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HANSARDStreaming Platforms: Age RatingsMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her answer. What will the Government do if other platforms do not follow the Netflix example? According to the BBFC, over 90% of parents said…08 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Gig EconomyI thank the Minister very much for her Answer. While the job coaches and extra provision made may improve the CVs and present conditions of those forced into the gig economy, they…22 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Gig EconomyTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the gig economy.22 Oct 2020HANSARDYouth UnemploymentMy Lords, I thank the Minister for the compassion and passion in her answers but, as we must acknowledge, this is a very serious situation. The Resolution Foundation now forecasts…15 Oct 2020HANSARDSocial MobilityMy Lords, I welcome this report and it is good to hear the Minister welcome it too. Deprivation is an issue that goes to the core of natural justice, and therefore our common good…15 Oct 2020HANSARDAmazonMy Lords, the Minister will be aware that last week the United States Congress published a 449-page report, after reviewing millions of documents and taking testimony from…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: School Students Learning From HomeMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her Answer and for what the Government have already done. Before the pandemic, 23% of children in socioeconomic groups D and E lacked home…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Artificial IntelligenceI thank the Minister for her Answer, and I draw attention to my registered interest as a board member of the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation. A year ago, the Prime Minister…09 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Artificial IntelligenceTo ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the report by the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation AI Barometer , published on 18 June, what assessment they have made of the…09 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Recovery StrategiesMy Lords, I warmly welcome this debate. The country faces the triple challenge in the next decade of the threat of climate change, the deepest recession for generations and the…11 Jun 2020HANSARDAlgorithms: Public Sector Decision-makingMy Lords, I declare an interest as a board member of the CDEI and a member of the Ada Lovelace Institute’s new Rethinking Data project. I am also a graduate of the AI Select…12 Feb 2020HANSARDClimate ChangeMy Lords, I warmly welcome this report and this vital debate. Never before in the scale of human history has there been such a wide and deep threat to our ecosystem or to human…06 Feb 2020HANSARDTokyo Nutrition for Growth SummitMy Lords, I, too, welcome this timely debate. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Collins, and welcome the opportunity offered by the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit. It is moving to…28 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I rise to speak about the climate emergency and declare an interest as a member of the advisory board of the Environmental Change Institute in the University of Oxford.…07 Jan 2020HANSARDOnline Pornography: Age VerificationMy Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the advisory board of the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation. In that capacity I also express regret at the delay to the…17 Oct 2019HANSARDFuture GenerationsMy Lords, it has been a real privilege today—as the noble Lord, Lord Bird, mentioned—to spend time with some of the 16,000 people, many of them young, representing all faiths and…26 Jun 2019HANSARDPolicy-making: Future Generations’ InterestsMy Lords, I too welcome this debate and thank the noble Lord, Lord Bird, very warmly for bringing it. I welcome his proposals. As the noble Lord, Lord Layard, said, the foundation…20 Jun 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) BillI thank the noble Lord for the question and the invitation to respond. During the time of my ministry, the Church of England has grappled with two other issues: the remarriage of…01 Mar 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) BillMy Lords, those were extremely moving speeches. I thank the noble Lords, Lord Faulkner, Lord Collins and Lord Cashman, and the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, for the contributions…01 Mar 2019HANSARDFurther Discussions with the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European UnionI do not single out a particular party or a section of a particular party. One of the dangers of our politics at present is that personal ambition is being put before the country…27 Feb 2019