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HANSARDAudiovisual Media Services (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, this is only part of a patchwork of regulation and legislation around online harms—very sadly, we do not have the online harms Bill yet. This regulation highlights the…27 Nov 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Act 2020: Temporary ProvisionsMy Lords, I want to talk quickly about the problems arising from this great lockdown. It is bankrupting businesses at the moment. People are losing money as they have to cancel…28 Sept 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions on Gatherings) (North of England) Regulations 2020My Lords, like many others, I am very worried about the long-term wider effect of these regulations. I have been talking to friends in Northumberland. All their plans lie in…25 Sept 2020HANSARDChina: Supply ChainsDoes the Minister agree that not much electronic equipment is manufactured in the UK so we will always be strategically dependent on foreign companies? Is not the important thing…01 Jul 2020HANSARDFly-tippingDoes not the high cost of the landfill tax and the complexity of waste regulations make fly-tipping the easy, and therefore the chosen, option? Some desirable activities such as…23 Jun 2020HANSARDPost Office: Horizon Accounting SystemWhy has this taken five years since these miscarriages of justice were revealed to Parliament in an Adjournment debate in the Commons? What happened to the later independent…18 Jun 2020HANSARDAgriculture BillMy Lords, I have an interest to declare as I am now running my late wife’s farm until we get probate, and maybe for a bit longer. I am very glad to see in this Bill that there…10 Jun 2020HANSARDWater Industry (Specified Infrastructure Projects) (English Undertakers) (Amendment) Regulations 2020My Lords, there are various points I thought I would make, but other speakers have already made them much more competently that I would, so all I want to say is that I think the…08 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: ResponseHow are vaccines going to work if, as the Government say, the presence of Covid-19 antibodies in a test do not mean that a person is immune? I think that quite a few people are…19 May 2020HANSARDData Protection: Age-appropriate Design CodeMay I too push the Government to use the design code to cover the content of publicly accessible parts of pornographic websites, since the Government are not implementing Part 3…18 May 2020HANSARDMotor Vehicles (Tests) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020My Lords, I agree that this is a very practical and sensible relaxation of the rules, which will help keep people able to work as the lockdown is eased. Without it, there would…13 May 2020HANSARDCensus (England and Wales) Order 2020My Lords, I want to emphasise the need for security around the database. The census is useful and is a fascinating tool for historical research. However, many of the questions,…12 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Personal Protective EquipmentHow does the NHS expect to be able to buy PPE when it insists on paying 30 days after delivery, when everyone else is paying upfront, especially internationally? This applies both…23 Apr 2020HANSARDEducational SettingsWe are told that very few children get infected. This has been proven in other countries as well. So why are we panicking so early and closing the schools when we were going to…19 Mar 2020HANSARDEuropean Arrest Warrant, Europol and EurojustMy Lords, one of the problems of the European arrest warrant was that, if there was a crime in the country that was trying to extradite but not in the country that the person was…02 Mar 2020HANSARDDomestic Premises (Energy Performance) Bill [HL]My Lords, I also rise to say a couple of words in the gap. I declare an interest: we farm some land and also rent out several old cottages. The Bill makes a lot of sense,…07 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill: Food ProductionWill the Government take into account, in international trade agreements that will be coming up, the fact that British farmers probably maintain much higher standards on the…27 Jan 2020HANSARDOnline Pornography: Age VerificationOkay, right. The question was right at the start. Several AV providers have spent a lot of money on implementing this and getting it all ready to go. Who is going to compensate…17 Oct 2019HANSARDOnline Pornography: Age VerificationWhy is DCMS against protecting children from absorbing unsavoury sexual practices at a formative age? I do not understand why it wants to delay so much. Most adult websites are…17 Oct 2019HANSARDRoad SafetyMy Lords, would it not be more sensible to incorporate night driving into the learning period for driving and possibly include it in the test so that learners learn how to drive…23 Jul 2019