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HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, this grouping deals with the complex landscape of remotely stored electronic data, or what is commonly known as cloud access. Government amendments in this group, such…15 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe noble Lord, Lord Anderson, will respond shortly, but I am sure the Minister realises that he cannot sit down quite yet. He talked about the process, the statutory guidance and…15 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, all I will say is that, faced with an abundance of caution—that is to say, if in doubt— “give the police powers” is not an approach that is particularly favoured on…15 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Doocey for eliciting a very useful debate, as was the intention. I particularly welcome some of the comments made by the noble Lord, Lord…15 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am afraid that noble Lords are going to get the full set today. I support my noble friend’s Amendment 396, which is the meat of this group of amendments. It was…15 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am sorry to interrupt. The Minister is clearly getting to the end of what he has to say. What raised my eyebrows reading Clause 129 is the fact that these powers have…15 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillVery briefly, I do not think that the noble Lord is making a bad case at all. Live facial recognition, whether in the hands of the public sector or the private sector, needs a…15 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillIf the noble Lord accepts the fact that controls are required, which he did not in his earlier comments, I think he would be greatly reassured if you had to have judicial…15 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, this group addresses the extension of warrantless search powers for electronically tracked stolen goods to the service police, in Clause 129, alongside civilian police,…15 Jan 2026HANSARDSocial Media: Non-consensual Sexual DeepfakesMy Lords, we on the Liberal Democrat Benches welcome the Secretary of State’s Statement, as well as her commitment to bring the new offence of creating or requesting…14 Jan 2026HANSARDAI Systems: RisksMy Lords, at that point, I will just interrupt the Minister before the witching hour. The Minister has reiterated the approach to focus governance on the user—that is, the…08 Jan 2026HANSARDAI Systems: RisksMy Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Fairfax of Cameron, for initiating this important and timely debate. As a signatory to the AI Red Lines initiative, I agree very much…08 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am pleased to support Amendments 366 and 538, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Jackson, and introduced so cogently by the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe. I thank her…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, Amendment 360 seeks to introduce statutory defences to charges under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, again for his support. He has…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThat is a very useful offer for those who are involved in or have an interest in pushing this agenda forward. As the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Jones, also emphasised following…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, we strongly support Amendment 358 in the names of the noble Lords, Lord Vaux, Lord Young of Cookham and Lord Holmes of Richmond, and the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan of…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, my Amendment 359 would create a new offence of digital identity theft. I am very pleased that the noble Lord, Lord Holmes of Richmond, has signed and supports it. The…07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill07 Jan 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, unusually, light is flooding through the windows of the Home Office, and I thank the Minister, but I shall come back to what he had to say. First, I thank the noble…07 Jan 2026HANSARDComputer-generated Child Sexual Abuse MaterialMy Lords, given the recent experience with AI platforms such as Grok generating unacceptable non-consensual sexual images and the warnings from the Internet Watch Foundation, I…07 Jan 2026