"My Lords, I congratulate my honourable friend Munira Wilson on trying to extract some clarity from the Government after the Prime Minister’s speech yesterday before almost any of us arrived at London Tech Week. Sadly, it did not contain all of what was in the weekend media briefings. On these …..." Lord Clement-Jones - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare an interest as an adviser to DLA Piper on AI policy and regulation. I warmly thank the most reverend Primate for initiating this debate and for her very comprehensive, thought provoking and—in the words of the noble Baroness, Lady Bottomley—empathetic introduction.
"My Lords, I declare an interest as an adviser to DLA Piper on AI policy and regulation. We should all thank the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, for his consistent advocacy for regulation, the need for which is clearly shared widely around this Room.
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what strategy they have to ensure that the Sovereign AI Fund will support sovereign AI infrastructure and reduce public sector dependence on foreign hyperscale cloud providers...." Lord Clement-Jones - View Speech
"My Lords, the Secretary of State has said that Britain
“must be an AI maker, not an AI taker”,—[Official Report, Commons, 18/3/26; col. 55WS.]
and the sovereign AI unit’s own chair has promised British start-ups a guaranteed route to government contracts. But even the AI Minister, Mr …..." Lord Clement-Jones - View Speech
"My Lords, we have had a very rich and wide-ranging debate, which presents some challenges on winding up. I am very tempted to take a leaf out of the book of the noble Baroness, Lady Debbonaire, and just give a big tick to a number of the speeches that we …..." Lord Clement-Jones - View Speech
"My Lords, as we reach these final stages of ping-pong on the Bill, I will first express the profound regret and disappointment of the Liberal Democrat Benches at the posture now being adopted by the Conservative Opposition. I have immense respect for the noble Lord, Lord Nash, and the tireless …..." Lord Clement-Jones - View Speech
"At end insert “, and do propose Amendment 38Z22 to Commons Amendment 38Z17, Amendment 38Z23 to Commons Amendment 38Z18, Amendment 38Z24 to Commons Amendment 38Z20, and Amendment 38Z25 to Commons Amendment 38Z21—..." Lord Clement-Jones - View Speech
"My Lords, briefly, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate on Motion A1. I thank in particular the noble Lord, Lord Nash, and the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, who have done so much to contribute to the way this debate has moved forward. I thank the …..." Lord Clement-Jones - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for coming forward in relation to this Statement and join in acknowledging unreservedly the profound scientific value of UK Biobank and the extraordinary generosity of the half a million volunteers whose participation has driven life-saving discoveries in heart disease, cancer, dementia, Parkinson’s, and Covid …..." Lord Clement-Jones - View Speech