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HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner, and I thank all hon. Members taking part in the Committee as well as the officials. As the Minister said, this is the…04 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)We support technical amendments to the Bill to make sure it works properly, but I am intrigued why these amendments are necessary at such a late stage, bearing in mind the…04 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I apologise, Mr Turner: I misspoke earlier with regard to our position on the Government amendments. Rather than offering positive support, I meant to say that we will not oppose…04 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank the Minister for giving way. I appreciate that it is a technical question and I hope he is able to give a response. Equally, I appreciate that he may have to write to me…04 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Digital verification services are important, and will make a big change when rolled out as part of this legislation. The provision is entirely right, particularly on the…04 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Amendments 10 and 11 seek to remove certain provisions that were introduced in Committee in the other place. I thank Sex Matters for its work, but also many people in this policy…04 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)What is the point of politics if we do not have a debate? We strongly disagree with the interpretation that the provisions are somehow incompatible with ECHR rights. They totally…04 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Will the code of practice include information on the proportionate disclosure of data through the DVS scheme?04 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I am not going to rehash the previous debates. Clearly, the Committee has made its decision, no matter how disappointing that is. I just wanted to pick up the Minister’s previous…04 Mar 2025HANSARDDefence and SecurityI thank the Prime Minister for his statement, and for acknowledging that although what has been said today is very important, he and the Government will need to come back to us on…25 Feb 2025HANSARD UkraineDoes the Minister not agree that the lesson to draw from this is the importance of military strength, working with all our NATO and European allies, but critically being able to…13 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]The shadow DSIT team, including our shadow Secretary of State, have met representatives of industry in general. I have met representatives of the creative industries, and I am…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]Our position is pretty much exactly as I have just set out in my speech. A Government consultation is under way that presents four options, including the Government’s preferred…12 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]As a self-professed data geek— [ Interruption. ] The Minister looks quite surprised at that. Well, I am now self-professing myself as a data geek, and it is a real pleasure to…12 Feb 2025HANSARDImproving Access to Public ServicesThe Secretary of State’s plans to improve Government services depend on the cloud. In the light of the Competition and Markets Authority decision to assess whether Amazon Web…12 Feb 2025HANSARD Avian InfluenzaAgain, we rely on the facilities at the Animal and Plant Health Agency, based in New Haw in my constituency, and we thank it for its work. A few weeks ago, I asked the Minister if…30 Jan 2025HANSARD Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (Money)Unfortunately, this debate and the circumstances of this money resolution are a manifest example of the concerns I have raised about this Bill and the process of taking it…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Russian Maritime Activity and UK ResponseI thank the Secretary of State for his statement about Russia’s activities, which are concerning but not surprising. I am chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Nordic…22 Jan 2025HANSARDSouthport AttackI thank the Home Secretary for her statement, and of course, the victims and all those affected are very much in our thoughts and prayers. Nothing we say should detract from the…21 Jan 2025HANSARDFoot and Mouth DiseaseYet again, we rely on the fantastic people at the Animal and Plant Health Agency, which is based in New Haw in my constituency, despite its slightly confusing name. Will the…15 Jan 2025