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HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, my noble friend Lady Kidron has been inspiring during the passage of the Bill. She has inspired me to take up the cudgels on behalf of our creative industries: writers,…11 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]Leave out from “49F” to end and insert “, do disagree with the Commons in their Amendments 49P, 49Q, 49R, 49S and 49T and do propose Amendment 49U as an amendment in lieu of…11 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for her comments. I will come back to that in a moment. First, I would like to thank the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, once again for so passionately…11 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Knight, misses one or two points. My noble friend Lady Kidron has made it clear that this is her last stand, so nobody is suggesting that noble…04 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I do not intend to repeat what I said last time, the Minister will be pleased to hear, but there are one or two things that have arisen today which I wish to address. We…02 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]In supporting my noble friend Lady Kidron, I would like to make one or two things clear. The creative industries are not against AI. Filmmakers, television producers, composers…19 May 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Black, mentioned Beethoven. In declaring my interests as a composer, I should also mention that I have acted as an expert witness in cases of…12 May 2025HANSARDEU-UK Summit: Visa Waiver AgreementLet us get back to the broader issues—and one of them is this. Culture, whether it be music, dance or drama, depends on the exchange of ideas. What we have at the moment is a…08 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I was prepared to put my name to this amendment because I believe that the whole nature of the creative industries, and theatre and festivals in particular, depends on…29 Apr 2025HANSARDTackling Violence Against Women and Girls: FundingMy Lords, one of the reasons that some groups still think that young girls should be subjected to female genital mutilation is because they believe they are religiously instructed…28 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI was here earlier.24 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, as someone who farms, albeit not on the same scale as the noble Lords who have spoken thus far, or indeed anywhere near it, I am very sensitive to the requirement for…24 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I apologise to the Committee for speaking prematurely. I speak as someone—I should declare this interest—who has a small farm, as I said earlier, which is very small in…24 Apr 2025HANSARDNational Centre for Arts and Music EducationMy Lords, as my noble friend Lady Bull and the Minister have said, AI could be very important. However, as my noble friend will remember from her days as a dancer, and speaking as…23 Apr 2025HANSARDFemale Genital MutilationTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the prevalence of female genital mutilation nationally.25 Mar 2025HANSARDFemale Genital MutilationI thank the noble Lord for that Answer. Although the biggest battle to eliminate FGM lies in sub-Saharan Africa, as the figures show, we cannot afford to be complacent in this…25 Mar 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I am only marginally less shocked than the noble and learned Baroness. The reason for that is that I regularly visited a friend in an adult ward, suffering, funnily…24 Feb 2025HANSARDUK-EU RelationsMy Lords, we had a useful debate on this subject a few days ago, and I noted very considerable agreement on the creative industries, as the noble Baroness mentioned. But I ask her…13 Feb 2025HANSARDCreative Industries: Creating Jobs and Productivity GrowthMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord; what welcome news we have just heard. We have already heard three extremely potent speeches and I agree with everything that has been said. I…06 Feb 2025HANSARDEurope: Youth MobilityMy Lords, I welcome the noble Lord, Lord Moraes, and very much enjoyed hearing his soft Scottish accent. In fact, we have heard a duo of Scottish accents. We are discussing a…30 Jan 2025