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HANSARDLithium-ion Battery Safety Bill [HL]My Lords, I begin by welcoming the Minister to her new role. I am certainly delighted, as others have been, to support this Bill. I congratulate my noble friend Lord Redesdale on…06 Sept 2024HANSARDLithium-ion Battery Safety Bill [HL]I just want to draw attention to the very point that the noble Lord has made about the waste of these materials. If we look at the disposal just of disposable vapes in this…06 Sept 2024HANSARDVaping Products: Usage by ChildrenI apologise for interrupting the Minister. Just before she leaves the issue of enforcement, can she confirm whether additional resources will be made available to the various…02 Sept 2024HANSARDVaping Products: Usage by ChildrenMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Storey on securing and so effectively introducing this wide-ranging debate. Like him, I am enormously grateful to the many…02 Sept 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords, on these Benches, we wholeheartedly support Amendment 89 and the case made for it by the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell.22 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillI am grateful for the Minister giving way, but I wonder whether he can answer the fundamental question that I asked him. Quite simply, if he is saying that the driving documents,…22 May 2024HANSARDMedia Bill22 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords, we have spent a great deal of time during discussions on this Bill quite rightly talking about Ofcom—its duties and its vital role in supporting our creative industries…22 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillThe Minister is missing the fundamental point. There is a simple question: does he believe, and is it the Government’s view, that the due impartiality regulations contained in…22 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords, it is an extremely surreal moment to stand up just as the Prime Minister is about to walk out of the door of No. 10, maybe to announce a general election for 4 July. Of…22 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords, I very much welcome the amendment tabled by the noble Viscount, Lord Colville, which suggests that there should be a post-enactment review by the Secretary of State as…22 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords, I begin by saying that, while I disagree with a great deal of what the noble Lord, Lord Black, said, I agree entirely with him in his view that this Bill is not the…22 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillI am always grateful for suggestions from my friend, the noble Lord, Lord Vaizey. The amendments that have already been debated are extremely important. I am particularly grateful…22 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillI apologise profusely to the noble Lord if I misquoted him. Let me say therefore that it is very firmly my view that this Bill is not the right place for a discussion of Section…22 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillI am most grateful to the Minister for the very helpful response that he has given. I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.22 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Storey and with his permission, I move Amendment 57. It seeks to ensure that, where age ratings are used by video on demand…20 May 2024HANSARDMedia Bill20 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords, I am enormously grateful to the Minister for his detailed response. Clearly, this is an issue we are very likely to return to on Report. I have a couple of quick points…20 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords, I begin by saying to the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, that I am very supportive of her Amendment 35. Perhaps like her, I have had communications over several years…20 May 2024HANSARDAI: Intellectual Property RightsMy Lords, the noble Viscount told the Lords Communications and Digital Select Committee that he did not “believe that infringing the rights of copyright holders is a necessary…09 May 2024