Member

The data Bill was not the constitutional crisis falsely proclaimed by Ministers: it was an opportunity. The Government have five times stood in the way of that opportunity. Actions speak louder than words, and the sound of government action is deafening. The Government have been disingenuous, and I commend the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, for his speech, for putting forward his important and proportionate amendment—it was very inventive, I must admit—and for being uncowed in his defence of the creative industries.