"My Lords, I very much hope that the Government will accept the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Northover. It strikes me as a practical and important contribution to the Bill.
"My Lords, the campaign to reform the Computer Misuse Act is at least 10 years old, not just five. We—including me—have been working to try to get the provision that is contained in the amendment before us from the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones. I endorse every single word that he …..." Baroness Neville-Jones - View Speech
"My Lords, in moving Amendment 17, I will also speak to Amendment 28, which is closely related. Amendment 17 is in part a probing amendment about what constitutes an incident and the circumstances in which reporting is obligatory. It does not affect the amendment that I think the Government will …..." Baroness Neville-Jones - View Speech
"My Lords, I have listened carefully to what the Minister has said. I had hoped that we would get greater clarity; I fear that the fog has increased. I entirely accept the point that companies have a general duty to take as many preventive measures as they can to increase …..." Baroness Neville-Jones - View Speech
"My Lord, this Bill is largely directed at a given segment of the corporate sector. That reminds us, however, that there is a very large swathe of the corporate sector that we are not focusing on directly.
"Can I ask a couple of questions and make one comment? The more we hear about the conversation that is taking place on the Bill, the more anomalous the factors that have been chosen or included in the scheme become. Let me give the example of space. Plenty of us …..." Baroness Neville-Jones - View Speech
"My Lords, the last two interventions seemed to raise two issues, not one. The first is the question of how many regulators and the second is their coverage. Who will they regulate? Will they regulate just, say, the public sector, or will they regulate, in effect, the whole of the …..." Baroness Neville-Jones - View Speech
"In this recovery regime, will whatever organisations that are to be regulated be levied for the service of regulation that will be provided, or will the revenue come as a result of fines? If that is the case, I hope they will not raise the revenue by finding fault. What …..." Baroness Neville-Jones - View Speech
"I will conclude. The Bill recognises the need for regulatory co-operation, and it is certainly going to be very important if it is made to work. I also agree with those who think that we should align with things such as NIS2 to reduce the potential conflict between us and …..." Baroness Neville-Jones - View Speech