Russell Group Universities: Foreign Student Admissions
Debate between Lord Sandhurst and Baroness Williams of Trafford(9 months, 3 weeks ago)
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Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
My Lords, we will hear from the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, and then the noble Baroness, Lady Warwick.
General Medical Council: Internal Guidance
Debate between Lord Sandhurst and Baroness Williams of Trafford(1 year, 1 month ago)
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Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
My Lords, my noble friends should come to a gentlemen’s agreement on who is going first.
Live Facial Recognition: Police Guidance
Debate between Lord Sandhurst and Baroness Williams of Trafford(2 years, 7 months ago)
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Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
I do not think we need to slow it down—quite the contrary. It is important that this is done in a clear way: that the police explain why, who and where they are using their deployments. That must be explained by the police. I think this has great potential for good, and so I would not agree with the right reverend Prelate.
Lord Sandhurst (Con)
My Lords, I am sorry to press the Minister, but in the light of the forthcoming regulations that are going to be made in respect of non-crime hate speech, is not facial recognition likewise so important that it should not be left to mere guidance? Is it not time now for the College of Policing to be put on a statutory basis, and going forward, for facial recognition, like non-crime hate speech, to be made subject to regulations approved under the affirmative procedure?
Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
I disagree with my noble friend, because it is not left to guidance. Where guidance comes in is in the deployment. There is a legal basis on which to deploy, using powers including common-law powers. It was on the back of the court judgment that it was recommended that its use be clarified: the when and where of the use of LFR.