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HANSARD Online Safety BillIndeed. The way the hon. Gentleman describes his new clause, which I will look at, is absolutely right, but can I just make a more general point because it speaks to the point…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillI draw all hon. Members’ attention to issues relating to Barclays Bank in the wake of the economic crisis. An authority—I think it was the Serious Fraud Office—attempted to hold…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillThat is for an investigation by the appropriate enforcement agency—Ofcom et al.—and if there is evidence that culpability rests with the managing director, the owner or whoever,…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Performing Arts: English National OperaI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this debate, although as the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) said, it is sad that he had to do so. Does he…05 Dec 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Programme) (No. 4)Does the right hon. Member not agree that it is regrettable that her junior Minister—the Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the hon. Member for Sutton…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillIs the Minister saying he is open to changing his view on why he is minded to reject new clause 17 tonight?05 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillI pay tribute to all the relatives and families of the victims of online abuse who have chosen to be with us today. I am sure that, for a lot of you, our debate is very dry and…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Performing Arts: English National OperaI am really grateful to the Minister for giving way. It is just that I cannot stand this hypocrisy about levelling up. This is not levelling up. To cut the ENO will not level up.…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillFurther to that point, it is not just that some of the content will be deeply offensive to the Jewish community; it could also harm wider society. Some further examples of…05 Dec 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. This new clause relates to another issue on which there is cross-party support: reform of whistleblowing. It has been put…29 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)Both Ministers know that reform has been promised, and delayed, for a long time. The 2015 Conservative manifesto committed to making it illegal for companies to fail to put in…29 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I am sure that, in that spirit, the Minister also accepts that scrutiny by the Executive is different to scrutiny by the legislature.29 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I am grateful for that. The hon. Gentleman referred to the Companies Act 2006—I cannot remember which section. In the days when Tony Blair changed our jobs every year, I was…29 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)Anyway, I thought it was a speech in favour of the intent of this new clause. Failure to prevent offences have proved effective elsewhere, as the Minister himself has said. We use…29 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)We all think that SARs is a helpful regime. I wonder whether the Minister has been given the information by the NCA. It got more than half a million SARs, but how much of that…29 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. I have been promoting accountability for years now. In the work that I did with the Minister as we thought about how we could…29 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for reinforcing my argument. I would add simply that the same is true of the online harms Bill. If we had director liability there, I think we would…29 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I agree that we have to think carefully, but setting up an office for whistleblowing, which is what our new clause would do, could be the start. We might get some proper expertise…29 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I will speak for a little longer on new clause 73, but hopefully we will get through the others more quickly. It is probably one of the most important new clauses that we have…29 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.29 Nov 2022