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HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, if I may just interject, I have seen this happen not just in the Horizon scandal. Several years ago, the banks were saying that you could not possibly find out someone’s…18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I would like to say a few things about this. The first is that Amendment 5, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, is very sensible; sometimes the GDPR has gone too…03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I want to get on to the digital verification service. First, I declare that I am very interested in digital twins; there are huge advantages in modelling—for instance,…19 Nov 2024HANSARDLithium-ion Battery Safety Bill [HL]My Lords, that was a most useful speech because it went into great detail about things that I just had not thought about. It is ridiculous when you cannot use things to make your…06 Sept 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I congratulate both the maiden speakers, and the wisdom in the valedictory speech from the noble Lord, Lord Warner. There were very good points there. This is an appeal…23 Jul 2024HANSARDLower Thames Crossing Development Consent OrderMy Lords, I point out to the Minister that this road and rail project will enormously accelerate and enhance our capacity to take the high cube containers from our deep-water…22 Jul 2024HANSARDArtificial Intelligence in Weapon Systems Committee ReportMy Lords, this has been a very useful report, because it gets us thinking properly about these things. I declare an interest in the whole world of generative AI and LLMs, with…19 Apr 2024HANSARDArtificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill [HL]My Lords, I entirely agree with those last sentiments, which will get us thinking about what on earth we do about this. An awful lot of nonsense is talked, and a lot of great…22 Mar 2024HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy Lords, funnily enough, that is a very good note on which to start. I will come to the specific amendment in half a second. But one of the things people do not realise is that…12 Sept 2023HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillMy Lords, this is a well-intentioned but mistaken Bill, which tweaks the heartstrings of many people who do not live among nor manage animals in the wild. They seem to think that…16 Jun 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I should like to add to this because I have had enough trouble with the PEPs issue for a long time. First, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, for explaining an…13 Jun 2023HANSARDCarriers’ Liability (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, would it be all right for me to say a few words because the last point on duress interests me? I happened to catch a bit of a programme the other night on the Border…13 Mar 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, several Peers have mentioned the Digital Economy Act 2017 and the sadness of the constitutional impropriety when the Executive refused to implement the will of…01 Feb 2023HANSARDNewport Wafer FabDoes the Minister agree that it is not just a matter of intellectual property or the number of research and development staff, but that we must manufacture stuff and not be…22 Nov 2022HANSARDDigital Regulation: Communications and Digital Committee ReportExactly—we will never see them again. This is the big problem. I chaired the British Standards Institute’s publicly available specification—PAS—1296 on anonymous age verification;…21 Jul 2022HANSARDDigital Regulation: Communications and Digital Committee ReportI shall speak in the gap; I am sorry that I did not get my name down early enough to speak properly. I have one or two quick comments. First, I welcome this useful and excellent…21 Jul 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillThe Minister talked about standards a moment ago. If we are going to rely on standards, who is writing them? I presume that he is talking about British standards; to write a…21 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I want to say just a couple of words because, having read this and listened, I think the amendment has a very good point. I like the concept of a duty of care, because…21 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillThe Minister said earlier that the whole point of the Consumer Rights Act was about unsafe goods. I think that he means “unsafe” as referring to physical harm. Actually, a major…21 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, very quickly, I remember well during the passage of the Computer Misuse Act and the Police and Justice Act 2006 trying to tidy up language about hacking tools and so on.…21 Jun 2022