Lord Clement-Jones
The Lord Clement-Jones CBE
Liberal Democrat
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 16 July 1998
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Employment Rights Bill
22/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I am going to be extremely brief because it is now 11.20 pm. We need to finish these proceedings at least before midnight, but that may be a...
My Lords, it is extremely disappointing that we are debating something of this order of importance at this time of day and at the fag-end of this Bill...
Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025
21/07/2025 • Lords
I entirely agree with the noble Lord. I do not understand why the noble Lord, Lord Knight, is raising what seems to be a pretty obvious issue.
The ...
If a company has a series of 5% ownership stakes it will have a plurality of shareholders and therefore a mix of influence, but if you own a 15% stake...
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Artificial Intelligence: Legislation
20/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, as long ago as February, the Minister’s Secretary of State said:
“AI is a powerful tool and powerful tools can be misused. State-sponsore...
Employment Rights Bill
20/07/2025 • Lords
The noble Baroness nearly won me over at that point. I thank her. I feel like someone who was expecting a full meal but receives a rather light snack....
My Lords, Amendment 111ZA seeks to introduce a requirement for workplace AI risk and impact assessments. This amendment is focused on addressing the p...
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Online Safety Super-Complaints (Eligibility and Procedural Matters) Regulations 2025
14/07/2025 • Lords
I am sorry to interrupt again, but it partly depends on how much confidence we have in the tech companies in terms of how they deal with complaints.
But if the report will be available only then and the regulations need to be made, the prospect of having an ombudsman is not there until 2029—somethi...
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Fujitsu: Government Contracts
08/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, the noble Baroness will be aware that I have asked quite a number of questions about the Fujitsu contracts, and she has repeated, word for w...
ARIA: Scoping Our Planet Programme
07/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, the Minister’s arguments are sounding dangerously like those made by the noble Lord, Lord Callanan, on Report, which I am sure he will be de...
My Lords, the Minister mentions ARIA being committed to transparency, but that highlights the fact that it is not subject to the general freedom of in...
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Employment Rights Bill
23/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, that ministerial “in due course” is not quite as good as “very, very, very soon”. I sense an awful lot of goodwill coming from the Minister,...
Can the Minister say what the status is of the consultations she mentioned? She offered very reassuring words and said there was a consultation on emp...
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Employment Rights Bill
15/06/2025 • Lords
Perhaps the Minister could add another bell or whistle to what he has just said. Will he undertake to meet those with a strong interest in the protect...
My Lords, the Minister has noticed the strength of feeling across the House in terms of support for some of the freelance amendments. I very much appr...
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My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Viscount, Lord Stansgate, not only because of his enthusiasm but because of his concision. To pack all ...
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