Intellectual Property Bill [HL]

My Lords, along with a number of other noble Lords, I have several amendments in this group to wh...

If I may help the noble Lord, I asked his permission—this is an intellectual property Bill, after...

I am most grateful to the noble Lord for his e-mail. I did not interpret it as asking for my perm...

My Lords, Clause 20 requires the Secretary of State to report to Parliament annually on how the a...

My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, said, the debate on the Enterprise and Regulatory Re...

My Lords, I am delighted that the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, indicated that he supports most...

My Lords, before I begin I thank noble Lords for their engagement on the new reporting duty. This...

I very much appreciate what the noble Viscount has just told the Committee. It is very good news ...

I thank the noble Lord for that question. We feel that we have gone as far as we can. Many of the...

My Lords, I thank all speakers in this shortish debate. It was of high quality and we covered a l...

The noble Lord’s question about who holds the pen on this report shows that everything is in the ...

I thank the Minister for picking up that point. Does it clarify it? No, but with that I withdraw ...

Moved by

Lord Jenkin of Roding

28A: After Clause 20, insert the following new Clause—...

My Lords, it has long been my ambition to appear on the screen in two different places, but I thi...

My Lords, I rise to speak briefly in support of Amendment 28A. My noble friend Lord Jenkin eloque...

My Lords, the noble Lords, Lord Jenkin and Lord Clement-Jones, made a clear and convincing case f...

My Lords, it is not only a form of cheating but a form of free-riding that is clearly unfair. I l...

My Lords, the amendment proposed by my noble friends Lord Jenkin and Lord Clement-Jones seeks to ...

My Lords, I listened with great interest to my noble friend giving his answer, and I hope I shall...

Moved by

Lord Young of Norwood Green

28AA: After Clause 20, insert the following new ...

My Lords, I am sure that noble Lords will recall that on 29 October last, the All-Party Parliamen...

My Lords, as someone involved in the All-Party Parliamentary IP Group report of last year, which ...

My Lords, it grieves me to part company with my noble friend Lord Young of Norwood Green but I ca...

My Lords, I want to intervene in a small way. I had a certain nostalgic feeling when reference wa...

My Lords, Amendment 28AA would create a new statutory role of “Director General of Intellectual P...

My Lords, I have not quite struck a consensus in Committee on this occasion. Even those who were ...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

28AB: After Clause 20, insert the following new ...

My Lords, this amendment is designed to probe the Government’s intentions as regards the substant...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, has found a novel way of responding to the consultation...

My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Stevenson of Balmacara in his proposal that the Governme...

My Lords, I understand that the noble Lords, Lord Stevenson and Lord Young, are keen to discuss t...

My Lords, I thank all speakers for contributing to this, and to the Minister for his very full re...

Moved by

Lord Young of Norwood Green

28AC: After Clause 20, insert the following new ...

My Lords, we have argued in Committee about whether or not criminal sanctions should be introduce...

My Lords, I was not planning to speak on the amendment but the noble Lord, Lord Young, made such ...

My Lords, Amendment 28AC would allow for the awarding of damages in copyright infringement cases ...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for participating in the debate. I cannot say that we...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

28B: Clause 21, page 19, line 30, leave out from ...

My Lords, I will set out why the Government have tabled minor and technical amendments to this cl...

My Lords, I am sure that there will be little response to the Minister’s brief but adequate expla...

I am grateful for the brief contribution from the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson. I have nothing furt...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

28C: Clause 21, page 19, line 33, leave out “(4)(...

Moved by

Lord Clement-Jones

29: After Clause 21, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, as your Lordships know, the public lending right is the legal right of authors to recei...

My Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, very strongly indeed. I am very glad that...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for his comprehensive contribution, as well...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Clement-Jones for his amendment. This amendment and the fo...

I welcome that nugget of information but it is a nugget in that there is quite a lot more in the ...

I was attempting to give a fuller answer in that I, too, understood that it was a slightly more c...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that quite complex reply. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Howarth...

Moved by

Lord Clement-Jones

30: After Clause 21, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, I am afraid I have three amendments in a row. I do not know whether it will be “three s...

My Lords, I declare no current interest in this matter, although I was director of the British Fi...

My Lords, the amendment would repeal Section 73 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988—in...

My Lords, I am delighted to hear that the Government are looking at this. I do not know whether t...

Moved by

Lord Clement-Jones

31: After Clause 21, insert the following new Clause—

Noble Lords will be pleased to hear that this is a rather shorter amendment. Amendment 31 inserts...

My Lords, we support in principle the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and would ...

My Lords, I listened carefully to the speech of my noble friend Lord Clement-Jones. In so doing, ...

My Lords, although the Minister has thanked everyone for their part in Committee, he has, sadly, ...