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HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have a couple of amendments in this group, Amendments 158 and 161. Amendment 158 is largely self-evident; it tries to make sure that, where there is a legal…16 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have Amendment 201 in this group. At the moment, Action Fraud does not record attempted fraud; it has to have been successful for the website to agree to record it. I…16 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I have Amendment 135A in this group. The Bill provides a new set of duties for the Information Commissioner but no strategic framework, as the DPDI Bill did. The Information…16 Dec 2024HANSARDHomes: Existing CommunitiesMy Lords, when I listened to the Government’s announcement this morning, I was hoping to hear much more courage than I did. As my noble friend Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise points…12 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I repeat those congratulations. It is great to briefly have the company of my noble friend Lord Brady, in this House and very sad to lose the company of the noble…11 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare an interest in that I checked yesterday and Copilot has clearly scraped data from behind the paywall on the Good Schools Guide . It very kindly does not…10 Dec 2024HANSARDMaintained Schools: Term DatesMy Lords, what is the Government’s opinion of Devon County Council’s proposal to charge schools £21,000 for each pupil whom they permanently exclude?09 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for her reply and to my noble friends and others for their interventions before that. I am delighted that she considers that Clause…03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I apologise to the Committee for having not expected things to go quite as fast as they did. In moving Amendment 5, I will also speak to Amendments 200 and 202 in this…03 Dec 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, the debate ranged a long way beyond my amendment, and I shall not attempt to summarise it. I suspect that I shall be listening to many of the arguments again at Report,…27 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]27 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, the market we have at the moment is such that, if there is, say, an orange teddy bear on the market, it may appear in a hundred or more different guises from ostensibly…27 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]25 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 20 and speak to the others in this group. Each of these amendments has a role, I hope, in improving or at least elucidating the provisions of…25 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very grateful for the Minister’s comprehensive reply. On Amendment 24, I remain unclear whether the powers in the Bill allow for representatives to have to…25 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.25 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]25 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]I will also speak to Amendment 22. Amendment 21 is fairly self-explanatory. It asks that people be made aware of where the goods they are buying come from and, therefore, what…25 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very grateful for the long and detailed reply given by the noble Lord, Lord Leong. I recommend a meeting with him to anybody. He is a most welcoming and courteous…25 Nov 2024