CCTV Debate
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Lord Bassam of Brighton
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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con)
I do not have those figures to hand, but I imagine that they are substantial, and I shall find out and write to the noble Lord.
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Lab)
My Lords, there is an opportunity here for the Government to get something right. The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill received Royal Assent, as the Minister knows, in early December. Its security provisions are designed to improve the security of smart products—a category that includes CCTV doorbells. Is the Minister able to provide some updates on commencement of Part 1 of the Act, or on the laying of relevant regulations and guidance, given that this will be the subject of some intense debate—and given, too, the potential privacy issues that will arise if security vulnerabilities in personal CCTV products can be exploited, as we now know, by bad actors?