Creating the best framework for AI in the UK
This is a short piece I wrote earlier in the year for the Foundation of Science…
Lord C-J introduces new Public Authority Algorithm Bill
I recently introduced a private members bill in the House of Lords designed to…
Lord C-J calls for review of Policy Lethal Autonomous Weapons
The Debate on limitation of Lethal Autonomous weapons has hotted up, especially in…
Coordination of Digital Regulation Crucial
The House of Lords recently debated the report of its Select Committee on…
Broadband and 5G rollout strategy needs review
During the passage of the Product and Security Bill it has become clear that the…
Government AI Procurement needs ethical and data compliance obligation
The Procurement Bill lacks any kinds of obligation on Government to ensure that AI…
Debate on AI in the UK: No Room For Complacency report
Recently the House of Lords belatedly debated the follow Report to the the original…
Government should use procurement process to secure good work
Recently in the context of its duties under the Procurement Bill I argued for an…
The Queens Speech 2022: Questioning the Government’s Digital Agenda
Shortly after the Queens Speech this year which set out the Government's extensive…
Camera Code of practice: motion to Regret
I recently moved a regret motion that "This House regrets the Surveillance Camera…
Live Facial Recognition: Home Office in Denial
I recently asked a question about the new College of Policing guidance on Live…
Where should facial recognition be used?
Have you ever considered where this information goes, aside from unlocking our…
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Lord C-J looks to the Future of IP policy
I recently gave a speech to the Inside Government Intellectual Property 2014…
Peers Debate the WWW on its 25th Anniversary
Martha Lane Fox until recently the Government's UK Digital Champion initiated a wide…
Lord C-J Debates freedom of speech in Turkey
I recently attended a major conference on the Rule of Law in Istanbul alongside a…
Angela Merkel Comes to Town
Very well received speech by the German Chancellor when she spoke to both Houses of…
Visas
For some time now I and my Lib Dem colleagues have been interrogating government on…
Intellectual Property Bill
This is a Bill announced in the Queen's Speech this May which makes some valuable…
The Independent has launched a Christmas campaign with Space for Giants to raise funds for its vital anti poaching work.
This could be transformational both in Northern Kenya and other parts of Africa…
Lord C-J checks progress on the Public Health Responsibility deal
The Public health responsibility deal was a deal agreed in 2011 between government…
Triumph for Southwark Tigers!
Astonishly Southwark Tigers Under 13's recently beat Old Alleynians Under 13's by a…
Queen’s Speech Shows the Coalition has not run out of steam
There has been been much talk of swivel eyed loons these past weeks. The Tories are…
End of Term?
This is how many of us felt at the end of the current term in the Lords! Actually…
40 maps that explain the world
See the the fascinating set of maps which were recently published in the Washington…