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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 12 May 2025

Debate

Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]

Contribution

We should be creating market conditions that ensure our creators can continue to contribute to the culture, soft power and long-term sustainable growth of our four nations. The economic argument is overwhelming: it is a crucial part of our nation’s assets and the foundation of its future in the AI economy, which cannot be replaced by a handful of data centres. The moral argument is also unassailable: creators’ work is the result of their labour; it is their property, and it is for them to determine what they do with it.

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