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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 12 May 2025
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I will speak to my Motion 49A and offer my support to Amendment 46A in the name of the noble Viscount, Lord Camrose. It is a sensible amendment and I hope that the Government find a way to accept it without challenge.

I start by rebutting three assertions …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 08 May 2025
US Tariff on UK Films

"My Lords, the creative industries face threats on a number of fronts, including trade tariffs on touring, as we heard earlier, and the widespread theft of their copyright. I am grateful to the Government for their efforts to avoid tariffs for the film industry—of which I was once a part—and …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 01 May 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"My Lords, my remarks will focus primarily on technology in school, but I want to take this opportunity to say that, over the time I have spent in your Lordships’ House, I find myself increasingly in situations where children’s needs are being now balanced with the proportionality principle of others’ …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 28 Apr 2025
Self-harm: Young People

"The publication of the online safety children’s code by Ofcom last week received mixed reviews from many and a howl of fury from both Ian Russell and the Children’s Commissioner. Can the Minister say what the Government make of the fact that the children’s code makes no provision whatsoever for …..."
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Division Vote (Lords)
26 Feb 2025 - Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Baroness Kidron (XB) voted No and in line with the House
One of 29 Crossbench No votes vs 7 Crossbench Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 177 Noes - 228
Division Vote (Lords)
26 Feb 2025 - Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Baroness Kidron (XB) voted No and in line with the House
One of 22 Crossbench No votes vs 7 Crossbench Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 189 Noes - 232
Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 24 Feb 2025
Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025

"My Lords, I remind the House of my interests, particularly as chair of 5Rights and as adviser to the Institute for Ethics in AI at Oxford. I wholeheartedly agree with both the previous speakers, and in fact, they have put the case so forcefully that I hope that the Government …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 24 Feb 2025
Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025

"I am sorry to interrupt, but maybe this would be a good moment to answer my question about the hierarchy of text in an Act versus the regulator’s advice. It was my understanding, when the House agreed to that amendment, that it was an instruction to the regulator rather than …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 24 Feb 2025
Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025

"I raised a number of questions and I would be grateful, if the Minister is not going to answer them in the moment, if she could write to me about the Joint Committee, the hierarchy of the Act and statements from the Dispatch Box versus this decision and other decisions...."
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Division Vote (Lords)
24 Feb 2025 - Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025 - View Vote Context
Baroness Kidron (XB) voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 12 Crossbench Aye votes vs 0 Crossbench No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 86 Noes - 55