Consumer Rights Bill

My Lords, Amendment 31A is also in the names of my noble friends Lady Hayter and Lord Knight of W...

My Lords, I too applaud the Government for wanting to legislate on this area, because it is movin...

My Lords, the digital provisions are a vital aspect of the Bill, bringing consumer law into the 2...

Before the Minister gets back into her stride, I hope that she will forgive me if I ask her a que...

Perhaps I can come back to that when I finish developing the argument. We had the first point and...

I am sorry to interrupt; I fear that I may become an irritating presence at this stage. Many desi...

That brings me on to the points raised by the noble Lords, Lord Stevenson and Lord Knight. Perhap...

Will the department be collecting those data?

The department always keeps the operation of new regulations under review, and I can certainly fo...

I thank the Minister for her response, although I am very disappointed in it. I also thank my nob...

I am most grateful to my noble friend and I apologise if I am getting tedious. Through him, I say...

I thank my noble friend for his intervention.

In conclusion, the argument that it is not po...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

32: Clause 33, page 21, line 38, at end insert—<...

My Lords, Clause 33 sets out which contracts to supply digital content are covered by this chapte...

My Lords, I enjoyed the graphic picture described by the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, of how thing...

I thank the Minister for her response. I take it from that that there is now agreement and clarit...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

33: Clause 34, page 22, line 21, at end insert—<...

Your Lordships will be glad to know that this is my third of three amendments, and then I will ha...

My Lords, for the first time, this Bill clarifies what rights consumers have when they buy digita...

I thank the noble Baroness for her comments, although I am slightly alarmed by the example of the...

Moved by

Lord Clement-Jones

34: Clause 34, page 22, line 22, after “relevant),” inser...

My Lords, I beg to move Amendment 34 and speak to Amendments 36, 37 and 38. Clause 34 specifies t...

My Lords, this is an interesting group of amendments. “Oh no, it’s not”, I hear you say. Oh yes, ...

My Lords, last Tuesday I facilitated part of an event at BAFTA organised by Innotech. One of the ...

My Lords, this has been an interesting debate. Amendment 34 raises an important issue for digital...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend. She certainly came out fighting for Clauses 34, 35 and 36. I t...

Moved by

Lord Clement-Jones

34A: Clause 34, page 22, line 40, at end insert—

“(...

My Lords, I am very pleased to have the support of the noble Lord, Lord Sugar, for Amendment 34A....

My Lords, this amendment would provide further exemptions to the providers of digital content, fr...

My Lords, the Bill aims to create confident consumers who are more likely to try new products and...

My Lords, this may be slightly unusual for me, but I thank my noble friend for an extremely well ...

Moved by

Lord Clement-Jones

34B: Clause 35, page 23, line 18, leave out “or by implic...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 34B I will speak also to Amendment 34C.

Under the current wor...

My Lords, I am grateful for the comments of my noble friend Lord Clement-Jones and for his constr...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for her response. It is interesting and rather tri...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

39: Clause 36, page 24, line 9, at end insert—