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HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, an onlooker might be forgiven for not perceiving a common theme in this group of amendments, but I thank the Minister for his introduction and the noble Viscounts for…12 May 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have had a misspent not-so-youth over the past 50 years. As a lawyer, when I read the wording in the amendment, I cannot see the outcome that he is suggesting. This…12 May 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the three noble Baronesses, and I too congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Owen, on her magnificent and successful campaign to outlaw the…12 May 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, it has been a privilege to listen to today’s debate. The noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, really has opened the floodgates to expressions of support for human creativity. I…12 May 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, first, I congratulate the Law Commission for its work on this Bill. The noble Lord, Lord Anderson, has mentioned the almost 1,000 pages of work from the Law Commission,…08 May 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: Public ServicesBack in January, the Blueprint for Modern Digital Government stated the intention to establish “an AI adoption unit to build and deploy AI into public services, growing AI…06 May 2025HANSARDAI: Child Sexual Abuse MaterialMy Lords, the Children’s Commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza, and the IWF have both called for a total ban on apps which allow nudification, where photos of real people are edited…30 Apr 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, I, too, add to our congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, who was a very good chair. It was a very harmonious committee, as these Law Commission Committees…30 Apr 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am a great admirer of the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, and his passion for all things digital. But this is a good yet very modest Bill, and I not sure that we need…30 Apr 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, I can be extremely brief because I agree with much of what the noble Viscount, Lord Stansgate, has had to say. The noble Lord, Lord Holmes, is nothing if not consistent.…30 Apr 2025HANSARDAI: Cross-sector LegislationMy Lords, the Government failed to sign up to the declaration signed by 60 other countries at the recent Paris AI Action Summit. How much confidence can that now give us that any…29 Apr 2025HANSARDMathematical SciencesMy Lords, in addition to the cuts mentioned by the noble Lord, Lord Waldegrave, the Government have withdrawn funding from the planned national academy for the mathematical…02 Apr 2025HANSARDApple: Advanced Data Protection ServiceMy Lords, further on a non-operational matter, are the Government always clear that their actions conform to the judgment of Podchasov v Russia by the European Court of Human…31 Mar 2025HANSARDElectronic Communications (Networks and Services) (Designated Vendor Directions) (Penalties) Order 2025My Lords, I thank the Minister for her introduction to this draft statutory instrument; it was brief and to the point. These penalties will be able to reach 10% of turnover or…25 Mar 2025HANSARDElectronic Communications (Networks and Services) (Designated Vendor Directions) (Penalties) Order 2025Is the Minister confident that the 2027 deadline will be met; that no vendor, purchaser or telecoms company will be caught by the Act; that no fines will be levied; and that what…25 Mar 2025HANSARDEuropean Convention on Human Rights: 75th AnniversaryMy Lords, I declare an interest as an adviser to DLA Piper on AI policy and regulation. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for not only securing this debate but opening it with…20 Mar 2025HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy Lords, I am afraid that the noble Baroness, Lady Hazarika, has made it almost impossible to start a debate by saying “My Lords” any more. We will obviously have to change our…06 Mar 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025At end insert “but that this House regrets that the Regulations do not impose duties available under the parent Act on small, high-risk platforms where harmful content, often…24 Feb 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025My Lords, I shall be extremely brief. I thank all noble Lords who have contributed this evening. The noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, used the expression “emotions raised”. That is…24 Feb 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025My Lords, I am very pleased to see the Minister back in her place. I thank her for her introduction to this statutory instrument. Her disappointment at my tabling this regret…24 Feb 2025