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HANSARD Local Government FinanceWill the Secretary of State give way?11 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. When introducing new legislation, it is essential that those who fall under its new regulations be clearly…10 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fifth sitting)Can the Minister elaborate on how he will ensure that regulators have the capacity to cope with large-scale data reports?10 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fifth sitting)I have two points for the Minister to address. First, can he address concerns around whether funds raised will be directly reinvested into improving cyber-security, rather than…10 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fifth sitting)I have much sympathy with the hon. Gentleman’s arguments about the importance of local government, and I believe that it should be within scope of the Bill. Essential services are…10 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fifth sitting)On the point about banding, can the Minister assure us that there will be consistency applied across regulators so that different events are not differentially penalised depending…10 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fifth sitting)I have two points for the Minister to address. First, could he clarify whether an organisation would face repercussions if a regulator believed in retrospect that notification…10 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Third sitting)What consideration has been given to the potential conflict between data centres’ contractual obligation regarding customer confidentiality and mandatory rapid reporting? What…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Third sitting)On the growth of this industry, and with 78% of UK enterprises relying on cloud-based services, 96% of companies expected to use public cloud services, 35% of UK businesses…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Third sitting)Does the shadow Minister agree that the Government should heed the message of Chris Dimitriadis, the chief global strategy officer at the Information Systems Audit and Control…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Third sitting)The risk and the threat from hostile states is plain to see. Does my hon. Friend have any sympathy for the ten-minute rule Bill that I introduced a few months ago on the Floor of…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Third sitting)Will the Minister give way?05 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Third sitting)Given the blurring of boundary lines between cyber-attacks and financial crime, I can see the compelling reasons why the amendment has been tabled, but does the shadow Minister…05 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonAt the point immediately prior to Peter Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador, the UK had a respected ambassador to the United States already in Dame Karen Pierce. Given that…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonDoes my right hon. Friend agree that the public are sick and tired of people who appear to fail upwards in public life, simply for the reason that they appear to move in the right…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonAside from the evident, persistent and consistent failures in the Prime Minister’s integrity, does this issue not raise massive questions about the hold over the Government and…04 Feb 2026HANSARDLord MandelsonDoes my hon. Friend agree, particularly following her point about the writing being on the wall, that the Minister, when he wraps up on behalf of the Government, needs to quash…04 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (First sitting)Q Two questions: first, for a bit of context, could the witnesses give us an idea of the objectives of cyber-attacks? Are we seeing objectives based around disruption or around…03 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (First sitting)Q Picking up on what Jen mentioned about FTSE and publicly traded companies being within scope, is there a view on ensuring g that privately owned companies of a particular scale…03 Feb 2026HANSARDCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Second sitting)Q Are you able to quantify that in any way? Ian Hulme: At the moment, to give you a few broad numbers our teams are around 15 people, and we anticipate doubling that. In the…03 Feb 2026