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HANSARDData (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 think we sometimes forget, because the results are often so spectacular, the hard work that has had to happen over the years to get us to where we are, particularly in…10 Dec 2024HANSARDTackling StalkingMy Lords, I welcome the Statement. Can the Minister respond to the question about whether the stalking legislation review will deal properly with stalking on the internet, which…05 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support these amendments and applaud the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for his temerity and for offering a variety of choices, making it even more difficult for my…03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, it occurred to me when the noble Lord was speaking that we had lost a valuable member of our Committee. This could not be the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, who was…03 Dec 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry ReportMy Lords, I declare an interest in that my wife was, before she retired, a construction lawyer, and I have discussed the Grenfell disaster with several of her former colleagues…22 Nov 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I am sorry to interrupt what is a very fluent and comprehensive response. I do not want to break the thread, but can I press the Minister a little bit on those companies whose…19 Nov 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a feature of your Lordships’ House that certain topics and Bills within them tend to attract a small and very intense group of persons, who get together to talk a…19 Nov 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]With respect, it is the narrow question that a number of us have raised. Training the new AI systems is entirely dependent on them being fed vast amounts of material which they…19 Nov 2024HANSARDSocial Media: CatfishingMy Lords, as a survivor of the seven-year long period during which the Online Safety Act was developed, I have to confess that I do not think we ever came across the word…30 Oct 2024HANSARDCommunications Act 2003 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2024My Lords, I begin with a comment that I hope will not be taken badly by either my noble friend the Minister or the large number of civil servants who have been involved in this…28 Oct 2024HANSARDOnline Safety Act 2023 (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, I started my discussion on the previous instrument on a slightly negative note. I want to change gear completely now and say how nice it is to see the first of the SIs…28 Oct 2024HANSARDFilm IndustryMy Lords, I declare an interest as a former director of the British Film Institute. I was a guest of the BFI at the opening of the London Film Festival last night for the showing…10 Oct 2024HANSARDTicket Sales: Dynamic PricingMy noble friend will be aware from the mood of the House that there is really quite a feeling that action is required here. On all the issues discussed so far, we have talked…11 Sept 2024HANSARDTelegraph Media Group Ltd: AcquisitionMy Lords, the questions so far have focused on the intersection between this and the previous regime, which was established, as noble Lords have already said, by Lord Puttnam and…01 May 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillI am sorry to interrupt the noble Viscount, but I just want to be clear about what he is saying in relation to the code of practice, which obviously is at the heart of this…24 Apr 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillI am grateful to the noble Viscount. This is just a thought, but we are happy to help, as we often have done in the past on other Bills. If there is any opportunity for us to be…24 Apr 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, this is a wide-ranging group; there is good news hidden in the middle of it, and bad news—we will have to wait for the Minister to respond to get a full picture. Others…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, it is important that we unpick the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, which I think was touched on but not addressed by the Minister. If we rely on civil…13 Mar 2024HANSARDMedia BillI am sorry to interrupt the noble Lord. He is making a very important point, and we respect the way it has been expressed, but is it not also the case that the negotiations…28 Feb 2024