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HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I associate these Benches with the introduction by the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, support her amendments and, likewise, hope that they form part of the package that is…22 Jun 2023HANSARDHolocaust MemorialMy Lords, I very much share the views of my noble friend Lord Lee and the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, on this out-of-scale proposal, especially in relation to the Buxton…22 Jun 2023HANSARDNHS Procurement: Palantir ContractMy Lords, the Minister talked about the plumbing, but is it not the case that, with this further contract, which has had no tendering, Palantir’s Foundry system is further…22 Jun 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, this has been a very moving debate for a very important cause. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, for introducing it in the way that she did, along with those who…22 Jun 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillThat would be useful.22 Jun 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, this has been an interesting debate, though one of two halves, if not three. The noble Lord, Lord Bethell, introduced his amendment in a very measured way. My noble…22 Jun 2023HANSARDScience and Technology Superpower (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register, in particular as chair of the council of Queen Mary University of London. This has been a wide-ranging debate,…07 Jun 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, this is the most miscellaneous of all the groups that we have had, so it has rightly been labelled as such—and the competition has been pretty strong. I want to come…25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am so sorry. With due respect to the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, reminded me that his Amendments 202ZA and 210A, late entrants into the…25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillIt may be helpful to the Minister to just repeat the terms of the amendment itself. If you reverse the point and do not have intent, you would still need to consider “Whether a…25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, alongside others, I very much welcome government Amendment 135A and how the Minister introduced it. But there is a big “but” as regards much of the rest of what he said.…25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillFreedom of expression.25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I am going to be extremely brief given the extremely compelling way that these amendments have been introduced by the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan, and the noble Lord,…25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI absolutely take what the noble Lord is saying, and I am not saying that the platforms do not have responsibility. Of course they do: the whole Bill is about the platforms taking…25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I strongly support the amendment in the names of the noble Lords, Lord Knight and Lord Stevenson, as well as my noble friend Lady Featherstone. The essence of the…25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I rise to support Amendment 134, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, which was so ably introduced by the noble Baroness, Lady Merron. The Government accepted the…25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 124 but also to Amendments 126 and 227, all of which were tabled by my noble friend Lord McNally and supported by the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey.…23 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his responses to the number of different issues that he has been asked about after he sat down, so to speak, which I think have been taken on…23 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill23 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Bethell, who is clearly passionate about this aspect. As the noble Baroness, Lady Harding, said, this is one of the most…23 May 2023