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HANSARDMedia 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 2024HANSARDPost Office Horizon Scandal: Compensation PaymentsMy Lords, I hope whoever takes on this responsibility will bear in mind the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, that there may well be continuing problems deep inside the…19 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThe Minister mentioned in his address—I was grateful to him for doing so—that there was a recent announcement from the department about sneaky hidden fees or drip prices that are…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThe Minister is very generous.24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillSo it is not ruled out at this stage.24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI am grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Clement-Jones and Lord Lansley, for raising this point. Clause 20 is very important, as has been mentioned, as it puts flesh on the bones of…24 Jan 2024HANSARDOnline Safety (List of Overseas Regulators) Regulations 2024Can I press the Minister on the point I made at the end? Will the generic approach to SIs in future be that they are offered to the standing and Select Committees of the two…16 Jan 2024HANSARDOnline Safety (List of Overseas Regulators) Regulations 2024It certainly can be taken that way, but actually it was a rather narrow question. His colleague, the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, gave a statement at the Dispatch Box that the…16 Jan 2024HANSARDOnline Safety (List of Overseas Regulators) Regulations 2024My Lords, I join the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, in welcoming this SI, and I thank the Minister for his kind comments about the work that went into the Bill. I share with him…16 Jan 2024HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]You are not—I would not dream of doing so—but I think the point made by the noble Lord is worth further consideration. My—relatively recent—reading of it is that we are pointing…07 Dec 2023HANSARDDesign Right, Artist’s Resale Right and Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2023I think we all asked for a bit more detail than the Minister’s “in due course”. Could he be a bit more specific?20 Nov 2023HANSARDDesign Right, Artist’s Resale Right and Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2023I apologise for my slightly late arrival at the Committee. I hope that it was not noted too carefully, but we are doing two SIs as one group and I was here for the whole second…20 Nov 2023HANSARDDesign Right, Artist’s Resale Right and Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2023Could the Minister perhaps hint at what form it might take? Are we at the White Paper stage of the process or will it just be a statement that the issues are finished?20 Nov 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I too thank the Minister for his swift and concise introduction, which very carefully covered the ground without raising any issues that we have to respond to directly.…19 Sept 2023HANSARDSemiconductors ManufacturingMy Lords, may I follow up that point and ask a little more about the detail of who runs this strategy? In addition to the independent regulator, the CMA, there are, as I…18 Sept 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his very kind words to everybody, particularly my Front Bench and me. I also wish him a speedy recovery from his recent illness,…06 Sept 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am very grateful to everyone who has contributed to the debate, despite my injunction that no one was to speak other than those key persons—but it was nice to hear views around…19 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, this amendment would require the Secretary of State, when seeking to exercise certain powers in the Bill, to provide the relevant Select Committees of both Houses with…19 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I am grateful to hear what the Minister has just announced. The scheme that was originally prefigured in the pre-legislative scrutiny report has now got some chance of…19 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, this has been—since we first got sight of the Bill and right the way through—one of the most difficult issues to try to find balance and a solution. I know that people…19 Jul 2023