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HANSARDHorizon EuropeI thank my noble friend for the question. Regardless of which route we go down, multilateral global collaboration across the scientific and research community is crucial and…11 May 2023HANSARDHorizon EuropeI thank the noble Viscount for his question, and let me take the opportunity to commend the work of Cancer Research UK. The Government’s preference is to associate to Horizon, for…11 May 2023HANSARDHorizon EuropeI stress again that our preference is to go back into the Horizon programme. We are in negotiations with the EU to achieve that. We have understood our own requirements for doing…11 May 2023HANSARDHorizon EuropeI hope to oblige the noble Viscount. The Government are moving forward in discussions with the EU on the UK’s involvement in Horizon Europe. We hope that negotiations will be…11 May 2023HANSARDData ProtectionI thank the noble Lord for his kind words of welcome. I am absolutely willing to work with the Labour Party. I do not believe there is an ideological divide in approach, but more…23 Mar 2023HANSARDData ProtectionI thank the noble Lord for his question and his suggestion. We will of course be engaging with the EU throughout, and we are under no illusions as to the importance of maintaining…23 Mar 2023HANSARDData ProtectionI thank my noble friend for his question and pay tribute to his well-known expertise in the area. Public confidence in the huge mass of data and in the changing systems and tools…23 Mar 2023HANSARDData ProtectionI thank the noble Lord and pay tribute to his expertise and knowledge in the area, of which I look forward to taking full advantage. The EU adequacy requirements are uppermost in…23 Mar 2023HANSARDData ProtectionI thank the noble Lord for his question. My first observation is that Palantir is a very good illustration of some of the new technology providers we are seeing, because the value…23 Mar 2023HANSARDData ProtectionMy Lords, the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill was introduced to Parliament on 8 March. It seizes our post-Brexit opportunity to create a new UK data rights…23 Mar 2023HANSARDData ProtectionI thank the Lord for his welcome. I should declare that I was previously a member of the Committee on AI and Weapon Systems before taking up my ministerial post. As for the…23 Mar 2023HANSARDData ProtectionI thank the noble Lord and am always very much in favour of easy questions. As the Bill progresses through Parliament, we will indeed be engaging with the EU, as he suggests. I…23 Mar 2023HANSARDData ProtectionThe AI regulation White Paper is due for publication next week and my noble friend will see a lot of that detail set out in it. I observe for the time being that the approach is,…23 Mar 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, no Bill that we can devise now can ever offer a complete solution to every online risk while balancing all the competing priorities. But I welcome this Bill as a…01 Feb 2023HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a great honour to make my maiden speech in your Lordships’ House today. I start with deep and sincere thanks to the many people who have helped me in the daunting…27 Jun 2022