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HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, that last exchange was incredibly helpful. I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Allan, for what he just said and the way in which he introduced this group. I want to…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, first, I beg the indulgence of the Committee to speak briefly at this juncture. I know that no one from the Lib Dem or Labour Benches has spoken yet, but I need to dash…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble and learned friend Lord Garnier for allowing me to speak before him. I shall speak to the three amendments I have tabled in my name. I should…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI shall just add briefly a comment before we get to the wind-ups, in response to something that my noble and learned friend Lord Garnier said when he urged us not to overstate the…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I am sorry to interrupt my noble and learned friend, but his reference to the Solicitors Regulation Authority prompts me to ask him a couple of questions. He makes…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillBriefly, I urge my noble friend to look at the correspondence I have had with the SRA specifically about the Bill. The SRA makes it clear that what I am proposing by way of these…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillIt was also copied to the Minister’s office.25 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I have not engaged with this amendment in any particular detail—until the last 24 hours, in fact. I thought that I would come to listen to the debate today and see if…19 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, just before the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones gets to wind up, I wanted to ask a question and make a point of clarification. I am grateful for the contribution from the…19 Apr 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I will add a few remarks to what has already been said in the debate. My noble friend Lord Black comprehensively and powerfully set out the case for his amendment, which…01 Mar 2023HANSARDSecurity Threat to UK-based JournalistsMy Lords, this is clearly a very serious situation and I would not want to detract from that at all, but one thing my noble friend has not mentioned today is the Government’s…21 Feb 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, may I just take this opportunity briefly to ask the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, to relay to his noble friend Lord Sikka the House’s displeasure at his discourtesy,…08 Feb 2023HANSARDTurkey and Syria EarthquakeMy Lords, can my noble friend provide a little more information about the aid and support the UK is sending to those in the middle of the search and rescue operation?08 Feb 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Cromwell. I will pick up on quite a bit of what he has just said but, like other noble Lords, I will attempt not to…08 Feb 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillForgive me for interrupting. I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. I ought to make the point that the Charity Commission’s budget was very severely cut, but it has been…08 Feb 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I am humbled to speak in this debate among many noble Lords who have spent years involved in or campaigning for this landmark legislation. I salute all of them and their…01 Feb 2023HANSARDSchools: Artificial Intelligence SoftwareMy Lords, I refer my noble friend and the whole House to the report published this week by the Communications and Digital Select Committee on the future of creative industries.…19 Jan 2023HANSARDScotland Act 1998: Section 35 PowerDoes my noble friend the Minister agree that what the noble Baroness, Lady Liddell, has ably demonstrated in referring to concerns about the fraudulent use of this provision is…18 Jan 2023HANSARDChannel 4My Lords, I declare an interest as the chairman of your Lordships’ Communications and Digital Select Committee. I welcome the Government’s decision on the future of Channel 4, not…11 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as the chairman of the Communications and Digital Select Committee. It was because I was chairing a meeting of that committee that I was unable to…11 Jan 2023