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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 7 January 2026

Debate

Crime and Policing Bill

Contribution

The case for this reform has been strongly supported by government experts. I am sure the Minister has in his brief that Sir Patrick Vallance, now the noble Lord, Lord Vallance, in his Pro-innovation Regulation of Technologies Review, recommended amending the CMA to include a statutory public interest defence, arguing that

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