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224 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDCreative Industries: Freelance ChampionMy Lords—22 Jan 2026HANSARDCreative Industries: Freelance ChampionMy Lords—22 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I support many of the amendments in this group, but I also want to express my concerns about Amendment 94A in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Nash. I have listened…21 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI apologise. They suggest that the Act should be amended to ensure safety by design for all users, particularly young users. There is a need to strengthen Ofcom’s response to tech…21 Jan 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I speak in support of Amendments 6 in the name of my noble friend Lord Clancarty and Amendment 10 in the name of my noble friend Lady Prashar. I have spoken to a number…20 Jan 2026HANSARDBroadcasting: Recent DevelopmentsI declare an interest as having worked for all five public service broadcasters, and I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, for procuring this debate. I will concentrate in my…08 Jan 2026HANSARDComputer-generated Child Sexual Abuse MaterialMy Lords, work is under way with the national centre for violence against women and girls to improve the police’s response to non-consensual intimate image abuse so that they can…07 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren: Social MediaMy Lords, the social media ban on under-16s in Australia is well-intentioned but is not the right solution to protect children from harms. Does the Minister agree with the Molly…10 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI too support all the amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Bertin, but I shall speak particularly to Amendment 298. As other noble Lords have pointed out, these…09 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am pleased to support the noble Baroness, Lady Owen, in the latest stage of her campaign to stop online image abuse. I too applaud her success against deepfakes in the…09 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillWill the Minister meet with me?09 Dec 2025HANSARDArts and Creative Industries: Social MobilityMy Lords, a recent survey by BECTU, the broadcasting union, found that 49% of new entrants to the creative industries have been pressurised to take on unpaid work, often in the…03 Dec 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I put my name to Amendments 479 and 480, and I support the other amendments in this group. I have once again to thank my noble friend Lady Kidron for raising an issue…27 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI want to repeat what I said in my speech. There are some chatbots, such as Replika, that do not have user-to-user functionality. They are created for just one user, and that user…27 Nov 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence LegislationMy Lords—17 Nov 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence LegislationI thank the noble Lord. The World Economic Forum has said that dis- and misinformation is the number one threat to economic stability. Generative AI has hugely increased the scale…17 Nov 2025HANSARDAI: Workforce TrainingThe Communications and Digital Select Committee, in its report on media literacy, said: “Ofcom is not the appropriate body to coordinate or deliver a nationwide media literacy…03 Nov 2025HANSARDProtection of Children Codes of PracticeMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for initiating this debate, and I agree with almost everything he has just said. I applaud the enormous work that Ofcom has…30 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI cannot call Amendment 297 by reason of pre-emption.17 Sept 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Act 2023: Virtual Private NetworksMy Lords, will the Minister support calls for app stores not to provide VPNs to children in this country?15 Sept 2025