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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 1 September 2026

Debate

Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill

Contribution

The Government may point to their broad national security direction powers under Clause 43, but Clause 43 was designed for slow-moving, preventive supply chain restrictions, not real-time emergency operational crises. Clause 43 lacks the explicit technical definitions of large-scale AI systems, the essential 24-hour continuous necessity review and, crucially, the immediate judicial compensation mechanisms required to make emergency state intervention legally sound, commercially fair and compliant with the European Convention on Human Rights.

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