My Lords, I thank the Minister for her engagement and for defining what genuine scientific research is. I hope very much that the AI companies, when using this extraordinary exemption, will listen to the Government, and that the Government will ensure that the policy is enforced. The trust of the...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her engagement and for defining what genuine scientific research is. I hope very much that the AI companies, when using this extraordinary exemption, will listen to the Government, and that the Government will ensure that the policy is enforced. The trust of the...

My Lords, I stand in support of my Motion 43A. I welcome so much of this Bill. I want this country to be a champion of technology and hope that it becomes a tech powerhouse, attracting hundreds of millions of pounds-worth of investment in the development of AI. I understand...

My Lords, I stand in support of my Motion 43A. I welcome so much of this Bill. I want this country to be a champion of technology and hope that it becomes a tech powerhouse, attracting hundreds of millions of pounds-worth of investment in the development of AI. I understand...

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Viscount Colville of Culross

Moved by

Viscount Colville of Culross

My Lords, I listened carefully to the speeches of the noble Lords, Lord Winston and Lord Tarassenko, but I am not convinced that my amendment would stop the research as they suggested. However, it would protect users’ data as the technological revolution unfolds. I beg leave to test the opinion...

My Lords, I listened carefully to the speeches of the noble Lords, Lord Winston and Lord Tarassenko, but I am not convinced that my amendment would stop the research as they suggested. However, it would protect users’ data as the technological revolution unfolds. I beg leave to test the opinion...

My Lords, I support Amendments 44A and the consequential amendments in this group in the name of my noble friend Lady Kidron, whose speech has, I think, moved the whole Committee across all Benches.

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I speak as a career journalist and TV producer who has seen a systematic theft of...

My Lords, I support Amendments 44A and the consequential amendments in this group in the name of my noble friend Lady Kidron, whose speech has, I think, moved the whole Committee across all Benches.

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I speak as a career journalist and TV producer who has seen a systematic theft of...

Moved by

Viscount Colville of Culross

14: Clause 67, page 75, line 10, after “scientific” insert “and that is conducted in the public interest”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment ensures that to qualify for the scientific research exception for data reuse, that research must be in the public interest. This requirement already exists for...

Moved by

Viscount Colville of Culross

14: Clause 67, page 75, line 10, after “scientific” insert “and that is conducted in the public interest”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment ensures that to qualify for the scientific research exception for data reuse, that research must be in the public interest. This requirement already exists for...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Kidron and the noble Viscount, Lord Camrose, for adding their signatures to my Amendment 14. I withdrew this amendment in Committee, but I am now asking the Minister to consider once again the definition of “scientific research” in the Bill. If he...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Kidron and the noble Viscount, Lord Camrose, for adding their signatures to my Amendment 14. I withdrew this amendment in Committee, but I am now asking the Minister to consider once again the definition of “scientific research” in the Bill. If he...

My Lords, I am grateful and impressed that the Minister has stepped into this controversial sphere of data management at such short notice. I wish his colleague, the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, a swift recovery.

I hope that noble Lords listened to the persuasive speeches that were given across the Benches,...

My Lords, I am grateful and impressed that the Minister has stepped into this controversial sphere of data management at such short notice. I wish his colleague, the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, a swift recovery.

I hope that noble Lords listened to the persuasive speeches that were given across the Benches,...

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 36 tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones. I also support Amendments 26, 27, 28, 31, 32 and 35. The Government, in their AI Statement last week, said that ADM will be rolled out across the public sector in the coming...

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 36 tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones. I also support Amendments 26, 27, 28, 31, 32 and 35. The Government, in their AI Statement last week, said that ADM will be rolled out across the public sector in the coming...

My Lords I have been very impressed by the speeches of my noble friends Lady Kidron and Lord Freyberg, so I will be very brief. I declare in interest as a television producer who produces content. I hope that it has not been scraped up by AI machines, but who...

My Lords I have been very impressed by the speeches of my noble friends Lady Kidron and Lord Freyberg, so I will be very brief. I declare in interest as a television producer who produces content. I hope that it has not been scraped up by AI machines, but who...

Moved by

Viscount Colville of Culross

92: Clause 77, page 91, line 5, leave out “the number of data subjects,”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment reduces the likelihood of misuse of Clause 77 by AI model developers, who may otherwise seek to claim they do not need to notify data subjects of reuse for...

