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HANSARDMusicians and Creative Professionals: Working in the European UnionMy Lords, the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, aided and abetted by many of those who have taken part in today’s debate, has been raising these issues for well over two years now. I…07 Jul 2022HANSARDClearview AI IncMy Lords, is not the bottom line that Clearview AI should have no business dealing with our public authorities, whether the police, schools or otherwise? Should not the Government…05 Jul 2022HANSARDClearview AI IncTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the decision by the Information Commissioner’s Office to fine and issue an enforcement notice against Clearview…05 Jul 2022HANSARDClearview AI IncMy Lords, Clearview is a US company that is in clear breach of data protection laws, collects facial images for its database without our knowledge or consent, uses it to train its…05 Jul 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillFirst, is it the case that the Bill will be changed on Report, or are we talking about a new piece of legislation? Secondly, have the Government made any estimate of the number of…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, on these Benches, we support the amendments introduced by the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, with his expertise both as a valuer and surveyor and as a site provider. I well…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI am sorry to interrupt the Minister. As he knows, certainty is absolutely crucial for business. What is always created when new legislation supersedes old legislation is…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34. This may well be another part of the Bill where we have differing views about the balance to be struck between…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, the Minister is making exactly the same case as the Commons Minister, Julia Lopez, made on this there. What about the circumstances that I mentioned, where you might be…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I want to mainly talk about Amendment 19 put forward by the noble Lord, Lord Bassam. Before doing so, I say that I have some considerable sympathy for the noble…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, following that very provocative statement from the noble Lord, Lord Vaizey, I will not go into great detail about Amendments 17A and 17B because they have not been…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI shall speak to Amendments 47, 49 and 50, and I support the amendments in this group to which the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, has just spoken: Amendments 45 and 48. As regards…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, we clearly have some clearing up to do between Committee and Report on who said what and who supports what. I too was quite surprised to hear that the CLA would be…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am sorry to intervene again, but of course I will not be responding at the end of the group. The Minister is saying that the whole idea is to get these hearings as…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I should just say that it is not my role to make friends among my colleagues in the legal profession; it is to try to get the right result out of the Bill. I have just…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I cannot believe that the noble Lord believes that it is reasonable to reduce the rent by 90%. There may be community benefits. However, I will come on to whether the…29 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillThe Minister is saying that it is retrospective and therefore exactly the effects that I mentioned will take place—that a contract can effectively be torn up.29 Jun 2022HANSARDMedia LiteracyMy Lords, I remind the Minister that, as recently as April, his department was making the case for more powers for Ofcom in its Year 2 Online Media Literacy Action Plan , so the…20 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I start by thanking the Minister for his comprehensive introduction. We have had a really well-informed debate today; it has, in the words of the noble Lord, Lord…06 Jun 2022