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Thursday 23rd July 2026 Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer) Debate - Main Chamber Subject: Impact of digital and technology policy on national sovereignty View calendar - Add to calendar

Speeches
Baroness Kidron speeches from: Digital and Technology Policy: National Sovereignty Baroness Kidron contributed 3 speeches (2,291 words) Thursday 23rd July 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Baroness Kidron speeches from: EU Technological Sovereignty Package Baroness Kidron contributed 1 speech (78 words) Monday 20th July 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Baroness Kidron speeches from: Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Baroness Kidron contributed 1 speech (1,109 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 14th July 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Written Answers
Artificial Intelligence: Arts Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer) Monday 29th June 2026 Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Lloyd of Effra on 18 March (HLWS1419), what progress they have made towards establishing a working group on independent and smaller creative organisations to explore whether there is a role for government to support their ability to license their content. Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) On 18 March, we published our report and impact assessment on copyright and AI. This set out where we will do more work with our creative and AI sectors. This summer we will launch a consultation on digital replicas; establish a taskforce on the labelling of AI‑generated content, which will publish an interim report in autumn 2026; and set up a working group to support independent and smaller creatives. Further details will be set out in due course, including on the creator control review and the composition of the taskforce and working group.
Artificial Intelligence: Licensing Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer) Monday 29th June 2026 Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Lloyd of Effra on 18 March (HLWS1419), what progress they have made towards publishing a review of the mechanisms available for creators to control their works online, including standards, technical solutions, and best practice on input transparency. Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) On 18 March, we published our report and impact assessment on copyright and AI. This set out where we will do more work with our creative and AI sectors. This summer we will launch a consultation on digital replicas; establish a taskforce on the labelling of AI‑generated content, which will publish an interim report in autumn 2026; and set up a working group to support independent and smaller creatives. Further details will be set out in due course, including on the creator control review and the composition of the taskforce and working group.
Artificial Intelligence: Labelling Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer) Monday 29th June 2026 Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Lloyd of Effra on 18 March (HLWS1419), what progress they have made towards establishing a taskforce on the labelling of AI-generated content. Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) On 18 March, we published our report and impact assessment on copyright and AI. This set out where we will do more work with our creative and AI sectors. This summer we will launch a consultation on digital replicas; establish a taskforce on the labelling of AI‑generated content, which will publish an interim report in autumn 2026; and set up a working group to support independent and smaller creatives. Further details will be set out in due course, including on the creator control review and the composition of the taskforce and working group.
Internet: Public Consultation Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer) Thursday 18th June 2026 Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: To ask His Majesty's Government what distinction, if any, they will draw between individual and organisational responses to Growing up in the online world: a national consultation, published on 2 March, in evaluating the outcomes of that consultation. Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) Human eyes have been involved in every stage of the Growing up in the online world consultation assessment. Artificial intelligence (AI) was used to help quickly identify themes in the open text responses to the consultation, the process was robust and quality assured, with human review validating and scrutinising the themes AI identified. Policy officials then used the themes to analyse the responses and develop policy alongside wider evidence and stakeholder input. Ministers considered a wide range of input and evidence before making their policy decisions.
Internet: Public Consultation Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer) Thursday 18th June 2026 Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: To ask His Majesty's Government how responses to Growing up in the online world: a national consultation, published on 2 March, will be evaluated; whether artificial intelligence will be used in that evaluation; whether it will be used equally across all submissions; and, if not, what criteria will determine which responses are assessed by artificial intelligence and which by officials. Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) Human eyes have been involved in every stage of the Growing up in the online world consultation assessment. Artificial intelligence (AI) was used to help quickly identify themes in the open text responses to the consultation, the process was robust and quality assured, with human review validating and scrutinising the themes AI identified. Policy officials then used the themes to analyse the responses and develop policy alongside wider evidence and stakeholder input. Ministers considered a wide range of input and evidence before making their policy decisions.
