To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the (a) National Cyber Security Centre and (b) National Security Unit for Procurement have provided advice to (i) Ministers and (ii) officials on risks associated with the use of Chinese-manufactured Cellular Internet of Things modules in consumer products,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the (a) National Cyber Security Centre and (b) National Security Unit for Procurement have provided advice to (i) Ministers and (ii) officials on risks associated with the use of Chinese-manufactured Cellular Internet of Things modules in consumer products,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) potential impact of the use of Cellular Internet of Things modules in consumer products, including internet-connected vaping devices, on national security and (b) risk of interception, unauthorised access and transfer...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) potential impact of the use of Cellular Internet of Things modules in consumer products, including internet-connected vaping devices, on national security and (b) risk of interception, unauthorised access and transfer...

Letter dated 14/07/2026 from Kanishka Narayan MP to MPs regarding the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill report: questions raised by members at report stage: why the food sector is not included in the scope of the bill, internet-of-things modules - assessment of threat, and protections in the legislation. 2p.

Letter dated 14/07/2026 from Kanishka Narayan MP to MPs regarding the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill report: questions raised by members at report stage: why the food sector is not included in the scope of the bill, internet-of-things modules - assessment of threat, and protections in...

My Lords, it is getting late, and I am told that we are now competing with the Spain v France World Cup semi-final—the winner may well face England in the final—so I will try to be brief. I speak not as a cyber expert or technologist but as a former...

My Lords, it is getting late, and I am told that we are now competing with the Spain v France World Cup semi-final—the winner may well face England in the final—so I will try to be brief. I speak not as a cyber expert or technologist but as a former...

My Lords, my noble friend Lady Harding talked about speaking half way down the list, and the noble Lord, Lord Moraes, of being nearly at the end of the list. I am last, as your Lordships will be glad to hear.

I must declare my interest as an employee of Marsh...

My Lords, my noble friend Lady Harding talked about speaking half way down the list, and the noble Lord, Lord Moraes, of being nearly at the end of the list. I am last, as your Lordships will be glad to hear.

I must declare my interest as an employee of Marsh...

My Lords, first, I declare an interest as an adviser to DLA Piper on AI policy and regulation. I should also say that we as a law firm were subject to a ransomware attack by NotPetya back in 2017. It was not a pleasant experience.

I thank the Minister for her...

My Lords, first, I declare an interest as an adviser to DLA Piper on AI policy and regulation. I should also say that we as a law firm were subject to a ransomware attack by NotPetya back in 2017. It was not a pleasant experience.

I thank the Minister for her...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to the debate and, of course, to the Minister for her introduction. It has been a really thoughtful, compelling and persuasive debate. It is clear that, on all sides of the House, there is a shared recognition of...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to the debate and, of course, to the Minister for her introduction. It has been a really thoughtful, compelling and persuasive debate. It is clear that, on all sides of the House, there is a shared recognition of...

I thank noble Lords for their insightful and wide-ranging content, and I am pleased to hear the broad support for the Bill. I also thank the Minister in the other place and the parliamentarians who engaged with your Lordships and others ahead of the Bill’s introduction. The dialogue has been...

I thank noble Lords for their insightful and wide-ranging content, and I am pleased to hear the broad support for the Bill. I also thank the Minister in the other place and the parliamentarians who engaged with your Lordships and others ahead of the Bill’s introduction. The dialogue has been...

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Baroness Lloyd of Effra

Moved by

Baroness Lloyd of Effra

My Lords, I declare my interest as a chief engineer working for AtkinsRéalis and I support the Bill. Given the threats that we are facing, strengthening the cyber security of the UK is vital. I think that the flexible, risk-based approach taken within the Bill is the right one.

Noble Lords...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a chief engineer working for AtkinsRéalis and I support the Bill. Given the threats that we are facing, strengthening the cyber security of the UK is vital. I think that the flexible, risk-based approach taken within the Bill is the right one.

