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HANSARDEnterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025If the Minister is going to come back to it, I will happily sit down, but I asked her a question about those new notification requirements in the draft regulations yet to be made,…22 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I was going to intervene briefly anyway, but, in response to the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, I do not think it is customary for any Member of this House to start to…09 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I rise to support my noble friend’s amendment. I want to make a slightly different point in addition to the legal arguments that have already been made. It is a shame to…09 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, it is a great privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Butler. Like him, I have a similar view that the House of Lords Appointments Commission should not be able to…02 Jul 2025HANSARDAI and Creative Technologies (Communications and Digital Committee Report)That this House takes note of the Report from the Communications and Digital Committee AI and creative technology scaleups: less talk, more action (2nd Report, HL Paper 71).13 Jun 2025HANSARDAI and Creative Technologies (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My noble friend is right that the cost of energy in the UK is very much a deterrent to a lot of inward investment. It is not deterring them completely, but I was talking only…13 Jun 2025HANSARDAI and Creative Technologies (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, this has been an excellent debate. I thank the Minister for her comprehensive response. I know this debate comes at the end of yet another busy week for her—handling the…13 Jun 2025HANSARDAI and Creative Technologies (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, this is the Communications and Digital Committee’s final report from my time as chair, so I not only thank the committee staff and my fellow committee members for all…13 Jun 2025HANSARDConduct CommitteeIt might assist the Senior Deputy Speaker and my noble friend if I add to what has been said. As a newly appointed member of the Conduct Committee and as one of the members who…12 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillWill the noble Lord give way? He might find an opportunity to take advantage of the water that was provided. I just wanted to say that the noble Lord, Lord Burns, is making a very…10 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I thank the noble Baroness for giving way, but does she accept that in order for these discussions to be fruitful in the round table and workshops that the Government have…02 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillForgive me if I am pre-empting the Minister, but given that she has just responded to my noble friend on the question of economic growth, what is her reply to the issues I raised…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I support the amendments in this group and endorse most of the arguments that have already been advanced. I will focus just briefly on tech scale-ups. Noble Lords will,…21 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I briefly add my support for Amendment 102 and will pick up on the comments of the noble Baroness, Lady Garden, on her committee’s recent visit to the Blackpool and The…21 May 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I welcome the government additions made to the Bill in the Commons and endorse my noble friend Lord Camrose’s amendments, especially those relating to removing barriers to entry.…12 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillPerhaps I might intervene briefly on this group. I support Amendment 63 but, like the noble Lord, Lord Londesborough, I wonder whether it is too modest in scope. As I said when I…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I was not going to speak on this group but the noble Lord, Lord Barber, has painted a horrific picture of the impact of zero hours on some workers. For some people I…29 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am generally somewhat nervous about purpose clauses, but I can see the argument in the case of this Bill, because there is a lot of confusion about what it is trying…29 Apr 2025HANSARDThe Future of News (Communications and Digital Committee Report)That this House takes note of the Report from the Communications and Digital Committee The future of news (1st Report, HL Paper 39).25 Apr 2025HANSARDThe Future of News (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, it is a great pleasure to open today’s debate on the future of news, which follows the report from the Communications and Digital Committee last autumn. Like my noble…25 Apr 2025