OpenAI Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer) Thursday 2nd July 2026 Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: To ask His Majesty's Government whether records, minutes or notes were taken of meetings between ministers and OpenAI representatives in relation to the Memorandum of Understanding between those parties; and whether they will publish such records. Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) DSIT and OpenAI agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding on 21 July 2025 which built on years of collaboration on a range of issues covering from economic growth to security. Through strategic partnerships with leading frontier model developers, including our Memorandum of Understanding with OpenAI, we aim to accelerate AI-driven economic growth and create opportunities to improve lives across the UK. We are working with OpenAI and other leading AI companies to explore investment in UK infrastructure, improve public services, and rigorously assess the safety and security of new technologies before public release. This MoU is not legally binding. Ministerial meetings are published according to normal transparency requirements on the GOV.UK website. Over the period (2024–2025) a number of meetings were held between Ministers and OpenAI.
OpenAI Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer) Thursday 2nd July 2026 Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: To ask His Majesty's Government which ministers and officials were involved in the negotiation of the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK Government and OpenAI; how many meetings took place regarding the Memorandum of Understanding; and on what dates. Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) DSIT and OpenAI agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding on 21 July 2025 which built on years of collaboration on a range of issues covering from economic growth to security. Through strategic partnerships with leading frontier model developers, including our Memorandum of Understanding with OpenAI, we aim to accelerate AI-driven economic growth and create opportunities to improve lives across the UK. We are working with OpenAI and other leading AI companies to explore investment in UK infrastructure, improve public services, and rigorously assess the safety and security of new technologies before public release. This MoU is not legally binding. Ministerial meetings are published according to normal transparency requirements on the GOV.UK website. Over the period (2024–2025) a number of meetings were held between Ministers and OpenAI.
OpenAI Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer) Thursday 2nd July 2026 Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: To ask His Majesty's Government whether any meetings relating to the Memorandum of Understanding between ministers and OpenAI representatives took place without officials present. Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) DSIT and OpenAI agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding on 21 July 2025 which built on years of collaboration on a range of issues covering from economic growth to security. Through strategic partnerships with leading frontier model developers, including our Memorandum of Understanding with OpenAI, we aim to accelerate AI-driven economic growth and create opportunities to improve lives across the UK. We are working with OpenAI and other leading AI companies to explore investment in UK infrastructure, improve public services, and rigorously assess the safety and security of new technologies before public release. This MoU is not legally binding. Ministerial meetings are published according to normal transparency requirements on the GOV.UK website. Over the period (2024–2025) a number of meetings were held between Ministers and OpenAI.
OpenAI Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer) Thursday 2nd July 2026 Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: To ask His Majesty's Government whether draft versions of their Memorandum of Understanding with Open AI were exchanged prior to signature; and whether they plan to publish such drafts. Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) DSIT and OpenAI agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding on 21 July 2025 which built on years of collaboration on a range of issues covering from economic growth to security. Through strategic partnerships with leading frontier model developers, including our Memorandum of Understanding with OpenAI, we aim to accelerate AI-driven economic growth and create opportunities to improve lives across the UK. We are working with OpenAI and other leading AI companies to explore investment in UK infrastructure, improve public services, and rigorously assess the safety and security of new technologies before public release. This MoU is not legally binding. Ministerial meetings are published according to normal transparency requirements on the GOV.UK website. Over the period (2024–2025) a number of meetings were held between Ministers and OpenAI.
OpenAI Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer) Thursday 2nd July 2026 Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: To ask His Majesty's Government what internal governance and approval processes were followed prior to agreeing the Memorandum of Understanding with OpenAI. Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) DSIT and OpenAI agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding on 21 July 2025 which built on years of collaboration on a range of issues covering from economic growth to security. Through strategic partnerships with leading frontier model developers, including our Memorandum of Understanding with OpenAI, we aim to accelerate AI-driven economic growth and create opportunities to improve lives across the UK. We are working with OpenAI and other leading AI companies to explore investment in UK infrastructure, improve public services, and rigorously assess the safety and security of new technologies before public release. This MoU is not legally binding. Ministerial meetings are published according to normal transparency requirements on the GOV.UK website. Over the period (2024–2025) a number of meetings were held between Ministers and OpenAI.

