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Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill

Debate on bills on Wednesday, 12 October 2022, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Kamall, Lord Harlech and Lord Sharpe of Epsom. The answering members were Lord Bassam of Brighton and Baroness Merron.
Lords report stage. Amendments 2, 4 to 12, 14 to 18 and 23 agreed to. Amendment 28 agreed to on division (159-151). Bill, as amended, ordered to be printed (HL Bill 58).

About these Parliamentary proceedings

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Session

2022-23

Department

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Legislative stage

Report stage

Procedure

Government defeats
New clauses

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Related items

Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill 2021-22 to 2022-23. Brought from the Commons.
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Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill; Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill (HL); Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill (HL); Front-loaded Child Benefit Bill (HL); Local Authority (Housing Allocation) Bill (HL). Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee fourth report.
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Parliamentary committees
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Energy Bill (HL): parts 1-2; Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Bill; Schools Bill (HL): Government response; Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill: Government response. Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee eighth report.
Tuesday, 12 July 2022
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill 2021-22 to 2022-23. As amended on Report
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Bills
House of Lords

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Deposited Paper DEP2022-0858
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
Deposited papers
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord Clement-Jones | 824 cc789-790 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Clement-Jones

1: Clause 1, page 1, line 17, at end insert—

“(2A) ...

Lord Clement-Jones | 824 cc790-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in moving Amendment 1, I shall speak also to Amendment 13. My noble friend Lord Fox wil...


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Lord Fox | 824 cc791-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I too welcome the Minister to his new role. I think DCMS will be at least as busy as hi...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 824 c792 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, before I make any comments on this group, I join noble Lords in welcoming the noble Lor...

Lord Kamall | 824 cc792-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank those noble Lords who gave

me a warm welco...

Lord Fox | 824 c794 (Link to this contribution)

In reference to the consultation, does the Minister include product safety and product security i...

Lord Kamall | 824 cc794-5 (Link to this contribution)

We understand that they are two different things, but I am happy to clarify and come back to the ...

Lord Clement-Jones | 824 c795 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for those three sets of assurances. I should have thanked him too ...

Lord Kamall | 824 c795 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Kamall

2: Clause 3, page 3, line 12, leave out “negative” and insert “a...

Lord Kamall | 824 cc795-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I turn now to Amendments 2, 4 and 5, which seek to implement recommendations set out in...

Lord Fox | 824 cc797-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendments 2, 4 to 12 and 14 very much reflect amendments that I tabled in Committee, a...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 824 c798 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am reflecting on the points that the noble Lord, Lord Fox, made about statutory instr...

Lord Kamall | 824 cc798-9 (Link to this contribution)

I thank noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. The noble Lord, Lord Fox, asked about the OPS...

Lord Kamall | 824 c799 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Kamall

4: Clause 9, page 7, line 5, at end insert—

“(8A) Regulati...

Lord Kamall | 824 cc799-800 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Kamall

6: Clause 27, page 17, line 9, leave out from “may” to “person” ...

Lord Kamall | 824 c800 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Kamall

14: Clause 56, page 39, line 29, leave out “an agreement” and in...

Lord Kamall | 824 c800 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Kamall

15: Clause 57, leave out Clause 57

Member’s explanatory st...

Lord Kamall | 824 cc800-1 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Kamall

16: Clause 58, page 41, leave out lines 28 and 29 and insert—

Lord Harlech | 824 cc801-2 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Harlech

18: After Clause 60, insert the following new Clause—

“Po...

Lord Harlech | 824 cc802-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, before I begin to speak to this group, I declare my interest as a land and business own...

Baroness Harding of Winscombe | 824 cc803-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare a new interest as an adviser on the telecoms market to Octopus Ventures. I co...

Lord Clement-Jones | 824 c804 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I too welcome the noble Lord, Lord Harlech, to the salt mines. He knows little yet of h...

Baroness Merron | 824 cc804-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, first I also welcome the Minister to his place—long may he continue to be as helpful to...

Lord Harlech | 824 cc805-6 (Link to this contribution)

I thank noble Lords for the opportunity to clarify these points and for their welcome to the Fron...

Earl of Devon | 824 c806 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

The Earl of Devon

19: Clause 61, page 46, line 14, at end insert—

“(4A...

