"My Lords, it is a great privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Butler. Like him, I have a similar view that the House of Lords Appointments Commission should not be able to constrain the powers of the Prime Minister. Our system of appointment may not be perfect, but it …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"My Lords, this has been an excellent debate. I thank the Minister for her comprehensive response. I know this debate comes at the end of yet another busy week for her—handling the data Bill and the Employment Rights Bill, and she has just referred to being at London Tech Week …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"That this House takes note of the Report from the Communications and Digital Committee AI and creative technology scaleups: less talk, more action (2nd Report, HL Paper 71)...." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"My Lords, this is the Communications and Digital Committee’s final report from my time as chair, so I not only thank the committee staff and my fellow committee members for all their work and contributions to this inquiry but extend my sincere thanks to all colleagues with whom I worked …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"My noble friend is right that the cost of energy in the UK is very much a deterrent to a lot of inward investment. It is not deterring them completely, but I was talking only yesterday to a very senior figure at Amazon and, as you would expect, he was …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"It might assist the Senior Deputy Speaker and my noble friend if I add to what has been said. As a newly appointed member of the Conduct Committee and as one of the members who were part of the recruitment process, one of the things that has been important to …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"Will the noble Lord give way? He might find an opportunity to take advantage of the water that was provided. I just wanted to say that the noble Lord, Lord Burns, is making a very powerful contribution to this debate and I am going to support him in his argument. …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"I thank the noble Baroness for giving way, but does she accept that in order for these discussions to be fruitful in the round table and workshops that the Government have proposed, all parties need to know that they are entering those discussions on an equal footing? Although the noble …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"My Lords, I support the amendments in this group and endorse most of the arguments that have already been advanced. I will focus just briefly on tech scale-ups.
Noble Lords will, I hope, remember that the Communications and Digital Select Committee published a report just a few months ago on …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech
"Forgive me if I am pre-empting the Minister, but given that she has just responded to my noble friend on the question of economic growth, what is her reply to the issues I raised about the specifics in the context of tech scale-ups, which are a priority for the Government’s …..." Baroness Stowell of Beeston - View Speech