Written Answers

Artificial Intelligence: Arts
Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer)
Monday 29th June 2026

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Lloyd of Effra on 18 March (HLWS1419), what progress they have made towards establishing a working group on independent and smaller creative organisations to explore whether there is a role for government to support their ability to license their content.

Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

On 18 March, we published our report and impact assessment on copyright and AI. This set out where we will do more work with our creative and AI sectors. This summer we will launch a consultation on digital replicas; establish a taskforce on the labelling of AI‑generated content, which will publish an interim report in autumn 2026; and set up a working group to support independent and smaller creatives. Further details will be set out in due course, including on the creator control review and the composition of the taskforce and working group.

Artificial Intelligence: Licensing
Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer)
Monday 29th June 2026

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Lloyd of Effra on 18 March (HLWS1419), what progress they have made towards publishing a review of the mechanisms available for creators to control their works online, including standards, technical solutions, and best practice on input transparency.

Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

Artificial Intelligence: Labelling
Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer)
Monday 29th June 2026

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Lloyd of Effra on 18 March (HLWS1419), what progress they have made towards establishing a taskforce on the labelling of AI-generated content.

Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

Internet: Public Consultation
Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer)
Thursday 18th June 2026

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government what distinction, if any, they will draw between individual and organisational responses to Growing up in the online world: a national consultation, published on 2 March, in evaluating the outcomes of that consultation.

Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

Human eyes have been involved in every stage of the Growing up in the online world consultation assessment.

Artificial intelligence (AI) was used to help quickly identify themes in the open text responses to the consultation, the process was robust and quality assured, with human review validating and scrutinising the themes AI identified. Policy officials then used the themes to analyse the responses and develop policy alongside wider evidence and stakeholder input.

Ministers considered a wide range of input and evidence before making their policy decisions.

Internet: Public Consultation
Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer)
Thursday 18th June 2026

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government how responses to Growing up in the online world: a national consultation, published on 2 March, will be evaluated; whether artificial intelligence will be used in that evaluation; whether it will be used equally across all submissions; and, if not, what criteria will determine which responses are assessed by artificial intelligence and which by officials.

Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

Human eyes have been involved in every stage of the Growing up in the online world consultation assessment.

Ministers considered a wide range of input and evidence before making their policy decisions.

OpenAI
Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer)
Thursday 2nd July 2026

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether records, minutes or notes were taken of meetings between ministers and OpenAI representatives in relation to the Memorandum of Understanding between those parties; and whether they will publish such records.

Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

DSIT and OpenAI agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding on 21 July 2025 which built on years of collaboration on a range of issues covering from economic growth to security. Through strategic partnerships with leading frontier model developers, including our Memorandum of Understanding with OpenAI, we aim to accelerate AI-driven economic growth and create opportunities to improve lives across the UK. We are working with OpenAI and other leading AI companies to explore investment in UK infrastructure, improve public services, and rigorously assess the safety and security of new technologies before public release. This MoU is not legally binding.

Ministerial meetings are published according to normal transparency requirements on the GOV.UK website. Over the period (2024–2025) a number of meetings were held between Ministers and OpenAI.

OpenAI
Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer)
Thursday 2nd July 2026

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government which ministers and officials were involved in the negotiation of the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK Government and OpenAI; how many meetings took place regarding the Memorandum of Understanding; and on what dates.

Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

Ministerial meetings are published according to normal transparency requirements on the GOV.UK website. Over the period (2024–2025) a number of meetings were held between Ministers and OpenAI.

OpenAI
Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer)
Thursday 2nd July 2026

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether any meetings relating to the Memorandum of Understanding between ministers and OpenAI representatives took place without officials present.

Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

Ministerial meetings are published according to normal transparency requirements on the GOV.UK website. Over the period (2024–2025) a number of meetings were held between Ministers and OpenAI.

OpenAI
Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer)
Thursday 2nd July 2026

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether draft versions of their Memorandum of Understanding with Open AI were exchanged prior to signature; and whether they plan to publish such drafts.

Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

Ministerial meetings are published according to normal transparency requirements on the GOV.UK website. Over the period (2024–2025) a number of meetings were held between Ministers and OpenAI.

OpenAI
Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer)
Thursday 2nd July 2026

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government what internal governance and approval processes were followed prior to agreeing the Memorandum of Understanding with OpenAI.

Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

Ministerial meetings are published according to normal transparency requirements on the GOV.UK website. Over the period (2024–2025) a number of meetings were held between Ministers and OpenAI.

