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HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I do not intend to detain the House on this for very long, but I want to say that holding meetings after the discussion on Report is not adequate. “Certain rights” and…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 15 and to speak to Amendments 16, 20, 22, 27, 39, 45 and, briefly, government Amendment 40. Together, these amendments offer protections that…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Colville. He has made an excellent argument, and I ask noble Lords on the Government Benches to think about it very carefully. If it is…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]Before the Minister sits down, I have some things to say about his words. I did not hear: “agree to bring forward a government amendment at Third Reading”. Those are the magic…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for that very generous offer. I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, for his incredible support. I note that, coming from the Government Benches, that…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, the good news is that this is the last time I shall speak this evening. Amendment 211 seeks to ensure that the value of our publicly held large datasets is realised for…18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for his answer and welcome him very much to the Dispatch Box—I have not yet had the pleasure of speaking with him in a debate. I hope he saw the shaking heads…18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am beginning to feel like the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, but I reassure everyone that this is the last day of Committee. I shall speak to the amendments in this…18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall also speak to Amendment 198 in my name and register my support for the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Bethell, to which I have added my name.…18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support and have added my name to Amendment 138 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones. I will also speak to Amendment 141 in my name and those of the noble…18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I thank the Minister, in particular for understanding that this goes way beyond Horizon. I would be very interested to be involved in those conversations, not because I have the…18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, first, I thank the speakers for what were really powerful and largely unequivocal contributions. I am grateful to the Minister. I was expecting something more a tiny bit…18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a privilege to introduce Amendment 207. I thank the noble Lords, Lord Arbuthnot and Lord Clement-Jones, and the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Albans, who…18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I thank all speakers, in particular my noble friend Lord Tarassenko for his perspective. I am very happy to discuss this matter and let the Official Opposition know that this is a…18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]Does the Minister recognise the characterisation of noble Lords who have said that this is theft? Currently, we have a law and copyright is being taken without consent or…18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]18 Dec 2024