"My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for initiating this debate, and I agree with almost everything he has just said.
I applaud the enormous work that Ofcom has put into creating and implementing the children’s codes. I am pleased to hear that they have already led to …..." Viscount Colville of Culross - View Speech
"I declare an interest as a freelance television producer. Although I was not able to add my name to Amendment 160, my support for it is undiminished. Fortunately, I was able to add my name to Amendment 161, which I know would also give much needed clarity to freelancers.
"My Lords, at the Bletchley AI safety summit, major AI companies, such as Google, signed a voluntary agreement that they would not release AI frontier models without a safety card explaining how they had been tested and by whom. However, in March this year, Google released its Gemini 2.5 model …..." Viscount Colville of Culross - View Speech
"My Lords, I am informed that there was an error in the results announced for the first Division today. The correct results were content 304, not content 160.
"I need to warn your Lordships that if Amendment 3 is agreed to, I cannot call Amendments 4 to 6 by reason of pre-emption...." Viscount Colville of Culross - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare an interest as a former BBC producer. In light of the events at Glastonbury last weekend, the BBC has put out a statement saying that
"My Lords, a large amount of British plastic waste is not recycled because it is too complex to sort. What steps are the Government taking to encourage innovative research which will allow for new ways of recycling complex plastics and ensure that more plastic is recycled and less ends up …..." Viscount Colville of Culross - View Speech