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Intellectual Property Bill [HL]: Second Reading (22 May 2013)

Lord Clement-Jones: My Lords, I thank the Minister for his characteristically careful exposition of the Bill and for the amendments to legislation briefing that he provided beforehand. I am also very much looking forward to the maiden speech of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, a fellow alumnus of Trinity College, Cambridge. I am sure that we are all looking forward to it. I shall not...

Publishing: Public Lending Right — Question (22 May 2013)

Lord Clement-Jones: My Lords, with the Intellectual Property Bill now before the House, will my noble friend confirm that that will be an ideal opportunity to introduce public lending rights for remote e-lending?

Written Answers — House of Lords: Copyright (22 May 2013)

Lord Clement-Jones: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the proposed exception to copyright for private copying will be accompanied by compensation for creators and rights holders.

Queen’s Speech — Debate (4th Day) (14 May 2013)

Lord Clement-Jones: My Lords, I, too, start by congratulating our maiden speakers on three superb speeches. Today’s debate, focusing in part on health, education and welfare, is a chance to welcome warmly a number of key elements in the Queen’s Speech and the forthcoming legislative programme: the Care Bill, the Pensions Bill, the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill and the carryover of the Children and...

Tourism: Visa Restrictions — Question (25 April 2013)

Lord Clement-Jones: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have assessed the economic impact on the United Kingdom tourism industry of new visa restrictions for visitors from Brazil.

Tourism: Visa Restrictions — Question (25 April 2013)

Lord Clement-Jones: My Lords, that is instant clarification and I thank the Minister for that. However, does not this kind of media misunderstanding and reporting demonstrate the fact that the tourism sector, despite its importance and huge potential for job creation, still believes that it is the Cinderella of British business sectors? Does this not argue for a much more joined-up, strategic approach between...

National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 — Motion to Annul (24 April 2013)

Lord Clement-Jones: My Lords, I was prepared to disagree with a substantial proportion of the speech by the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, but I was certainly not prepared to find myself disagreeing with 100% of it, which is the position I find myself in. It is of course regrettable that the original regulations were published late and have had to be revised. As the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Olympic Supplier Recognition Scheme (22 April 2013)

Lord Clement-Jones: To ask Her Majesty's Government what definition of "audio, video and audio-visual equipment, recording devices, navigation equipment, and cameras" has been used in the establishment of the Olympic Supplier Recognition Scheme.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Olympic Supplier Recognition Scheme (22 April 2013)

Lord Clement-Jones: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend further to refine the definitions of (1) "audio, video and audio-visual equipment, recording devices, navigation equipment, and cameras", and (2) "commercial, residential and industrial lighting fixtures and systems", in the Olympic Supplier Recognition Scheme in order to ensure that United Kingdom companies that produced services for the...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Olympic Supplier Recognition Scheme (22 April 2013)

Lord Clement-Jones: To ask Her Majesty's Government why entertainment lighting suppliers to the London 2012 Games are excluded from the Olympic Supplier Recognition Scheme.

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill — Third Reading (20 March 2013)

Lord Clement-Jones: My Lords, I am not unsympathetic to the first of the noble Lord's amendments, Amendment 10, but on the argument that he makes for a review of the orphan works scheme-and many of us have doubts about how that is going to operate in practice-I wonder whether it could not be done more frequently in the Intellectual Property Office's annual report. The Minister demonstrated in the course of our...

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill — Third Reading (20 March 2013)

Lord Clement-Jones: My Lords, I thank the Minister. If anything, what he has just said demonstrates the complexity of copyright legislation and the provisions of what is now Clause 78. One of the interesting things about this Bill is that when debating Part 6 we have continuously had to push our horizons forward. I think that when we started it was Clause 57 onwards, then it was Clause 66 onwards and it is now...

Broadband: Communications Committee Report: Motion to Take Note (18 March 2013)

Lord Clement-Jones: My Lords, first, I declare an interest as a former member of Huawei International's advisory committee. It is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Haskel, and his thoughtful speech. He clearly needs to join the Communications Committee. The economic and cultural benefits of broadband are considerable, as stated by my noble friend Lord Inglewood, who was our tireless chairman during this...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Planning (18 March 2013)

Lord Clement-Jones: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact on creators and creative industries of changes in planning regulation to allow the conversion of office space to housing.

Health: Cancer Drugs Fund — Question (13 March 2013)

Lord Clement-Jones: My Lords, as regards the introduction of value-based pricing, can the Minister confirm whether cancer patients will be consulted about the definition of value within that concept? Can he confirm that the impact on quality of life will be included in the assessment of value?

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill: Report (4th Day) (Continued) (11 March 2013)

Lord Clement-Jones: My Lords, I thank the Minister for that. I will need to consider some of the points that he has made. I am not sure whether I agree that it should be a matter of pure compensation and not damages, but I am sure that his words will be worth looking over again in the light of day. In the meantime, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 84AHA withdrawn. Amendment 84AHAZA Moved by Lord...

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill: Report (4th Day) (Continued) (11 March 2013)

Lord Clement-Jones: My Lords, I beg to move Amendment 84AHAZA. The labelling of the amendments gets more and more complicated as time goes on. The requirement that the moral right be asserted is widely agreed not to be a particularly useful concept. Discovering whether a right has been asserted is in many cases, for practical purposes, impossible. It was noticeable that the Minister confirmed in our previous...

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill: Report (4th Day) (Continued) (11 March 2013)

Lord Clement-Jones: My Lords, I thank the Minister for that response, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin, for his very valuable support. I appreciate the Minister saying that there is a legitimate debate. There are, of course, a number of aspects of moral rights that are debatable, not only the automatic right stated in this amendment but also the issue of waiver, the question of the economic value of moral...

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill: Report (4th Day) (Continued) (11 March 2013)

Lord Clement-Jones: My Lords, there is currently in many cases an imbalance in economic power between the creator and those with whom they are dealing on copyright. I moved an amendment similar to this in Grand Committee, and at that time the Minister said that the Unfair Contract Terms Act is intended to regulate only business to consumer relations. Of course that is correct. The Minister has, however, agreed...

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill: Report (4th Day) (Continued) (11 March 2013)

Lord Clement-Jones: My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. I also thank the noble Earl, Lord Erroll, for his comments. He rarely supports one of my amendments, and I have learnt more about his ancestors today than on many previous occasions, so I thank him for his support. The issue is not whether or not to amend this particular Act. As the Minister says, the Unfair Contract Terms Act does not apply to...