"My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, for facilitating this debate on such an important topic. It is, as always, a pleasure to follow my noble friend, who makes such thoughtful contributions.
"My Lords, it was a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Shamash, and to serve alongside him and all the other very enthusiastic members of the space committee—and, indeed, to serve under the excellent chairmanship of the noble Baroness, Lady Ashton of Upholland. I congratulate her not just …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"My Lords, a trusted source of news that everyone can rely on is good for society, but we should not kid ourselves that that is what currently exists. Levels of trust in the BBC and other mainstream broadcasters are not universal across all demographic groups. The cause of that is …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, for giving us this opportunity, and I have enjoyed listening to the speeches so far. As has already been said, we have a real crisis of trust in politics and our institutions. I want to talk about …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"My Lords, I agree with what the noble Baroness just said, but I have to say, before I ask my question, that I am hugely disappointed that the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, has chosen to question the motives of parliamentarians who are raising legitimate questions. That is no way for …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare that I have received support in preparing this Bill from the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition, the Media Lawyers Association and the News Media Association...." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"My Lords, bearing in mind that Fable is Mythos with guardrails, have the Government asked Anthropic whether it is addressing the jailbreak that threatens cyber security to a Mythos-style extent? If they are not addressing it, why not? There appeared to be some reluctance from Anthropic when the flag was …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will speak briefly in the gap. I have been here from the beginning of this debate because I am a social mobility commissioner, so this topic is very close to both my heart and my responsibilities in that role. As it …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"My Lords, I will get straight to the point and take on board the advice of the Government Whip on duty. I was hugely disappointed not to see SLAPPs legislation included in the gracious Speech. When a primary objective of government is restoring public confidence in democracy and our institutions, …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"My Lords, just before we progress, while the noble Lord on the Woolsack is absolutely right in what he has just argued, I have just witnessed three Members of this House not complying with the Companion. While my noble friend was wrong to do what he did, it is …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech