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HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, having, I hope, studiously maintained my neutrality throughout these debates, I must say that my spine has been rather stiffened by the noble Lords, Lord Holmes of…03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 10 in my name relates to the Long Title, which currently reads: “To make provision about the types of things that are capable of being objects of personal…03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, this group and the following group take us to the heart of the debate concerning the Bill. In their different ways, they address the issue of the extent to which the…03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, this amendment facilitated a debate and, if I may say so, a particularly interesting one. It was a particular pleasure to hear not only from every member of the…03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, both amendments in this group are tabled in my name. Before I speak to them, as chair of the Special Public Bill Committee on this Bill I express my thanks on the…03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful once again to all noble Lords who took part in this short debate, in particular, I think, to the Minister for batting on to me the profound question of the…03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, Acts of Parliament, unlike judicial declarations of the common law, are presumed to be prospective-only in their effect. The Law Commission expressed the opinion in its…03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]I thank all noble Lords once again who have contributed to this interesting debate. It struck me, listening to the debate, that the Bill is already greatly scaled down from the…03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, from scaling down the ambitions of the Bill, we turn now to scaling them up. Amendment 5 illustrates another substantial segment of the opinions put to us from those who…03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate. Many warm words were exchanged, but I think that it is fair to say that not many of them were reserved for this…03 Feb 2025HANSARDTerrorism (Protection of Premises) BillMy Lords, this Bill has been forged in reaction to a despicable terrorist attack, dignified by the name of one of its victims, promoted by his courageous mother and subject to a…07 Jan 2025HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I support Amendment 133, to which the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, has just spoken and to which I put my name. This evening’s inaugural Lord Judge memorial lecture in legal…20 Nov 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I add my voice of welcome to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hermer, whose fine reputation at the Bar precedes him. I believe he will be a worthy successor as…23 Jul 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillI do not know whether I can help. I agree with the noble Baroness: I do not think it is very clear from paragraph 1(1) that there is a regulation-making power. However, if you…24 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillI apologise; I did not make myself clear. I think that we are on entirely the same wavelength on the persons to whom an information notice can be given; the Minister has reassured…24 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillI am grateful to the Minister—I am just trying to catch up. On the point that he made about regulations, I imagine that the power to prescribe the descriptions of persons to whom…24 Apr 2024