Moved by

Viscount Colville of Culross

92: Clause 77, page 91, line 5, leave out “the number of data subjects,”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment reduces the likelihood of misuse of Clause 77 by AI model developers, who may otherwise seek to claim they do not need to notify data subjects of reuse for...

My Lords, I have tabled Amendments 92, 93, 101 and 105, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones for adding his name to them. I also support Amendment 137 in the name of my noble friend Lady Kidron.

Clause 77 grants an exemption to the Article 13 and 14 rights...

My Lords, I have tabled Amendments 92, 93, 101 and 105, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones for adding his name to them. I also support Amendment 137 in the name of my noble friend Lady Kidron.

Clause 77 grants an exemption to the Article 13 and 14 rights...

This has been a wide-ranging debate, with important contributions from across the Committee. I take some comfort from the Minister’s declaration that the exemptions will not be used for web crawling, but I want to make sure that they are not used at the expense of the privacy and control...

This has been a wide-ranging debate, with important contributions from across the Committee. I take some comfort from the Minister’s declaration that the exemptions will not be used for web crawling, but I want to make sure that they are not used at the expense of the privacy and control...

My Lords, Amendment 119 is in my name, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Knight, for adding his name to it. I am pleased to add my name to Amendment 115A in the name of noble Viscount, Lord Camrose.

Transparency is key to ensuring that the rollout of ADM brings...

My Lords, Amendment 119 is in my name, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Knight, for adding his name to it. I am pleased to add my name to Amendment 115A in the name of noble Viscount, Lord Camrose.

Transparency is key to ensuring that the rollout of ADM brings...

Moved by

Viscount Colville of Culross

59: Clause 67, page 75, line 9, after “processing” insert “solely”.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment prevents misuse of the scientific research exceptions for data reuse by ensuring that the only purpose for which the reuse is permissible is for the scientific research—with no additional purposes.

Moved by

Viscount Colville of Culross

59: Clause 67, page 75, line 9, after “processing” insert “solely”.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment prevents misuse of the scientific research exceptions for data reuse by ensuring that the only purpose for which the reuse is permissible is for the scientific research—with no additional purposes.

I have tabled Amendments 59, 62, 63 and 65, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, my noble friend Lady Kidron and the noble Viscount, Lord Camrose, for adding their names to them. I am sure that the Committee will agree that these amendments have some pretty heavyweight support....

I have tabled Amendments 59, 62, 63 and 65, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, my noble friend Lady Kidron and the noble Viscount, Lord Camrose, for adding their names to them. I am sure that the Committee will agree that these amendments have some pretty heavyweight support....

I thank the Minister very much, but is she not concerned by the preliminary opinion from the EDPS, particularly that traditional academic research is blurrier than ever and that it is even harder to distinguish research which generally benefits society from that which primarily serves private interest? People in the...

I thank the Minister very much, but is she not concerned by the preliminary opinion from the EDPS, particularly that traditional academic research is blurrier than ever and that it is even harder to distinguish research which generally benefits society from that which primarily serves private interest? People in the...

My Lords, this has been a very important debate about one of the most controversial areas of this Bill. My amendments are supported across the House and by respected civic institutions such as the Ada Lovelace Institute. I understand that the Minister thinks they will stifle scientific research, particularly by...

My Lords, this has been a very important debate about one of the most controversial areas of this Bill. My amendments are supported across the House and by respected civic institutions such as the Ada Lovelace Institute. I understand that the Minister thinks they will stifle scientific research, particularly by...

My Lords, it seems very strange indeed that Amendment 66 is in a different group from group 1, which we have already discussed. Of course, I support Amendment 66 from the noble Viscount, Lord Camrose, but in response to my suggestion for a similar ethical threshold, the Minister said she...

My Lords, it seems very strange indeed that Amendment 66 is in a different group from group 1, which we have already discussed. Of course, I support Amendment 66 from the noble Viscount, Lord Camrose, but in response to my suggestion for a similar ethical threshold, the Minister said she...

My Lords, I tabled Amendment 35 because I want to make the DVS trust framework as useful as possible. I support Amendment 33 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and Amendment 37 in the name of the noble Viscount, Lord Camrose.

The framework’s mandate is to define a...

My Lords, I tabled Amendment 35 because I want to make the DVS trust framework as useful as possible. I support Amendment 33 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and Amendment 37 in the name of the noble Viscount, Lord Camrose.

The framework’s mandate is to define a...