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HANSARDCommercial Payments Bill [HL]After Clause 8, I call the noble Lord, Lord Fox, to move Amendment 37.21 Jul 2026HANSARDCommercial Payments Bill [HL]With apologies to the Committee and the noble Lord, Lord Fox, I omitted to have Clause 8 agreed. The Question is that Clause 8 stand part of the Bill.21 Jul 2026HANSARDEU Technological Sovereignty PackageMy Lords, when the Government support a UK sovereign AI fund, will UK government investment be focused on models trained only on properly sourced and remunerated material?20 Jul 2026HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: LegislationMy Lords, the Government have recognised that greater transparency about AI model training data would help rights holders to assert their rights. Can the Minister tell the House…16 Jul 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) BillMy Lords, I, too, welcome much of the Bill. It could not be more important in a world in which warfare is not just physical but digital. It is essential as part of our national…14 Jul 2026HANSARDEmployment: Artificial IntelligenceMy Lords, I am concerned about the adverse effect that AI is having on employment in the creative sector. The Communications and Digital Committee, in its recent report on AI and…13 Jul 2026HANSARDArrangement of BusinessGood afternoon, my Lords. If there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, this Committee will adjourn as soon as the Division Bells are rung and resume after 10…29 Jun 2026HANSARDDemocratic Institutions: ThreatsMy Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, for procuring this important debate. I will focus my comments on the acceleration of the dissemination of…25 Jun 2026HANSARDSocial Media Ban for Under-16sI thank the Minister for the comments she has just made. She has just said that Ofcom will have a consultation on which age verification method will be used for identifying…16 Jun 2026HANSARDAI Growth LabMy Lords, any AI growth in this country will depend on trust between tech companies and content rights holders. This will depend on robust transparency requirements being created,…26 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, is taking part remotely. I invite the noble Lord to speak.26 Mar 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I welcome the government consultation, but I am distressed by how very wide its scope is and, as the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, said, how very vague the outcomes seem to…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 422D and the consequential Amendments 434 to 437, to which I have added my name. In Amendment 429B the Government have gone far to respond to…18 Mar 2026HANSARDMedia Literacy (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, I am proud to be a member of the Communications and Digital Committee, which produced this report. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Keeley, for focusing and steering us…16 Mar 2026HANSARDEU Digital Services Act and RegulationMy Lords, the EU already has AI legislation. Do the Government intend to bring forward their own legislation on AI and how to regulate it?11 Mar 2026HANSARDUK Streaming and Cinema SectorMy Lords—02 Mar 2026HANSARDUK Streaming and Cinema SectorMy Lords, I declare an interest as a television producer. The Media Act set up prominence for public service broadcasters in the digital space, but it does not cover video-sharing…02 Mar 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I apologise: this is the first time I have spoken on the Bill. I have added my name to Amendment 115 in the name of my noble friend Lady Finlay. My concern is that, as…06 Feb 2026HANSARDAI SuperintelligenceMy Lords, the California AI Transparency Act has set up a mechanism for developers of large language frontier models to publish a report on a model’s intended uses and an…03 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillA word of warning to the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries: if at this stage a noble Lord starts making a speech, we normally have to call the voices on it. But we will…27 Jan 2026