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HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanMy Lords, I welcome the Statement, but I draw my noble friend’s attention to the element which refers to the “immense” energy used by this new technology. Is the AI energy council…16 Jan 2025HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, if there is a Division in the Chamber we will adjourn this Committee for 10 minutes. However, that is extremely unlikely.13 Jan 2025HANSARDLong-duration Energy Storage (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in today’s debate. I join all speakers—or perhaps all—who have congratulated my friend, the noble Baroness, Lady Brown of Cambridge, on…09 Jan 2025HANSARDNon-Consensual Sexually Explicit Images and Videos (Offences) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to have the opportunity to speak in the gap for a few moments. I commend the noble Baroness, Lady Owen, for championing this cause and bringing this Bill…13 Dec 2024HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, in the event of a Division, we will adjourn the Committee for 10 minutes. That is vanishingly unlikely.12 Dec 2024HANSARDEurope: Arts and Creative IndustriesMy Lords, I welcome my noble friend the Minister’s comments about resetting relations with Europe. As someone who for many years accompanied my own children, who were members of…10 Dec 2024HANSARDEurope: Arts and Creative IndustriesMy Lords—10 Dec 2024HANSARDDrones: RAF BasesMy Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for the Answer that he was able to give. There have been additional sightings of unidentified drones over our aircraft carrier HMS…27 Nov 2024HANSARDDrones: RAF BasesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of recent reports of drones flying over RAF bases in East Anglia.27 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, in the unlikely event of a Division, the Committee will be adjourned for 10 minutes. Much more likely is that some Members may have been adversely affected by Storm Bert…25 Nov 2024HANSARDSatellites: Adverse Effects on AstronomyTo ask His Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to protect the work of astronomy from the adverse effects of large numbers of satellites.20 Nov 2024HANSARDSatellites: Adverse Effects on AstronomyMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper. The updated register of interests will show that I am a member of the All-Party Parliamentary…20 Nov 2024HANSARDSatellites: Adverse Effects on AstronomyMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for that Answer. This is a complex area because the sky is being filled with thousands of satellites —around 28,000 are currently going around…20 Nov 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I am not entirely sure that it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, for reasons that will become clear in a moment. I think it would have been better in my case if I…18 Nov 2024HANSARDRail PerformanceMy Lords, I am not a current active user of Euston Station but, in the course of my lifetime, I know well enough what experience you can have at that station, and it has often…13 Nov 2024HANSARDProperty (Digital Assets etc) BillMy Lords, I will say a few words in broad support of the Bill and thank my noble friend the Minister for the way in which he introduced it. This is my first involvement in a Law…06 Nov 2024HANSARDScience and Technology: EconomyThat this House takes note of the contribution of science and technology to the UK economy.31 Oct 2024HANSARDScience and Technology: EconomyMy Lords, in making a few closing comments, I wish it was rather like those old red phone boxes, where you could press button B and speak for as long as you like. Sadly, I have…31 Oct 2024HANSARDScience and Technology: EconomyMy Lords, to say it is a privilege and an honour to open a debate of this kind is an understatement. I have been in the House for just three years, and this is the first time that…31 Oct 2024HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, in the event of a Division in the Chamber, this Grand Committee will be adjourned for 10 minutes—but, let us face it, that is vanishingly unlikely.28 Oct 2024