Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
Debate between Lord Pannick and Baroness Jones of Whitchurch(1 day, 19 hours ago)
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Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab)
I thank the noble Baroness for her helpful suggestion. Hopefully, she has fed that into the consultation. I am sure it will be considered as one of the many proposals to resolve this issue.
Lord Pannick (CB)
My Lords, have His Majesty’s Government received representations, formal or informal, on this subject from the Government of the United States and, if so, will they publish the substance of those representations?
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab)
To my knowledge, we have not received any representations from the US Government. I am sure any such discussions that take place will become public very quickly.
Construction Sector: Cash Retentions
Debate between Lord Pannick and Baroness Jones of Whitchurch(5 months, 2 weeks ago)
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Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab)
My Lords, we have been working to resolve the problems associated with cash retentions through the Construction Leadership Council. As the noble Lord said, there are a wide range of views across the sector about the use and problems associated with retentions and how they might be addressed. Many in the industry are in favour of reform and are now calling for a legislative ban, in the way that the noble Lord described, but any policy solution must be sustainable and work for the whole of industry and its clients, addressing both the surety and fair payment issues that are thrown up.
Lord Pannick (CB)
Does the Minister acknowledge that the vice of late payments is not confined to the building industry? Do the Government have any plans to address this mischief more broadly?
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab)
Yes, my understanding is that the changes that will be introduced are not to affect only the construction industry. Certainly the late payments legislation that we are working on will be across the board and not specific to the construction sector.