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HANSARDAI: Workforce TrainingThe noble Viscount has asked the same question that I answered when I replied to the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones. We will be upskilling some 7.5 million workers right across…03 Nov 2025HANSARDAI: Workforce TrainingThe noble Lord made several points there; I will address the point about AI gaps in the workforce. The Government are actively assessing AI skills gaps and taking action to close…03 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillEx-offenders.28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 21 and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 21A and 21B in lieu.28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, in moving Motion C, I will speak to Motions K, K1, N and N1. In this group, we will be debating amendments made in this House relating to special constables, heritage…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords for their thoughtful contributions to today’s debate. The debate has been wide ranging, from special constables and heritage railways to…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank the noble Baroness for that. I must admit that I have not had a chance to look at my noble friend Lady Smith’s letter. As far as I know and have been told, employers will…28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI thank the noble Baroness for that. I will make sure that I read the letter and will ask my officials to confirm in writing for her.28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 60, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 60A.28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 121, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 121A.28 Oct 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I will confirm the policy in the letter sent by my noble friends Lady Smith and Lady Jones, to which the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, referred. The purpose of the SSSNB…28 Oct 2025HANSARDAmazon Web ServicesThe noble Earl poses an interesting point. At the end of the day, businesses have to take upon themselves their responsibilities towards future cyberattacks and whether, as I…21 Oct 2025HANSARDAmazon Web ServicesI refer my noble friend to what I said in last week’s Oral Question. I hope the Bill will be published very soon, before the end of the year. At this stage I cannot go into too…21 Oct 2025HANSARDAmazon Web ServicesI thank the noble Lord for those points. The Government are aware and are taking cybersecurity seriously. That is why we have published a number of strategies and are working with…21 Oct 2025HANSARDAmazon Web ServicesI thank the noble Baroness for that. As for a debate, I leave it to Members of the House to table it accordingly. I would welcome a debate to look at this in further detail. As…21 Oct 2025HANSARDAmazon Web ServicesMy Lords, as I said earlier, we have to be very careful that we do not speculate. AWS reported that this was not a cybersecurity incident but very much a technical incident to do…21 Oct 2025HANSARDAmazon Web ServicesI thank the noble Lord for reminding me. Yes, of course we have learned from what happened last year with CrowdStrike. As we know, in July 2024 the Government committed to a…21 Oct 2025HANSARDAmazon Web ServicesMy Lords, the departments impacted were HMRC, the Home Office, the DVLA and the DWP. I am not aware that the Ministry of Defence was impacted, but I will write to the noble Lord…21 Oct 2025HANSARDAmazon Web ServicesI thank my noble friend for that point. The Government are obviously aware that we need to give guidance to businesses as well as to people working within government. The NCSC has…21 Oct 2025HANSARDAmazon Web ServicesMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for those questions. There is no evidence that this was caused by any malicious activity, and we have to be very careful that we do not speculate…21 Oct 2025