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HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill29 Jun 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her response. I particularly thank the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, and the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, and the noble Lord, Lord…29 Jun 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillMy Lords, it is a mixed pleasure to be back in the Chamber. In her speech in Committee on 19 May, the Minister said in response to my amendment: “I believe that the noble Lords…29 Jun 2020HANSARDCompetition and Markets AuthorityMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Tyrie, and Professor Furman have clearly spelled out the challenges of the digital age. I heard what the Minister said on this, but do the…25 Jun 2020HANSARDData StrategyMy Lords, the Government’s call for evidence on digital identity was issued in July 2019; it rightly emphasised the importance of public trust and the role that a successful…24 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Test and Trace AppMy Lords, I hope that the Minister understands the anger at the Government’s and NHSX’s sheer incompetence and lack of humility in what was rightly called a fiasco by the Daily…22 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Test and Trace AppTo ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the announcement made on 18 June regarding the switch in technology for the NHSX Covid-19 Test and Trace app, what is their…22 Jun 2020HANSARDChildren: Exposure to Harmful ContentMy Lords, the research carried out for the BBFC has revealed that, in lockdown, 47% of all children and teens—that is nearly half—have seen content that they wish they had not.…11 Jun 2020HANSARDChildren: Exposure to Harmful ContentTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the research by the British Board of Film Classification on the extent of exposure of children and teens to…11 Jun 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillI thank the Minister for that reply. It was a reply of some ingenuity, pulling together quite a number of different negative arguments against the amendment. I will briefly go…02 Jun 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillMy Lords, I will be extremely brief. I hope that the Minister will understand entirely the reason for this probing amendment. It arises from the way in which the compensation…02 Jun 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill02 Jun 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill19 May 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillMy Lords, we have heard some passionate speeches today, but, truth be told, this infrastructure Bill is about much more mundane matters. It is all about rights for operators…19 May 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill19 May 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her reply. For one nightmarish moment, when she started talking about connected land, limb A, limb B and so on, I thought that I was returning…19 May 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillMy Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 3, 4 and 5, but at the same time I will make some general comments on the Bill. I should explain that my noble friend Lord Fox will be…19 May 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillMy Lords, again, I shall be extremely brief in the hope of eliciting a positive and ambitious reply from the Minister. This measure will inevitably be frustrating for operators…19 May 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill19 May 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her response. As the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, implied, it was ironic that we were talking about fast, reliable, resilient broadband, in the…19 May 2020