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HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI declare an interest as a freelance television producer. Although I was not able to add my name to Amendment 160, my support for it is undiminished. Fortunately, I was able to…23 Jul 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: LegislationMy Lords, at the Bletchley AI safety summit, major AI companies, such as Google, signed a voluntary agreement that they would not release AI frontier models without a safety card…21 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am informed that there was an error in the results announced for the first Division today. The correct results were content 304, not content 160. Amendment 9516 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI need to warn your Lordships that if Amendment 3 is agreed to, I cannot call Amendments 4 to 6 by reason of pre-emption.14 Jul 2025HANSARDMusic Festivals: Hate SpeechMy Lords, I declare an interest as a former BBC producer. In light of the events at Glastonbury last weekend, the BBC has put out a statement saying that “we will look at our…03 Jul 2025HANSARDPlastic PollutionMy Lords, a large amount of British plastic waste is not recycled because it is too complex to sort. What steps are the Government taking to encourage innovative research which…01 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I apologise for being unable to here at the beginning of this debate despite having added my name to Amendment 287. I was stuck on the motorway for the last three hours.…16 Jun 2025HANSARDOnline Abuse: Protection for ChildrenMy Lords, why have civic groups and campaigners been told that their responses to the consultation on the children’s code will not be considered for incorporation into the code…11 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as a freelance TV producer. The noble Lord, Lord Holmes, whose amendment this is, has waited and waited to be able to debate it, but now, when the…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, this has been a short but informative debate and I am grateful to noble Lords who contributed. I listened very hard to the comments from both the Minister and the noble…03 Jun 2025HANSARDOfcom: Protection of Children CodesMy Lords, Ofcom has identified live-streaming as a functionality which causes harm. There is nothing in the codes requiring the tech companies to mitigate this risk. Does the…02 Jun 2025HANSARDOnline Harms: Young PeopleMy Lords, the Online Safety Act allows Ofcom to look at how much children are using social media, yet the new children’s code from Ofcom does not mention addiction. What are the…21 May 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for her engagement and for defining what genuine scientific research is. I hope very much that the AI companies, when using this extraordinary…19 May 2025HANSARDBBC Sounds: Access from AbroadMy Lords, I declare an interest in having been a BBC producer for 25 years. Today, the BBC director-general called for the “supercharging” of the BBC World Service so that it can…14 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI am going to have to beg your Lordships’ patience; I have quite a lot of pages to read through now.14 May 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I listened carefully to the speeches of the noble Lords, Lord Winston and Lord Tarassenko, but I am not convinced that my amendment would stop the research as they…12 May 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I stand in support of my Motion 43A. I welcome so much of this Bill. I want this country to be a champion of technology and hope that it becomes a tech powerhouse,…12 May 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]43A: At end insert “, and do propose Amendment 43B instead of the words so left out of the Bill—12 May 2025HANSARDUS Tariff on UK FilmsMy Lords, at the risk of driving the Minister back under her pillow, I would like to ask about the digital sales tax, which has been part of the US trade negotiations. Can the…08 May 2025