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HANSARDBBC: Future Funding (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, I am very grateful to everybody who has spoken in the debate. I am also grateful for the constructive welcome that our committee’s report has received. I echo the noble…16 Dec 2022HANSARDBBC: Future Funding (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, it is both a privilege and a pleasure to chair the Communications and Digital Select Committee, and I am delighted that so many fellow members will contribute to this…16 Dec 2022HANSARDBBC: Future Funding (Communications and Digital Committee Report)That this House takes note of the Report from the Communications and Digital Committee Licence to Change: BBC future funding (1st Report, HL Paper 44).16 Dec 2022HANSARDUK Asylum and Refugee PolicyMy Lords, it is a great honour to follow the most reverend Primate. I must start by commending him for his choice of topic and for giving us the opportunity to debate immigration…09 Dec 2022HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits against Public ParticipationMy Lords, I declare my interest as chair of the Communications and Digital Committee and refer the House to my recent correspondence with both the Lord Chancellor and the…01 Dec 2022HANSARDHouse of Lords (Peerage Nominations) Bill [HL]My Lords, there is much of merit in my noble friend Lord Norton’s Bill, and it is hard to disagree with some of its common-sense suggestions for raising standards. However, I…18 Nov 2022HANSARDHouse of Lords (Peerage Nominations) Bill [HL]My noble friend is very kind. What he is asking for with a commitment to attendance, which I have some support for too, is something we could deal with through our internal…18 Nov 2022HANSARDHouse of Lords (Peerage Nominations) Bill [HL]Will my noble friend give way?18 Nov 2022HANSARDOnline Safety BillTo go back to one of the earlier questions about financial harms, does my noble friend agree that one of the problems facing the Bill is the way in which things keep getting added…07 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Service Broadcasting: BBC CentenaryMy Lords, I too congratulate my noble friend Lord Parkinson on his return to the Front Bench, and I also congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Foster of Bath, on an excellent opening…03 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Service Broadcasting: BBC CentenaryBefore my noble friend sits down, may I seek a couple of points of clarification on legislation? My noble friend echoed the Secretary of State in saying that the media Bill will…03 Nov 2022HANSARDFreedom of Expression (Communications and Digital Committee Report)It is an honour to follow such a respected philosopher as the noble Baroness. Indeed, it was a privilege to join the committee under my noble friend Lord Gilbert’s excellent…27 Oct 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, just because it is my first opportunity to do so, I congratulate my noble friend on his new role and welcome the noble Lord, Lord Harlech, to his place on the Front…12 Oct 2022HANSARDHer Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIMy Lords, I echo the comments of other noble Lords about the superb opening speeches from all quarters of your Lordships’ House. I pay particular tribute to my noble friend the…09 Sept 2022HANSARDNHS: End-of-life CareMy Lords, clearly it is important that the professionals are involved in this review, but I think it is also important—as this review begins and my noble friend considers the…08 Sept 2022HANSARDDigital Regulation: Communications and Digital Committee ReportThat the Grand Committee takes note of the Report from the Communications and Digital Committee Digital regulation: joined-up and accountable.21 Jul 2022HANSARDDigital Regulation: Communications and Digital Committee ReportMy Lords, I am very grateful to everyone for their powerful contributions. This may have been a small Committee, but it has been perfectly formed. To repeat something that I said…21 Jul 2022HANSARDDigital Regulation: Communications and Digital Committee ReportMy Lords, I am very pleased to introduce this debate on our report, Digital Regulation: Joined-up and Accountable . I will emphasise the principle behind that title quite a bit in…21 Jul 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI am so sorry to interrupt the noble Earl, who is clearly giving us a sense of this important and wide-ranging matter. However, he will know that the Member introducing a group of…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, before I comment on this group, I have it on good authority that tomorrow is my noble friend the Minister’s birthday, so allow me to be the first to wish him a very…29 Jun 2022