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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 3 September 2026

Debate

Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill

Contribution

I turn to Amendment 171 from the Conservative Front Bench, on a ransomware reporting amnesty. I look forward to that being introduced. While we agree that incident reporting must be encouraged, an amnesty creates, in our view, a dangerous moral hazard, potentially letting negligent boards off the hook and indirectly legitimising ransom payments. We believe that the true solution is proactive safe harbours such as our presumption of conformity under Amendment 94, which we debated on Tuesday.

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