Noble Lords...

My Lords, earlier today, the noble Viscount, Lord Colville, and I were saying that we were both quite late down this list and feared that everything would already have been said. That appears to be the case, but, fear not, I will still use my eight minutes.

I support the Bill...

My Lords, earlier today, the noble Viscount, Lord Colville, and I were saying that we were both quite late down this list and feared that everything would already have been said. That appears to be the case, but, fear not, I will still use my eight minutes.

I support the Bill...

To Ministers.

To Ministers.

To Ministers, indeed—to my noble friend himself. In those days, the National Cyber Security Centre did not exist—I am obviously referring to my time as chief executive at TalkTalk. Instead, we were directed to the Metropolitan Police’s hostage negotiation team. They were lovely but unfortunately had no tech experience at...

To Ministers, indeed—to my noble friend himself. In those days, the National Cyber Security Centre did not exist—I am obviously referring to my time as chief executive at TalkTalk. Instead, we were directed to the Metropolitan Police’s hostage negotiation team. They were lovely but unfortunately had no tech experience at...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this important Bill. Cyber security is clearly vital to the protection and prosperity of our nation. But if we fail to plan, we plan to fail, and this Bill is at the heart of the Government’s cyber security plan.

I was born and...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this important Bill. Cyber security is clearly vital to the protection and prosperity of our nation. But if we fail to plan, we plan to fail, and this Bill is at the heart of the Government’s cyber security plan.

I was born and...

My Lords, I strongly welcome the intention of the Bill to strengthen the United Kingdom’s defences by updating our cyber security legislation as it applies to critical national infrastructure. That is good and overdue. As my noble friend Lady Gill pointed to, there is barely a week, if not a...

My Lords, I strongly welcome the intention of the Bill to strengthen the United Kingdom’s defences by updating our cyber security legislation as it applies to critical national infrastructure. That is good and overdue. As my noble friend Lady Gill pointed to, there is barely a week, if not a...

My Lords, I, too, welcome much of the Bill. It could not be more important in a world in which warfare is not just physical but digital. It is essential as part of our national security that our Government step in to protect us from such attacks.

Most noble Lords, I...

My Lords, I, too, welcome much of the Bill. It could not be more important in a world in which warfare is not just physical but digital. It is essential as part of our national security that our Government step in to protect us from such attacks.

Most noble Lords, I...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in this Second Reading debate and to follow my friend, the noble Viscount, Lord Colville of Culross. Though he, by his own words, repeated some of the earlier points, he was the first speaker to say “lacunae”, for which I am...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in this Second Reading debate and to follow my friend, the noble Viscount, Lord Colville of Culross. Though he, by his own words, repeated some of the earlier points, he was the first speaker to say “lacunae”, for which I am...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Holmes. The noble Baroness, Lady Harding, has inspired me, as I am so low down the list—nearly at the end—not to do that thing of saying, “Everything has already been said, but not yet by everyone”, which I...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Holmes. The noble Baroness, Lady Harding, has inspired me, as I am so low down the list—nearly at the end—not to do that thing of saying, “Everything has already been said, but not yet by everyone”, which I...

Lords second reading. Agreed to on question. Lords motion that the bill be committed to a Grand Committee and instruction on order of clauses to be taken. Agreed to on question.

Lords second reading. Agreed to on question. Lords motion that the bill be committed to a Grand Committee and instruction on order of clauses to be taken. Agreed to on question.

My Lords, we are a proudly online nation, embracing interconnectivity in all walks of life. Cloud-based working, the rise of software as a service, the advent of artificial intelligence and more have rocketed the UK forward. They have enabled us to work faster, more efficiently and with more flexibility than...

My Lords, we are a proudly online nation, embracing interconnectivity in all walks of life. Cloud-based working, the rise of software as a service, the advent of artificial intelligence and more have rocketed the UK forward. They have enabled us to work faster, more efficiently and with more flexibility than...