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HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, we have heard some of the really consistent advocates for children’s online protection today. I must say that I had not realised that the opportunity of signing the…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]We take that as a yes.21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I apologise for interrupting the Minister, in what sounded almost like full flow. I am sure that he was so eager to move his amendment. In moving Amendment 17, I will speak also…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for that considered reply. It went into more detail than the letter he sent to the two committees, so I am grateful for that, and it illuminated the…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]Well, that is something to look forward to.21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I do not think the noble Baroness, Lady Harding, lost the audience at all; she made an excellent case. Before speaking in support of the noble Baroness, I should say,…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 28, 29, 33, 34 and 36. I give notice that I will only speak formally to Amendment 33. For some reason, it seems to have escaped this group and…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, before the Minister sits down, I was given considerable assurance between Committee and Report that a code of practice, drawn up with the ICO, would be quite detailed in…21 Jan 2025HANSARDPublic Authority Algorithmic and Automated Decision-Making Systems Bill [HL]That the order of commitment be discharged.20 Jan 2025HANSARDPublic Authority Algorithmic and Automated Decision-Making Systems Bill [HL]My Lords, I understand that no amendments have been set down to this Bill and that no noble Lord has indicated a wish to move a manuscript amendment or to speak in Committee.…20 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanMy Lords, I also welcome this plan, perhaps with rather less baggage than the Conservative Benches. The Prime Minister and the Secretary of State invoked Babbage, Lovelace,…16 Jan 2025HANSARDOnline SafetyMy Lords, the Minister’s response is somewhat baffling. Given the amendment to the Bill as it passed through the House, as a result of the amendment from the noble Baroness, Lady…16 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall be #even shorter. Data centres and their energy consumption are important issues. I agree that at a suitable moment—probably not now—it would be very interesting…18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pity that this debate is taking place so late. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Arbuthnot, for his kind remarks, but my work ethic feels under considerable pressure…18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have far too little time to do justice to this subject. We on these Benches welcome this amendment. It is entirely consistent with the sovereign health fund proposed…18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord for that. He is anticipating a paragraph in my notes, which says that, although it is not set out in the amendments, robust enforcement of these provisions…18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]Before the Minister sits down or stands up or whatever the appropriate phrase should be, I very much hope that, since the previous Government gave that indication, this Government…18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, listening to the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, is often an education, and today is no exception. I had no idea what local environmental records centres were, so I shall be…18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, the trouble with this House is that some have long memories. The noble Earl, Lord Erroll, reminded us all to look back, with real regret, at the Digital Economy Act and…18 Dec 2024