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HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support Amendments 47 and 48, which I was delighted to see tabled by the noble Lords, Lord Holmes and Lord Arbuthnot. I have long argued for changes to the Computer…28 Jan 2025HANSARDInternet Activity: Energy UseDespite the Minister’s earlier Answer, nevertheless the Government are keen to see the building of data centres. Will the need for additional energy consumption form part of the…27 Jan 2025HANSARDCompetition and Markets Authority ChairmanMy Lords, I welcome the Minister to Questions. The Chancellor has said that every regulator, no matter in what sector, has a part to play by tearing down the regulatory barriers…27 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, we have waited with bated breath for the Minister to share his hand, and I very much hope that he will reveal the nature of his bountiful offer of a code of practice on…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas, whose intervention I very much appreciated, particularly at this time of the evening, talked about a fresh pair of eyes. What…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for his very considered response. In the same way as the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, I take it that, effectively, the Minister is pledging to…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 37 is on the subject of data adequacy, which has been a consistent issue throughout the passage of the Bill. The mechanism put forward in the amendment would…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for his response. It would be very reassuring if it was our own fresh pair of eyes rather than across the North Sea. That is all I can say as far as that is…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, this is clearly box-office material, as ever. I support Amendment 1 tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, on inferred data. Like her, I regret that we do not have…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, is setting a cracking pace this afternoon, and I am delighted to support her amendments and speak to them. Citizens should have the…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]Again before the Minister sits down—I am sure he will not be able to sit down for long—would he open that invitation to a slightly wider group?21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 7 and 9. Amendment 7 would require the Secretary of State to lay the DVS trust framework before Parliament. Given the volume of sensitive data…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I am sorry to interrupt the Minister. He is equating digital identity theft to fraud, and that is not always the case. Is that the advice that he has received?21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I am sorry to interrupt the Minister again, but could he therefore confirm that, by reiterating his previous view that the Secretary of State should not have to bring the…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the conclusions of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee and the Constitution Committee, and I beg leave to seek the opinion of the House.21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for these two technical amendments. I take this opportunity to thank him also for responding to correspondence about LinesearchbeforeUdig and its…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is almost impossible to better the arguments put forward by the noble Viscount, Lord Colville, and the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, so I am not even going to try. The…21 Jan 2025