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HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]10 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, the problem is that I have a 10-minute speech and there are five minutes left before Hansard leaves us, so is it sensible to draw stumps at this point? I have not…10 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]Can the Minister say whether this will be a Bill, a draft Bill or a consultation?10 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister. She covered quite a lot of ground and all of us will have to read Hansard quite carefully. However, it is somewhat horrifying that, for a Bill of…10 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I start with an apology, because almost every amendment in this group is one of mine and I am afraid I have quite a long speech to make about the different amendments,…10 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]So am I.10 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support Amendments 70 to 72, which I signed, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara. I absolutely share his view about the impact of Clause 68 on…10 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for her response. I should say at the outset that, although I may have led the group, it is clear that the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, leads the pack as far…10 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thought I had no speech; that would have been terrible. In moving my amendment, I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Kidron and Lady Harding of Winscombe, and the noble…10 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]Perhaps I should stay that this kind of enthusiasm clearly conquers all. I should thank a former Minister, the noble Lord, Lord Kamall, and I thank the noble Baroness, Lady…10 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I welcome the noble Viscount to the sceptics’ club because he has clearly had a damascene conversion. It may be that this goes too far. I am slightly concerned, like…10 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]Perhaps another aspect the Minister could speak to is whether this will be coming very shortly, shortly or imminently.10 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I share the confusion of the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, about the groupings. If we are not careful, we are going to keep returning to this issue again and again over…10 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving Amendment 51, I will also speak to Amendments 52, 53, 54 and 209 in my name, which seek to create new criminal offences under the Bill. The first is the…03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister. I was quite amused in listening to the noble Viscount, Lord Camrose. I thought about the halcyon days of listening to the language that he used…03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I only come up with the really positive ones.03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, of course I welcome the fact that the Bill will enable people to register a death in person and online, which was a key recommendation from the UK Commission on…03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for that response, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson—at least, I think I do—for his contribution. I have clearly worked on far too many…03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]03 Dec 2024