🗣️ Speeches and Debates
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My Lords, I am grateful to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Keeley, so early in this debate, and I thank her for securing this subject for us to discuss. I echo much of what she said, which I will return to in a moment. I congratulate the Minister on surviving the reshuffle cull. I have seen on social media how pleased she is to have held on to her role and how much she enjoys it. In...
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My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to take part in this debate, and I add to the plaudits directed at the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, who has prosecuted her agenda on digital safety and digital rights for more than a decade with acute skill and has certainly moved the dial on many occasions. May I also say how pleased I am that the Minister has survived the reshuffle cull? As she...
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My Lords, should China, or indeed any other country, wish to co-operate with us on AI policy, whom should they call? The Minister at DBIST, DCMS or the Cabinet Office, or the Prime Minister’s AI adviser at the Office for the Prime Minister and the Cabinet?
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My Lords, I am delighted that Kanishka Narayan, who is a great Minister, has gone into the Cabinet but it is obvious that the abolition of DSIT is a phenomenal waste of time. It will take three months of civil servants’ time when they should be focused on policies. The Government Digital Service should obviously be in the Cabinet Office, by the way. Can the Minister tell us where Sovereign...
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To Ministers.
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My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in this debate at Second Reading. I am taking part not because I was once hacked but because I was very briefly the Cyber Security Minister—which is almost as surprising as learning that I was once the Minister of Fashion. Several themes have emerged during this very interesting debate and I always find it interesting to debate a Bill on technology,...
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✍️ Written Questions and Answers
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To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Department for Education is responsible for undertaking identity checks for governors of independent schools.
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To ask His Majesty's Government how many governors of independent schools are required to verify their identity using Verifile.
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To ask His Majesty's Government how many governors of independent schools fail an identity check using Verifile each year.
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To ask His Majesty's Government how many prospective chairs of school governors and prospective school governors are required each year to carry out identity checks using Verifile.
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To ask His Majesty's Government how many prospective chairs of school governors and prospective school governors fail identity checks through Verifile as a percentage of the total who are required to use the Verifile service.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what reasons have been identified for prospective chairs of school governors and prospective school governors failing identity checks when using the Verifile service.
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To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to implement the final provisions of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022, specifically sections 61 to 65, 67, and 70 to 74.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what is the reason for the delay in implementing the remaining provisions of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022; and what steps they are taking to address this.
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