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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

The Bill regulates technical risk; it does not touch ownership or control. The Open Rights Group made that point in evidence to the Commons Public Bill Committee. A supplier could satisfy every security standard in the Bill and still be compelled by a foreign Government to withdraw a service overnight or, under, for instance, the US CLOUD Act, to hand over data held here in the United Kingdom.

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