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HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI shall speak to Amendment 106 in the name of my noble friend Lord Holmes. Before I do, I should just reinforce my sincerity in saying that I think the noble Lord, Lord Tyrie, is…31 Jan 2024HANSARDTelegraph Media Group: Proposed Sale to RedBird IMIMy Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, alluded to, the strength of feeling against this deal in the House of Commons yesterday was widespread and from all quarters of that…31 Jan 2024HANSARDPedicabs (London) Bill [HL]My Lords, I welcome the amendment tabled by my noble friend. I am hugely grateful to him for having listened carefully during our debates in Committee. I congratulate him on the…30 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I will speak in particular to my amendment in this group, Amendment 66, which does what it says quite clearly in its explanatory statement. This amendment would make it…29 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, it is a great honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Faulks. My noble friend Lady Verma has just given an exceptionally powerful speech, and I was very pleased to be in…29 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I speak to my Amendment 81 in this group. I am very grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Tyrie and Lord Clement-Jones, and the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, for…29 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI urge the noble Baroness to stay for the debate on the next group of amendments, in which we will talk about parliamentary accountability. I think she will find that the…29 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I speak to my Amendment 77 in this group. I thank the noble Lords, Lord Tyrie and Lord Clement-Jones, and the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, for adding their…29 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I support Amendments 39 and 40 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, which are about countervailing benefits. I have added my name to them. Before I make my…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, one of the arguments that has been advanced—I did not make it in my remarks because I forgot—is that part of the problem with changing the word from “indispensable” to…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI wanted to intervene briefly. I do not have an amendment in the group, I have not signed my name to any, but I wanted to piggyback on the introduction of the issue of private…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I am hugely grateful to my noble friend Lord Faulks, if I can still call him that—in real life, he is my friend, even if he now sits on another Bench—both for tabling…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, as this is the first time I have spoken in Committee, I declare that I chair the Communications and Digital Select Committee—but I am speaking in a personal capacity.…22 Jan 2024HANSARDBBC: FundingMy Lords, the convention in this House is to shout “Stowell”, but I am very grateful to my noble friend Lord Vaizey for his support. The Communications and Digital Committee…17 Jan 2024HANSARDParliamentary Democracy and Standards in Public LifeMy Lords, I too think the Post Office scandal is instructive and I will use it to make my point, which is different to my noble friend’s. The excellent ITV drama illustrates…11 Jan 2024HANSARDAI-generated Public ServicesMy Lords, I too am optimistic about AI, but I am also concerned about leaving people behind. I refer my noble friend to the report about digital exclusion published earlier this…14 Dec 2023HANSARDPedicabs (London) Bill [HL]My Lords, as the Committee knows, I am supportive of this Bill because it brings in provision for the regulation of pedicabs. I will leave it to my noble friend the Minister to…11 Dec 2023HANSARDPedicabs (London) Bill [HL]I agree. Their legal use is being made possible by stealth, basically. That is why people continue to use them with impunity. They know—or, presumably, they assume—that nobody…11 Dec 2023HANSARDPedicabs (London) Bill [HL]That being the case, is there any instruction, guidance or request that the Government can make of the police in the intervening period to enforce the law around the private use…11 Dec 2023HANSARDPedicabs (London) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am hugely grateful to my noble friend for what he just said and welcome it very much. In considering whether this should be added to the Bill would he share with us…11 Dec 2023