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HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I was very pleased to hear my noble friend Lord Vallance’s words in relation to what we have been doing today and also taking a broader conspectus of what we have been…05 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, the little exchange we have just had, which was most welcome, arose because it became clear in Committee that there were meetings of minds but not meetings of words in…05 Feb 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]Before the Minister sits down, that was exactly the point I was trying to make, and I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, for raising it again. It does need the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I have signed Amendment 58. I also support the other amendment spoken to by the noble Baroness, although I did not get around to signing it. They both speak to the same questions,…28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan, who did so much during the Online Safety Bill—now Act—to champion the issues that are now before us. She should…28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I am grateful to the noble, Lord Black, for daring to respond to the wonderful speech that opened the debate; I thought I might come in immediately afterwards, but I was terrified…28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]Let us be quite clear about this. It does not have to be a government amendment, but the Government Minister has to agree that it can be brought forward.21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I am presuming a little here that the Minister’s lack of experience in the procedures of the House is holding him back, but I know he is getting some advice from his left. The key…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I was one of those who was up even earlier than the noble Baroness, Lady Harding, and managed to get my name down on these amendments. It puts me in a rather difficult…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]He said yes.21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]This is a self-governing House.21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare an interest that my younger daughter works for a charity which will rely heavily on the amendments that have just been discussed by the noble Lord, Lord…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I wanted to rise to my feet in time to stop the noble Viscount leaping forward as he gets more and more excited as we reach—I hope—possibly the last few minutes of this debate. I…16 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have co-signed Amendment 137. I do not need to repeat the arguments that have already been made by those who have spoken before me on it; they were well made, as…16 Dec 2024HANSARDNon-Consensual Sexually Explicit Images and Videos (Offences) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan of Cotes, who played such a strong part in this issue and others when we discussed the Online Safety Bill last…13 Dec 2024HANSARDNon-Consensual Sexually Explicit Images and Videos (Offences) Bill [HL]I am still slightly confused about timing. I am sure the Minister understands the difficulty the House is in here. I think he said—and I would like him to repeat it, if this is…13 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to move the amendment standing in my name and to speak to my other amendments in this group. I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron and the noble Lord,…10 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have in subsequent groups a number of amendments that touch on many of the issues that are raised here, so I will not detain the Committee by going through them at…10 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I am sorry to interrupt but I am slightly puzzled by the way in which that exchange just happened. I take it from what the Minister is saying that there is no dissent, in her and…10 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank those who participated in this debate very much indeed. It went a little further than I had intended in drafting these amendments, but it has raised really…10 Dec 2024