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HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I thank the noble Viscount, Lord Camrose, for giving me an opportunity to speak for 45 minutes on genomics, which I know everyone will be very grateful for. I shall resist that…28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I will speak first to Amendment 76. I reassure noble Lords that the Government do not believe that this amendment has a material policy effect. Instead, it simply corrects the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I am grateful to the noble Viscount, Lord Colville, for his amendment and his engagement on this matter. I fully agree with the importance of ensuring that the term “scientific…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]It is worth remembering that the ultimate decision is with the EU Commission and we are quite keen to have its eyes on it now, which is why we are engaging with it very carefully.…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for his amendment, and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas, for his contribution. I agree with them on the value and importance…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]It will be clear to the ICO from the amendments that have been tabled and my comments that there is an expectation that it should take into account the discussion we have had on…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for Amendment 33, and the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, for Amendment 41, and for their thoughtful comments on AI and automated…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]There is a requirement. Going back to the issue of principles, which was discussed earlier on, one of the existing principles—which I am now trying to locate and cannot—is…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]The further discussions with the ICO are exactly to try to get to these points about the right way to do it. It is important that people know what they are signing up for, and it…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I now turn to government Amendment 49. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and other noble Lords for raising the concerns of the charity sector during earlier…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, government Amendment 18 is similar to government Amendment 40 in the previous group, which added an express reference to children meriting specific protection to the new…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I apologise; I meant to deal with this at the end. I think I am dealing with the code in the next group.21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, government Amendment 18—21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I am advised that I should say that I am happy for the amendment to be brought forward, but not as a government amendment. We are happy to hear an amendment from the noble…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendments 10 and 12 seek to amend Clauses 56 and 58, which form part of the national underground asset register provisions. These two minor, technical amendments…21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]21 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I can be absolutely clear that we must have a single version of the truth on this. There needs to be a way to verify it consistently and there need to be rules. That is why the…21 Jan 2025