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14 Jul 2026, 7:09 p.m. - House of Lords " Yes, yes. >> Yes, yes. >> My Lords, it's a great pleasure to follow the noble Lady, Baroness Kidron, and her points about " Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party) - View Video - View Transcript
14 Jul 2026, 7:12 p.m. - House of Lords "that as we go along. But this what we are talking about is the noble Lady, Baroness Kidron, identified. " Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party) - View Video - View Transcript
14 Jul 2026, 8:21 p.m. - House of Lords "terrifying meeting that the. That my noble friend Baroness Kidron mentioned, held by the Institute of " Viscount Colville of Culross (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
14 Jul 2026, 9:02 p.m. - House of Lords "where's the strategy? And the noble Baroness Kidron said, where is the plan of action, my Lord? So there's " Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
14 Jul 2026, 9:03 p.m. - House of Lords "Northover, Lord Birt and Baroness Kidron, my noble friend Baroness Ludford, Lord Vaizey and Viscount " Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
14 Jul 2026, 9:05 p.m. - House of Lords "this as an AI shaped hole and noble Baroness Kidron, Baroness Harding, " Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
14 Jul 2026, 9:09 p.m. - House of Lords "said by the noble Baroness Kidron, Baroness Bennett and Baroness Burger. In that respect, the Bill " Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
14 Jul 2026, 9:27 p.m. - House of Lords "of Culross, noble Baroness Baroness Kidron and my noble friend Baroness " Baroness Lloyd of Effra, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
14 Jul 2026, 9:29 p.m. - House of Lords "and information systems. It would be considered in scope. And to the question posed by Baroness Kidron " Baroness Lloyd of Effra, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
14 Jul 2026, 9:29 p.m. - House of Lords "question posed by Baroness Kidron on a, on a on an example of how " Baroness Lloyd of Effra, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
8 Jul 2026, 4:20 p.m. - Business and Trade Committee "Uh, our colleagues like, uh, Baroness Kidron, has argued that actually that is a huge benefit for American companies who are enjoying, for example, access to cut price electricity. " Speaker 13 - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 12:42 p.m. - House of Lords ">> My Lords. >> My congratulations and gratitude to Baroness Kidron for securing. >> This debate. " Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 12:29 p.m. - House of Lords " My Lords, I think it's. >> Time not merely for the formal ritual. Congratulations to the noble Baroness Kidron for starting the debate, but for also " Lord Howell of Guildford (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 12:30 p.m. - House of Lords "does it lie now? It lies increasingly, as the Baroness Kidron and others know perfectly well with the great platforms. I'm " Lord Howell of Guildford (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 12:47 p.m. - House of Lords "may I add to the plaudits directed in the direction of the noble Baroness Baroness Kidron, who has prosecuted her agenda on digital " Baroness Gill (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 12:53 p.m. - House of Lords ">> My Lords, I thank the noble Lady Baroness Kidron for securing this debate and for a very powerful and " Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 12:57 p.m. - House of Lords "with the American regime. The noble Lady Baroness Kidron spoke about the activist white House, and I " Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 12:58 p.m. - House of Lords "back to the to the noble Lady Baroness Kidron point, we have to have the power to change our mind, " Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 12:59 p.m. - House of Lords "inclusion, and I also want to congratulate the noble Lady Baroness Kidron for securing this " Baroness Verma (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 12:59 p.m. - House of Lords "Baroness Kidron for securing this debate today. And like her, I'm not " Baroness Verma (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 1:03 p.m. - House of Lords "house. And when I was listening to Baroness Kidron opening remarks, I " Baroness Verma (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 1:07 p.m. - House of Lords "United States, which is that there is no federal regulation, as Baroness Kidron said, or regulation " Lord Moraes (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 1:05 p.m. - House of Lords ">> My Lords, could I also welcome Baroness Kidron initiative today? I just finished your book and it's a " Baroness Verma (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 1:12 p.m. - House of Lords "congratulating my friend Baroness Kidron on her brilliant and blistering introduction to this debate. The noble Lady is having " Lord Moraes (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 1:32 p.m. - House of Lords "know his passion and commitment for British technology, and I also thank the noble Baroness Kidron for securing this debate at this " Lord Ranger of Northwood (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 1:38 p.m. - House of Lords " My Lord, I too would like to begin by thanking the noble Baroness Baroness Kidron for once again bringing us together for this important conversation at a moment in time when AI is emerging as the " Baroness Shields (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 1:44 p.m. - House of Lords " My Lords, it's a real honour to take part in this debate, and I join others once again in thanking join others once again in thanking Baroness Kidron for her penetrating analysis. In the words of our new " The Lord Bishop of Oxford (Bishops) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 1:58 p.m. - House of Lords "wanting answers in this respect. The noble Baroness Kidron Baroness Gill touched on the importance of " Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 1:58 p.m. - House of Lords "copyright. The noble Baroness Kidron has already secured the Minister's confirmation on the " Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 1:59 p.m. - House of Lords "understood. Noble Baroness Kidron. Noble Baroness Bennett Lord Drayson Baroness Shields have all raised the importance of procurement. My " Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 1:59 p.m. - House of Lords "welcome the Minister's assurance today that the difference is understood. Noble Baroness Kidron. " Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 2 p.m. - House of Lords "accountability. Indeed, the noble Baroness Kidron and the noble Baroness Bennett used the term " Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 1:54 p.m. - House of Lords "economic, societal and security future. Noble Baroness Kidron the " Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 2:02 p.m. - House of Lords " My Lords, I too thank the noble >> My Lords, I too thank the noble Lady Baroness Kidron for securing this important debate and thank all of those who have participated. I " Viscount Camrose (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 2:05 p.m. - House of Lords "repeat or outdo the noble Lady Baroness Kidron brilliant summary of these risks, but I would like to " Viscount Camrose (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 2:19 p.m. - House of Lords "the points and questions raised by Baroness Kidron Baroness Stowell of Beeston and the noble Viscount " Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 2:24 p.m. - House of Lords "Baroness Kidron raised on. Public data sets and others, the government has launched a call for " Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 4:12 p.m. - House of Lords "them. So I want to link to the first debate where the noble Lady, Baroness Kidron, talked about " Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2026, 12:07 p.m. - House of Lords "Baroness Kidron. My Lords, I'm " Business of the House - View Video - View Transcript

