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HANSARDJudicial Pensions and Fee-Paid Judges’ Pension Schemes (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2020My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for his comprehensive introduction. We are all understudies now—I had a crash course on judicial pensions over the weekend. Learning up on…23 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Business Interruption InsuranceMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. I, too, have read the statement from the ABI. This is a major issue which has rightly received extensive and negative attention in…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Business Interruption InsuranceTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration it has given to the ability of entertainment and hospitality businesses to claim on their business interruption insurance…17 Mar 2020HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Live Facial RecognitionMy Lords, the Home Office and the Met seem absolutely determined to ignore all the advice they have been getting from the Information Commissioner, RUSI and many others. To cap it…16 Mar 2020HANSARDArtistic Content: Copyright ProtectionMy Lords, in contrast to the Government’s present intention not to implement the copyright directive, the Culture Minister, Nigel Adams, said in January: “It is imperative that we…02 Mar 2020HANSARDArtistic Content: Copyright ProtectionTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that United Kingdom creators of artistic content have the same level of copyright protection as those working…02 Mar 2020HANSARDHighgate Cemetery Bill [HL]My Lords—12 Feb 2020HANSARDAlgorithms: Public Sector Decision-makingMy Lords, I take entirely the noble Lord’s point, but there is a big distinction between what the Government can do about the use of algorithms in the public sector and what the…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAlgorithms: Public Sector Decision-makingMy Lords, first, a big thank you to all noble Lords who are taking part in the debate this evening. Over the past few years we have seen a substantial increase in the adoption of…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAlgorithms: Public Sector Decision-makingTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to assess the full implications of decision-making and prediction by algorithm in the public sector.12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]My Lords, I would like to put on record the considerable disappointment on these Benches that the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport will not be making an…12 Feb 2020HANSARDFishery Protection SquadronMy Lords—12 Feb 2020HANSARDNHS: DataMy Lords, I hope that the Minister has been celebrating Data Protection Day today. We received very similar assurances during the passage of the Data Protection Bill but we now…28 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS: DataTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of compliance by the National Health Service with (1) the General Data Protection Regulation, (2) the Data Ethics…28 Jan 2020HANSARDFacial Recognition SurveillanceMy Lords, I confess to being rather baffled by the Government’s agreement to this. Only in September, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner said in the context of live facial…27 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, since we have just had the 12 days of Christmas, I want to use my five minutes to suggest 12 digital priorities for action by this new Government in the context of the…09 Jan 2020HANSARDDigital CompetitionTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the recommendations of the report of the Digital Competition Expert Panel, Unlocking Digital Competition ,…05 Nov 2019HANSARDDigital CompetitionMy Lords, it is clear that big tech platforms are gaining enormous market power, particularly in data and digital advertising. Is it not now vital that we recognise the importance…05 Nov 2019HANSARDShared Rural NetworkMy Lords, the Minister leads me very neatly on to my question. It is important that we remember previous pledges, one in particular about broadband. When standing for the…28 Oct 2019HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, yesterday my noble friend Lady Bonham-Carter covered a range of aspects of arts and creative industry policy, so I will focus on digital policy during today’s debate—but…22 Oct 2019