Earl of Devon | 824 cc806-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in the absence of my noble friend Lord Lytton, I rise to move Amendment 19, to which I ...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 824 cc808-810 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Earl, Lord Devon, for moving Amendment 19. I will speak to Amendment ...

Lord Cromwell | 824 cc810-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in his opening remarks, the Minister, the noble Lord, Lord Kamall, said that some of us...

Lord Northbrook | 824 cc812-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interests as a site owner and NFU member. I agree with every word that the...

Lord Clement-Jones | 824 cc813-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, on these Benches we strongly support these amendments which support changes to the curr...

Baroness Merron | 824 c814 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the issues addressed in this group of amendments have certainly exercised your Lordship...

Lord Kamall | 824 cc815-6 (Link to this contribution)

I start by thanking the noble Earl, Lord Devon, for introducing some of the amendments, as well a...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 824 cc816-7 (Link to this contribution)

I am following very carefully what my noble friend has said. He just said that responses to the c...

Lord Kamall | 824 cc817-9 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my noble friend Lady McIntosh for those questions. I will come to them—I am sorry, maybe ...

Lord Cromwell | 824 c819 (Link to this contribution)

Before the Minister sits down, I make the point that, in my experience, the rent is the key facto...

Lord Kamall | 824 c819 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord for his question. I am interested in the point he makes about the amount o...

Earl of Devon | 824 cc819-820 (Link to this contribution)

I thank noble Lords for the unified support from across the House. It came from all Benches, it s...

Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 824 cc820-1 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Sharpe of Epsom

23: After Clause 65, insert the following new Clause—

Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 824 cc821-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Government believe that a change to the Electronic Communications Code—the code—is ...

Earl of Devon | 824 c823 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak briefly. It is wise for the Government to make this amendment, given the d...

Lord Fox | 824 cc823-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Kamall, has demonstrated a prodigious ability to outsource the res...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 824 cc824-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I welcome the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, to the Dispatch Box on this Bill. We have had to...

Lord Sharpe of Epsom | 824 cc825-6 (Link to this contribution)

I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this brief debate, particularly the noble Lord, Lord B...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 824 c826 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

25: Clause 68, page 58, line 38, leave out fr...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 824 cc826-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to raise what is quite a difficult situation in Amend...

Earl of Devon | 824 c827 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I strongly support these amendments, to which I have added my name. As I have said, I a...

Lord Cromwell | 824 c827 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I was in two minds about these amendments, but I will support them in the final analysi...

Lord Clement-Jones | 824 cc827-8 (Link to this contribution)

The view of these Benches is that throughout the passage of the Bill it has been clear that a str...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 824 c828 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has been an interesting short debate. It was an interesting debate in Committee an...

Lord Kamall | 824 cc828-830 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my noble friend Lady McIntosh for this amendment and for explaining making ADR—alternativ...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 824 c830 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Earl, Lord Devon, and the Benches opposite for their support for thes...

Baroness Merron | 824 cc830-1 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Merron

28: After Clause 74, insert the following new Clause—

...

Baroness Merron | 824 cc831-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am pleased to speak to Amendment 28, which we have tabled in an attempt to find a con...

Earl of Devon | 824 c832 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I added my name to this amendment at the last minute and I am very pleased to support i...

Lord Northbrook | 824 cc832-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I speak in support of this amendment. The noble Baroness has rightly underlined the imp...

Lord Blunkett | 824 c833 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I would have made a very similar speech to the noble Lord. As he has made my speech for...

Baroness Stowell of Beeston | 824 cc833-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, just because it is my first opportunity to do so, I congratulate my noble friend on his...

Lord Fox | 824 c834 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, on her presentation of this amendment. ...

Lord Kamall | 824 cc834-5 (Link to this contribution)

I thank noble Lords from all 360 degrees of the House for their contributions to this debate. Bef...

Lord Fox | 824 c835 (Link to this contribution)

I realise that this is taking some time, but on a number of occasions the Minister has talked abo...

Lord Kamall | 824 cc835-7 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Lord makes a reasonable point. I know that noble Lords are keen to see the data, but al...

Baroness Merron | 824 c837 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is disappointing that the Minister has not found a way to respond to the very real, ...

Subjects

Infrastructure
Telecommunications

Legislation

Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill 2021-22 to 2022-23

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