, but I want to take this opportunity to say that, over the time I have spent in your Lordships’ House, I find…01 May 2025HANSARDSelf-harm: Young PeopleThe publication of the online safety children’s code by Ofcom last week received mixed reviews from many and a howl of fury from both Ian Russell and the Children’s Commissioner.…28 Apr 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025I am sorry to interrupt, but maybe this would be a good moment to answer my question about the hierarchy of text in an Act versus the regulator’s advice. It was my understanding,…24 Feb 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025I raised a number of questions and I would be grateful, if the Minister is not going to answer them in the moment, if she could write to me about the Joint Committee, the…24 Feb 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025My Lords, I remind the House of my interests, particularly as chair of 5Rights and as adviser to the Institute for Ethics in AI at Oxford. I wholeheartedly agree with both the…24 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I have spoken to these amendments at every stage of the Bill. One of the unfortunate outcomes of being a campaigner for online safety is the abuse that we get directly from people…05 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the amendment in the name of the Minister, to which I have added my name, and welcome his words from the Dispatch Box. As he said, this new duty provides a…05 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is such a pleasure briefly to follow my noble friend Lord Pannick; not for the first time I thought that, if I ever get in trouble, I know who I will go to. I record…28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to both amendments in this group. Amendment 58, which is in my name and those of my noble friend Lord Tarassenko, and the noble Lords, Lord Stevenson and…28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 44 in my name and those of the noble Lords, Lord Russell and Lord Clement-Jones, and the noble Baroness, Lady Harding, proposes a statutory code of practice on…28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I am grateful for a breakout of agreement at this time of night; that is delightful. I agree with everything that the Minister said, but one thing we have not mentioned is the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]In moving Amendment 44A, I shall also speak to Amendments 61 to 65 in my name and the names of the noble Lords, Lord Stevenson and Lord Clement-Jones, and my noble friend Lord…28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I want to return to the moment just before the Front-Bench speeches of the Opposition and the Government, when there was absolute agreement around the House. There were…28 Jan 2025