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HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I am going to be extremely brief as I think we are all anxious to move towards seeing whether the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, will move his previous amendment to a vote.…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lady Bakewell has clearly set out our support for Amendment 104 by the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, and Amendments 109 and 115 by the noble Earl, Lord…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI am sorry to intervene again. The Minister is really confirming what the IPO has advised in its forward look. The Minister is saying, “Yes, this is important, but we are not…13 Mar 2024HANSARDMinisters: Legal CostsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of taxpayer-funded legal costs incurred by Government Ministers, following the recent libel settlement funded by the…12 Mar 2024HANSARDMinisters: Legal CostsMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. The Prime Minister put it rather differently. He said “it is a long-standing convention stretching back many years … that the…12 Mar 2024HANSARDMinisters: Legal CostsMy Lords, is this not another case of the Government marking their own homework? What is the Government’s ethics adviser saying about this? Have the Government taken a proper view…12 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow that piece of logic. I do not need to speak for very long in support of the many important amendments that have been spoken to in this group.…11 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, this is a very straightforward group, and I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, and the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, on having persuaded the Government to move…11 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill11 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his response to the various amendments. I will be extremely brief; there will probably be quite a few votes now. I thank him for a full…11 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill11 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, the Minister gave a disappointing response in Committee to my amendment on exemplary damages in collective proceedings. In explaining the Government’s decision, he said:…11 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I am sorry to interrupt the Minister but the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, and I would be keen—despite the dinner hour approaching—to know a bit more about the Minister’s…11 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, that is rather better than the ministerial “in due course”. That is all I can say.11 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI am sorry my Lords; I regret to keep interrogating the Minister, but there is a clear separation, I assume, between a review as to whether or not regulation is required, in the…11 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillBefore the Minister stands up, I will add to that. The Minister used the word “research”, which I thought was extraordinary. “Research” is a flabby kind of expression in these…11 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that response. Even on an empty stomach, there are things to be taken away from what the Minister said. I score him two and a half out of four…11 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 12 and support Amendments 14, 23, 34 and 60, which will no doubt be spoken to in more detail by their proponents. Last week, several things…11 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection Act 2018 (Amendment of Schedule 2 Exemptions) Regulations 2024I am sorry; the Minister seems to be moving on from the impact issue. Clearly there was a period when the old regulation, which is now being superseded, was in operation and…05 Mar 2024HANSARDData Protection Act 2018 (Amendment of Schedule 2 Exemptions) Regulations 2024My Lords, this set of regulations is a step forward, but with all the caveats that my noble friend made, and I have some more. As the Minister confirmed, these regulations are the…05 Mar 2024