Crime and Policing Bill – Second Reading
During the Second Reading of the Crime and Policing Bill, Baroness Kidron urged government to take stronger action to combat online child sexual abuse, violent pornography and AI misuse, and called for better support for bereaved families and vulnerable young people affected by digital harms.
EdTech and AI in schools
At the Committee Stage of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, Baroness Kidron presented amendments calling for statutory standards on EdTech and filtering and monitoring systems in schools, and an amendment requiring the ICO to publish a code of practice for educational settings.
Online Safety Act – Oral Evidence
Baroness Kidron gave evidence to the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee as part of the Committee’s hearings into Ofcom’s proposed additional safety measures and implementation of the Online Safety Act. She called on Ofcom to take a more outcome-driven approach.
Creative Copyright – Data (Use and Access) Bill
Baroness Kidron spoke in a debate about the Lord Committee's report on AI and the Creative Industries. She warned the government to think carefully about making NHS patient and UK CCTV data available to US tech, and that many policy decisions about UK data appear to be being made behind closed doors, excluding parliamentarians and UK AI.
Creative Copyright – Data (Use and Access) Bill
In her last speech of the Data (Use and Access) Bill, Baroness Kidron condemned the government for siding with big tech over the UK’s creative industries, accusing ministers of betraying millions of workers and allowing global tech to profit from British creators’ work without permission or payment.
Creative Copyright – Data (Use and Access) Bill
As the Data (Use and Access) Bill reached another stage of ping-pong, Baroness Kidron urged Lords to back another amendment protecting creators’ intellectual property and livelihoods, stressing respect for parliamentary process while condemning the government’s refusal to safeguard the UK’s creative industries.
Creative Copyright – Data (Use and Access) Bill
Baroness Kidron urged the House of Lords to defend the rights and livelihoods of UK creators by supporting an amendment that would protect their intellectual property from exploitation by tech companies, warning that failure to act now will leave the creative industries unprotected and undervalued.
Creative Copyright – Data (Use and Access) Bill
Baroness Kidron continued to fight for creative copyright holders during the Data (Use and Access) Bill by defending an amendment requiring the government to implement transparency rules and warning that inaction will irreparably damage the nation’s creative industries, economy, and cultural identity.
Creative Copyright – Data (Use and Access) Bill
As the Data (Use and Access) Bill returned to the Lords, Baroness Kidron defended an amendment requiring transparency over AI companies' use of copyrighted material, warning that government inaction is enabling tech forms to steal UK intellectual property, threatening the nation’s creative economy.