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HANSARDFestival of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 2022No, my Lords, I do not agree. Sometimes museums have to do what the Mendoza review suggested—that is, to have a dynamic collections policy, which in some cases means getting rid…18 Mar 2019HANSARDFestival of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 2022The plans have not been made but I believe that the festival will take place across the whole year, so it will happen either side of the general election, if it takes place in…18 Mar 2019HANSARDFestival of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 2022My Lords, the festival of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is an exciting opportunity to celebrate creativity and innovation across the UK in 2022. The festival is still in the…18 Mar 2019HANSARDMobile Roaming (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 4 February be approved. Relevant document: 17th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (Sub-Committee B )14 Mar 2019HANSARDMobile Roaming (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I am slightly surprised that I am on my feet already. I thank noble Lords for their contributions. I will try to ask their specific questions before coming on to the…14 Mar 2019HANSARDMobile Roaming (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The noble Lord will find that the pound will fall, which of course benefits foreign tourism.14 Mar 2019HANSARDMobile Roaming (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is soon, verging on imminent.14 Mar 2019HANSARDPublic Authorities: AlgorithmsI understand that there are issues about facial recognition systems, which are often basically inaccurate. The essential point is that biometric data is classified as a special…14 Mar 2019HANSARDPublic Authorities: AlgorithmsIt is not completely fair to say that nothing has happened. In areas where personal data is used, for example, that has to be used lawfully under the aegis of the Data Protection…14 Mar 2019HANSARDPublic Authorities: AlgorithmsMy Lords, I am not an expert, but I am sure that the noble Lord can go back to his school days and remember from his study of Greek that Euclid was producing algorithms in 300 BC…14 Mar 2019HANSARDPublic Authorities: AlgorithmsMy Lords, there was no difficulty in finding a Minister in this House: answering the noble Lord’s very sensible Question was pinned on me at a very early stage. The point about…14 Mar 2019HANSARDPublic Authorities: AlgorithmsMy Lords, last year the Government published the Data Ethics Framework , which sets out clear principles and standards for how data is used in the public sector—an important tool…14 Mar 2019HANSARDMobile Roaming (EU Exit) Regulations 2019We have had discussions with operators, and it is correct that they have said that they have no plans to do that after Brexit. They have not said that if they are charged…14 Mar 2019HANSARDMobile Roaming (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I provided a brief outline of the Government’s proposals in my answers to the Urgent Question in the House on 7 February. Since then, these regulations have been agreed…14 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Museums and GalleriesI completely agree, and that is why, as I said in an Answer on tourism last week, the tourism sector deal concentrates on skills, recruitment and avoiding a high turnover in jobs.…04 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Museums and GalleriesMy Lords, DCMS is working with our world-leading national museums and galleries in England to evaluate the potential impacts of Brexit and supporting them as they develop and…04 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Museums and GalleriesMy Lords, I am not sure that the noble Baroness’s representation is completely correct. The case, as I understand it, was about workers and the employment tribunal has made a…04 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Museums and GalleriesMy Lords, I am not sure that the Museum of Liverpool is the only national museum outside London; there are the Science Museum Group, the Royal Armouries and the V&A that has just…04 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Museums and GalleriesI completely agree with my noble friend and this has been one of the issues that we have discussed with the museums and galleries. In fact, some of the contingency plans I…04 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Museums and GalleriesMy Lords, on the noble Lord’s first point about staff being abused, we were aware of that, particularly after the result of the referendum was announced, but we are not aware of…04 Mar 2019