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HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillI may have missed something, but can I just check that the Minister will deal with the matter of signals, which he mentioned at the beginning of his response? Will he deal with…22 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, it is all about the relative importance and the weighting. Maybe that is a good illustration of where the Government are not getting their weighting correct for the…22 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillThe Minister used the expression “when the evidence emerges”, as did the noble Viscount, Lord Camrose, in another context last week. I would have thought that these organisations…22 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillIt is a trifecta, actually—that is a betting term.22 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, I would of course much prefer Clause 128 not to stand part, but we were just privileged by a master class from the noble Baroness, Lady Sherlock. She talked about these…22 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, I am sorry to interrupt the Minister but, throughout these two groups, he has, in a sense, introduced wholly new concepts. We have “test and learn”, “filtering”—which…22 Apr 2024HANSARDArtificial Intelligence in Weapon Systems Committee ReportMy Lords, I add to the congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Lisvane, on his excellent chairing of the committee and his outstanding introduction today. I thank the staff and…19 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, I start today with probably the most innocuous of the amendments, which is that Clause 44 should not stand part. Others are more significant, but its purpose, if one can…17 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, just so that the Minister might get a little note, I will ask a question. He has explained what is possible—what can be done—but not why the Government still resist…17 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillPerhaps the Minister could in due course say what evidence would help to persuade the Government to adopt the article.17 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, is the Minister saying that there is absolutely no confusion between the jurisdiction of the tribunals and the courts? That is, no court has come to a different…17 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillSo was I.17 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his response. I have surprised myself: I have taken something positive away from the Bill. The noble Baroness, Lady Jones, was quite right to be…17 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that very careful exposition. I feel that we are heavily into wet towel, if not painkiller, territory here, because this is a tricky area. As…17 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, this is quite a disparate group of amendments. I support Amendment 195ZA, which I have signed. I thought that the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, and the noble Lords, Lord…17 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillIs the Minister saying that, as a result of the Equality Act, there is an absolute right to that analogue—if you like—form of identification if, for instance, someone does not…17 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, in essence, the Minister is admitting that there is a gap when somebody who does not have access to digital services needs an identity to deal with the private sector.…17 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillWe always enjoy having input from the Home Office.17 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, the clause stand part amendment was clearly probing. Does the Minister have anything to say about the relationship with OneLogin? Is he saying that it is only…17 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillThat is a good reassurance, but if the Minister wants to unpack that further by correspondence, I would be very happy to have that.17 Apr 2024