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Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 14 October 2025

Debate

Jaguar Land Rover Cyberattack

Contribution

My Lords, according to the National Cyber Security Centre’s latest report—and following on from the noble Lord, Lord Fox—in the year to September, there were 18 highly significant attacks, meaning attacks with the potential to have a serious impact on essential services. Given the increasing frequency of these attacks, can the Minister reassure the House that the Government’s plans for a centralised national digital ID database would not create a single point of potential failure, one breach away from exposing the entire British public to foreign espionage, hostile state interference or domestic data misuse?

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