Parliamentary Debates
Digital and Technology Policy: National Sovereignty 44 speeches (18,949 words) Thursday 23rd July 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Mentions: 1: Lord Howell of Guildford (Con - Life peer) My Lords, it is time for the formal and ritual congratulations to the noble Baroness, Kidron, not merely - Link to Speech

Select Committee Documents
Monday 20th July 2026 Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes Session 2024-26 Science, Innovation and Technology Committee Found: Professor Lorna Woods OBE, Professor Emerita of Law, University of Essex; Baroness Kidron OBE; and Dr
Wednesday 15th July 2026 Special Report - 2nd Special Report - Political finance and foreign influence: Government and Electoral Commission responses National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) Found: peer) Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour; Life peer) Lord Jack of Courance (Conservative; Life peer) Baroness Kidron
Wednesday 8th July 2026 Oral Evidence - Department for Business and Trade, Department for Business and Trade, and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Artificial Intelligence, business and the future of the workforce - Business and Trade Committee Found: Colleagues such as Baroness Kidron have argued that it is a huge benefit for American companies, which
Wednesday 24th June 2026 Special Report - 1st Special Report - The National Security Strategy: Government Response National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) Found: peer) Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour; Life peer) Lord Jack of Courance (Conservative; Life peer) Baroness Kidron
Monday 22nd June 2026 Oral Evidence - RUSI, and Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center Societal resilience: a national conversation - National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) Found: Boateng; Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi; Lord Godson; Lord Hutton of Furness; Lord Jack of Courance; Baroness Kidron
Monday 22nd June 2026 Oral Evidence - UK in a Changing Europe, University of Edinburgh, and European Council on Foreign Relations Societal resilience: a national conversation - National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) Found: Boateng; Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi; Lord Godson; Lord Hutton of Furness; Lord Jack of Courance; Baroness Kidron

