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HANSARDCovid-19: RestrictionsMy Lords, as we have just heard, 2.5 million people have been advised to stay at home, often on the basis of just a text message or a letter from the NHS. Perhaps I may press my…18 May 2020HANSARDCharitable and Voluntary SectorMy Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in this important debate. I know from my time in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport how important civil society is and…30 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Business Interruption LoansMy Lords, no one can doubt the Government’s commitment to bridging and helping SMEs bridge these particular unprecedented circumstances but, to follow on from the question from…22 Apr 2020HANSARDCairncross ReviewMy Lords, I thank your Lordships for this afternoon’s debate. I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, on bringing this important issue before the House. Given how popular…06 Feb 2020HANSARDUK TelecommunicationsThe concerns that have been aired in this House today—which I am sure are being raised in the other place following a Statement by my right honourable friend the Foreign…28 Jan 2020HANSARDUK TelecommunicationsMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I will make a Statement on the security of the telecoms supply chain. This Government are committed to securing nationwide coverage of…28 Jan 2020HANSARDUK TelecommunicationsI thank both noble Lords for their comments. Quite a lot of points have been raised and I am conscious that other noble Lords want to speak, so I shall try to deal with them…28 Jan 2020HANSARDUK TelecommunicationsI thank the noble Lord. His latter point picks up on some of the points he made yesterday afternoon, when I was also standing in this position. To start with his first question,…28 Jan 2020HANSARDUK TelecommunicationsI thank the noble Lord very much indeed for his points, which are based on great experience. He is right that we talked yesterday about the expected strategic defence and security…28 Jan 2020HANSARDUK TelecommunicationsI thank my noble friend very much indeed. He has boiled it down to a very simple point. He is absolutely right to say that we have taken the decision that is right for the United…28 Jan 2020HANSARDUK TelecommunicationsAs I said earlier, if the noble Lord looks at the documents, he will see that the process sets out clearly how a high-risk vendor is defined, which was one of the points raised by…28 Jan 2020HANSARDUK TelecommunicationsThat is because the evidence of the oversight board—it is extremely vital to our relationship with Huawei, a world-leading structure to have over it, and it provided the evidence…28 Jan 2020HANSARDUK TelecommunicationsIt is a delight to agree with the noble Lord. I and my colleagues have been thoroughly impressed with the careful, systematic way in which GCHQ, the NCSC and other services have…28 Jan 2020HANSARDUK TelecommunicationsI can give the assurance to the noble Lord that this matter will, of course, be kept under constant review. That is one reason why we want to legislate to give the regulator and…28 Jan 2020HANSARDUK TelecommunicationsI fear that the noble Lord may be asking whether it is worth attending that meeting. Of course, it is always worth attending meetings with my officials and others, but yes, that…28 Jan 2020HANSARDUK TelecommunicationsI thank my noble friend. I have already talked about the Huawei cyber security oversight board and its governance. In the discussions I have had with officials, no question has…28 Jan 2020HANSARDUK TelecommunicationsI thank the noble Lord very much indeed for his support. He is of course right that Ministers must take the decision with the advice of experts and based on the circumstances as…28 Jan 2020HANSARDUK TelecommunicationsThe oversight board’s conclusions are, I believe, public documents. As we heard earlier, there are question marks about things that Huawei has been asked to do which it has not…28 Jan 2020HANSARDHuawei: UK’s 5G NetworkI thank my noble friend, who is right to pick up on diversity. Diversification of supply is a critical issue in this whole debate. Obviously I cannot pre-empt decisions that might…27 Jan 2020HANSARDHuawei: UK’s 5G NetworkThe noble Lord makes a very important point. I said in answer to the question just now that there will be a number of factors involved in making a decision of this importance. We…27 Jan 2020