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HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have the pleasure of supporting the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, for reasons not least of clarity and consistency, but also relating to the point raised…03 Feb 2025HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL]I know; I feel it too. It is a pleasure to move my Amendment 6, the purpose of which is to have a debate on the broader issues that underpin both the blockchain and distributed…03 Feb 2025HANSARDCreative Industries: Rights Reservation ModelMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Black. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Foster, on securing this timely and excellent debate. In doing so, I declare…30 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support these amendments and the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron. Not to do so would be, to quote some of her earlier work, beyond the edge of reason. I support the noble…28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving Amendment 59, I shall also speak to Amendments 60 and 66 in my name. AI has been a recurrent theme running through most, if not all, our discussions on the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to open the second day on Report on the Data (Use and Access) Bill. In doing so, I declare my technology interests as set out in the register, not least…28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I thank everyone who took part in this short debate, in particular the Minister for that full, clear and helpful answer. In a spirit of throwing roses at this stage of the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate and thank the Minister for his response. I believe my wording would assist the ICO in its mission, but I have…28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank everybody who has taken part in this short debate. I was really hoping that we would not hear the phrase “the bowels of the Home Office” twice, but we did—now we…28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving Amendment 47, I shall speak also to Amendment 48. Here we are again: the Computer Misuse Act 1990 is another year older. It was put into statute at a time when…28 Jan 2025HANSARDInternet Activity: Energy UseMy Lords, I declare my technology interests as set out in register. Does the Minister agree that, going broader, we need far greater transparency about all the power that it takes…27 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanMy Lords, I declare my technology interests as set out the register. I welcome the plan; it has 50 excellent recommendations, but does the Minister not agree that to bring these…16 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I join other Members of the House in remembering Lady Randerson. It was with shock and sorrow that I learned of her passing at the weekend. I was fortunate enough to…08 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in today’s Committee proceedings. In doing so, I declare my technology interests as set out in the register, not least as an adviser to…18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]Could the Minister say a few words on some of those points of discourse and non-consensus, to give the Committee some flavour of the type of issues where there is no consensus as…18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this important debate and, indeed, the Minister for her thoughtful response. We find ourselves in a position of…18 Dec 2024