Baroness Kidron - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Monday 13th July 2026 4 p.m. National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence Subject: Deterrence in an age of Russian aggression At 4:20pm: Oral evidence Lieutenant General (Retired) Ben Hodges - Former Commanding General of US Army Europe Tom McKane - Former Director General for Strategy and Security Policy, Ministry of Defence and Distinguished Fellow at Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Jen Easterly - Former Director of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and Visiting Fellow at Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford At 5:00pm: Oral evidence Rachel Ellehuus - Former US Secretary of Defense Representative in Europe, NATO and Director-General at Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Sir Adam Thomson - Former UK Permanent Representative to NATO and Senior Associate Fellow at European Leadership Network (ELN) Armida Van Rij - Senior Non-resident Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Senior Research Fellow at Centre for European Reform (CER) View calendar - Add to calendar

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Monday 13th July 2026 4 p.m.
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence
Subject: Deterrence in an age of Russian aggression
At 4:20pm: Oral evidence
Lieutenant General (Retired) Ben Hodges - Former Commanding General of US Army Europe
Tom McKane - Former Director General for Strategy and Security Policy, Ministry of Defence and Distinguished Fellow at Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
Jen Easterly - Former Director of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and Visiting Fellow at Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
At 5:00pm: Oral evidence
Rachel Ellehuus - Former US Secretary of Defense Representative in Europe, NATO and Director-General at Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
Sir Adam Thomson - Former UK Permanent Representative to NATO and Senior Associate Fellow at European Leadership Network (ELN)
Armida Van Rij - Senior Non-resident Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Senior Research Fellow at Centre for European Reform (CER)
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Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 16th June 2026 Correspondence - Letter from John Wrottesley, European Subsea Cables Association relating to the session on ‘Undersea cables follow-up’ on 18 May, dated 20 May 2026 National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Wednesday 24th June 2026 Special Report - 1st Special Report - The National Security Strategy: Government Response National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Tuesday 23rd June 2026 Correspondence - The Electoral Commission's response to the Committee's report on political finance and foreign influence, dated 20 May 2026 National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Wednesday 24th June 2026 Correspondence - Letter to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, relating to the Government's response to the Committee's report on The National Security Strategy, dated 23 June 2026 National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Monday 22nd June 2026 Oral Evidence - UK in a Changing Europe, University of Edinburgh, and European Council on Foreign Relations Societal resilience: a national conversation - National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Monday 22nd June 2026 Oral Evidence - RUSI, and Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center Societal resilience: a national conversation - National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Wednesday 15th July 2026 Special Report - 2nd Special Report - Political finance and foreign influence: Government and Electoral Commission responses National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Monday 13th July 2026 Oral Evidence - Lieutenant General (Retired) Ben Hodges, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), and Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford Societal resilience: a national conversation - National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Monday 13th July 2026 Oral Evidence - Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), European Leadership Network (ELN), and Centre for European Reform (CER) Societal resilience: a national conversation - National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Tuesday 14th July 2026 Correspondence - Letter from the Electoral Commission relating to the response to the Rycroft Review, dated 2 July 2026 National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)

Select Committee Inquiry
15 Jul 2026 Space resilience National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (Select) Submit Evidence (by 6 Sep 2026) No description available

Select Committee Inquiry

15 Jul 2026
Space resilience
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (Select)

Submit Evidence (by 6 Sep 2026)

No description available

Scottish Calendar
Thursday 25th June 2026 10 a.m. 1st Meeting, 2026 (Session 7) The committee will meet at 10:00am at T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv. 1. Declaration of interests: Members of the Committee will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Choice of Deputy Convener: The Committee will choose a Deputy Convener. 3. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 4, 5 and 6 in private. 4. Presiding Officer's Guidance on Conduct in the Chamber The Committee will consider changes to the Presiding Officer Guidance on Conduct in the Chamber. 5. Rules for Cross-Party Groups: The Committee will consider a note by the Clerk. 6. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee at [email protected]. View calendar - Add to calendar

Scottish Calendar

Thursday 25th June 2026 10 a.m.
1st Meeting, 2026 (Session 7)
The committee will meet at 10:00am at T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv. 1. Declaration of interests: Members of the Committee will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Choice of Deputy Convener: The Committee will choose a Deputy Convener. 3. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 4, 5 and 6 in private. 4. Presiding Officer's Guidance on Conduct in the Chamber The Committee will consider changes to the Presiding Officer Guidance on Conduct in the Chamber. 5. Rules for Cross-Party Groups: The Committee will consider a note by the Clerk. 6. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee at [email protected].
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