Lord Black of Brentwood
The Lord Black of Brentwood
Conservative
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 8 July 2010
Parliamentary Activity
Recent Debate Contributions
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Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025
21/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness. She and I probably have not always agreed on everything, but I echo every word that she said ...
Artificial Intelligence: News Media
06/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, AI poses an existential threat to independent media because of the way it scrapes their high-quality content without either attribution or p...
My Lords, in begging leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, I declare my interest as deputy chairman of the Telegraph Media...
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Independent Schools: Tax Changes
24/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, documents released during legal action against the Government over the imposition of VAT midway through the academic year revealed that Mini...
My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Lexden and with his permission, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in his name on the Order Paper. I...
Music Education: State Schools
23/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I declare my interest as chairman of the Royal College of Music, of which the noble Baroness, Lady Debbonaire, is a distinguished alumna. We...
Alaa Abd el-Fattah
03/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I thank the Minister for that Answer. I am sure the thoughts of the whole House will be with the courageous Dr Soueif, who lies gravely in h...
To ask His Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to secure the release from prison in Egypt of British citizen Alaa Abd elFattah, in light ...
Artificial Intelligence: Creative Content
14/05/2025 • Lords
Does the Minister agree that for AI businesses to flourish here they need access to our world-class content—which will only be produced if content cre...
My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper and declare my interest as deputy chairman of the Telegraph Media Gro...
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Renters’ Rights Bill
11/05/2025 • Lords
I am grateful to all who have taken part in this short debate, particularly my noble friend Lord Lexden, who rightly told us about the heartbreak that...
My Lords, I will speak also to my Amendments 192 to 196 and 198, which are also signed by my noble friend Lord Lexden and, with the exception of Amend...
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Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
11/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I declare my interests as deputy chairman of the Telegraph Media Group and chairman of the Royal College of Music.
It is a great pleasure...
Renters’ Rights Bill
05/05/2025 • Lords
That is probably a bridge we ought to cross when we come to it.
I go back to the point that the market may not exist at the moment but the legislation is designed to push this market along. I very much hope that by...
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Journalists and Media Workers: Safety and Security
23/04/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I declare my interest as deputy chairman of Telegraph Media Group and patron of the Rory Peck Trust, a charity which does exceptional work i...
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