Contributions
1,307 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his response. It was useful to be reminded by the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, of his antecedents. I remember many happy hours discussing…01 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade Bill01 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, in the digital era in particular, intellectual property is the lifeblood of our creative and tech industries. As the Alliance for Intellectual Property points out, the…01 Oct 2020HANSARDIntellectual Property (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I, too, thank the Minister for his introduction and I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Naseby, for raising points on the Explanatory Memorandum because it means that…14 Sept 2020HANSARDMusic IndustryMy Lords, at a minimum, the furlough and SEIS schemes should be extended, but we need to go further. The Prime Minister in his Statement yesterday outlined plans to pilot mass…10 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Artificial IntelligenceMy Lords, the AI Barometer talks of low levels of public trust being one fundamental barrier to the use of AI in both public and private sectors. Trust in government use of AI has…09 Sept 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 69 in my name. Our creative industries are hugely successful, generating over £111 billion for the UK economy. Over the past decade, the sector…09 Sept 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, I hope that the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, will not mind if I intervene briefly before he speaks. I do not think that the Minister can be in any doubt about the powerful…09 Sept 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I add my own welcome and congratulations to the Minister and to the right reverend Prelate. I share all the concerns expressed by my noble friends and many noble Lords…08 Sept 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, as we have heard loud and clear today, this Bill is fraught with many critical flaws that the Government must address. However, I will focus on the concerns that have…02 Sept 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, I share all the criticisms made by my noble friends but I shall focus on the potentially hugely detrimental impact on the higher education, cultural and tech sectors of…22 Jul 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 157, of which I am a signatory and which was so well proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Holmes. As we all agreed during the passage of the…21 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, Amendment 52, which I have signed and strongly support, is similar but different, in a crucial respect, to the one which the noble Baroness and I tabled in Committee. I…20 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, I shall speak briefly in support of Amendment 15, which was so cogently moved by my noble friend and spoken to so persuasively by her co-signatories. In Committee, the…20 Jul 2020HANSARDDigital Platforms: Impact on DemocracyMy Lords, the Select Committee chaired by the noble Lord, Lord Puttnam, rightly says: “The digital and social media landscape is dominated by two behemoths—Facebook and Google ……16 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, I strongly support Amendment 51 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt. As a result of lockdown, many theatre and music venues are struggling. The Royal Exchange…14 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, I speak in support of Amendment 44, so well introduced by the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe. As she emphasised, it is a deregulatory amendment that entirely fits…13 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, I am speaking very strongly in favour of Amendment 18, so cogently introduced by my noble friend Lady Northover. This debate takes me back almost 20 years to the passage…13 Jul 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillMy Lords, the purpose of the amendment is extremely clear and should be welcomed by the Government. It is to ensure that the code is fit for the purpose of delivering the…29 Jun 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillAs ever, my noble friend Lord Fox and the noble Lords, Lord Holmes and Lord Stevenson, have put their finger on the issues. I was going to ask the Minister how she thought the…29 Jun 2020