"My Lords, I thank those who participated in this debate very much indeed. It went a little further than I had intended in drafting these amendments, but it has raised really important issues which I think we will probably come back to, if not later in Committee, certainly at Report.
"My Lords, I think we sometimes forget, because the results are often so spectacular, the hard work that has had to happen over the years to get us to where we are, particularly in relation to the Online Safety Act. It is well exemplified by the previous speaker. He put …..." Lord Stevenson of Balmacara - View Speech
"I am sorry to interrupt but I am slightly puzzled by the way in which that exchange just happened. I take it from what the Minister is saying that there is no dissent, in her and the Bill team’s thinking, about children’s rights having to be given the correct priority, …..." Lord Stevenson of Balmacara - View Speech
"My Lords, I welcome the Statement. Can the Minister respond to the question about whether the stalking legislation review will deal properly with stalking on the internet, which is increasing and terrifies people? I am concerned in particular about the circulation of deepfake pornography, its use and its close connection …..." Lord Stevenson of Balmacara - View Speech
"My Lords, I support these amendments and applaud the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for his temerity and for offering a variety of choices, making it even more difficult for my noble friend to resist it.
"My Lords, it occurred to me when the noble Lord was speaking that we had lost a valuable member of our Committee. This could not be the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, who was speaking to us just then. It must have been some form of miasma or technical imposition. Maybe …..." Lord Stevenson of Balmacara - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare an interest in that my wife was, before she retired, a construction lawyer, and I have discussed the Grenfell disaster with several of her former colleagues and clients.
"My Lords, it is a feature of your Lordships’ House that certain topics and Bills within them tend to attract a small and very intense group of persons, who get together to talk a language that is not generally understood by the rest of the world—certainly not by the rest …..." Lord Stevenson of Balmacara - View Speech
"I am sorry to interrupt what is a very fluent and comprehensive response. I do not want to break the thread, but can I press the Minister a little bit on those companies whose information which is their intellectual property is scraped? How will that be resolved? I did not …..." Lord Stevenson of Balmacara - View Speech
"With respect, it is the narrow question that a number of us have raised. Training the new AI systems is entirely dependent on them being fed vast amounts of material which they can absorb, process and reshape in order to answer questions that are asked of them. That information is …..." Lord Stevenson of Balmacara - View Speech