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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Apr 2025
Intellectual Property: Artificial Intelligence

"My hon. Friend makes a precise and excellent point. Seemingly by the day, we learn of whole sections of our creative industries having their work ripped off. I will come on to what we need to do.

We need an assertion of first principles: economic fairness and an honest day’s …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Apr 2025
Intellectual Property: Artificial Intelligence

"My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. It is fundamental to future coexistence that the licensing and legal peace of mind that the industry requires, and is seeking, is uppermost in any future position that the Government take.

Let us take a closer look. We know that behind the AI …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Apr 2025
Intellectual Property: Artificial Intelligence

"My hon. Friend makes an excellent point and demonstrates both the economic might of these industries—the sheer size of their contribution—and the fact that this is Britain’s best industry, giving some of the best life experiences. I know how well my hon. Friend is thought of.

Creative industries must not …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Apr 2025
Intellectual Property: Artificial Intelligence

"I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention; I will expand on her point about transparency.

We must have transparency, and it needs to be granular, enforceable and practical. AI developers must be required to disclose which copyrighted works they used to train or fine-tune their models. TollBit’s “State of …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Apr 2025
Intellectual Property: Artificial Intelligence

"I agree, and as I am about to say, there is ample proof of the stripping away of that very metadata, which could be the identifying feature when it is being used and scraped. With AI models, rights holders cannot see what is being used. This is not a crisis …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Apr 2025
Intellectual Property: Artificial Intelligence

"It is absolutely imperative that we strike the right balance. This is not about pitting one side against the other; it is about coexistence and mutual interdependence.

Will the Minister consider introducing a stronger framework for personality rights under the data Bill, as proposed by Equity and the wider creative …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Apr 2025
Intellectual Property: Artificial Intelligence

"I thank everybody for their considered remarks. I have been so inspired by the turnout, not just of colleagues, but of industry representatives and other concerned stakeholders. It was remiss of me not to begin by referring to my wife, as is often the case: I failed to declare that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 28 Mar 2025
Water Bill

"The right hon. Gentleman and I stood for election in 2019 on a manifesto of public ownership of the utilities and water companies. It cost me my job, and the public decided to give Labour the worst electoral thumping in our history. Will he take some responsibility for that? Does …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 28 Mar 2025
Water Bill

"I first want to congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Norwich South (Clive Lewis) on the Bill and on his passionate speech. No one can be in any doubt about his commitment to this cause. I was struck by the elegance of his comments in his wind-up, which drew …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 28 Mar 2025
Water Bill

"My hon. Friend is absolutely right—that is an important observation. The town is doing its utmost to make Burrs, the country park I have been referring to, into a jewel, a place to visit and a destination to come to, but we have very little say in the quality of …..."
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