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HANSARDJaguar Land Rover Cyber-attackYes, all the agencies will be engaged to the fullest possible extent. As the Chair of the Business and Trade Committee said, we will bend over backwards and do everything we…09 Sept 2025HANSARDJaguar Land Rover Cyber-attackThe right hon. Gentleman is right on two points, and to take his point a little further, data is a wonderful thing—a gold mine, in many ways—but it is also a potential…09 Sept 2025HANSARDJaguar Land Rover Cyber-attackThat is the second time I have been asked whether this attack has come from overseas, although I suppose that is a slightly different question from one about state actors. Again,…09 Sept 2025HANSARDJaguar Land Rover Cyber-attackFirst, I commend my hon. Friend on seeking this urgent question and you, Mr Speaker, on granting it. My hon. Friend makes the important point that Jaguar Land Rover is not only an…09 Sept 2025HANSARDJaguar Land Rover Cyber-attackThank you, Mr Speaker. I fully recognise the anxiety and deep concern that employees at Jaguar Land Rover and across the supply chain will be feeling. The Government and the…09 Sept 2025HANSARDJaguar Land Rover Cyber-attackMy hon. Friend has stumped me there. I do not have the faintest idea. I will have to write to him with an answer to that one.09 Sept 2025HANSARDJaguar Land Rover Cyber-attackBasically, every organisation in the country should be considering whether they might be the next under attack. It is possible that there might already have been an attempted…09 Sept 2025HANSARDJaguar Land Rover Cyber-attackThe hon. Member is right. For that matter, I suspect that every single Member of the House will have had some kind of attempted cyber-attack, whether that is phishing or vishing…09 Sept 2025HANSARDJaguar Land Rover Cyber-attackShe is not; I will not welcome her to her new role, then—I welcome her to the Dispatch Box none the less. She asked a series of questions, and I will try to answer those that I…09 Sept 2025HANSARDJaguar Land Rover Cyber-attackThe hon. Member is absolutely right that it is not just about big companies, listed companies or, for that matter, big organisations in the public sphere; it is also about much…09 Sept 2025HANSARDJaguar Land Rover Cyber-attackThe single most important thing we can do is ensure that we end up prosecuting the guilty and that people are sent to prison, such as the gentleman—well, the person—in the United…09 Sept 2025HANSARDJaguar Land Rover Cyber-attackI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who is on the Business and Trade Committee, which I will be before next week, I think. On ransomware, one of the questions is whether we know the…09 Sept 2025HANSARDJaguar Land Rover Cyber-attackWe want to make sure that is the case. As I have said, I have spoken to Jaguar Land Rover, and I intend to have a further meeting with the chief executive later this week, though…09 Sept 2025HANSARDJaguar Land Rover Cyber-attackThey certainly have this state right behind them. Incidentally, I apologise to the right hon. Gentleman: I think I visited his constituency during the recess, and he might have…09 Sept 2025HANSARDJaguar Land Rover Cyber-attackI am tempted to say that it is too early to say, as the hon. Gentleman gave me that get-out clause at the end. The main thing I want to ensure is that all MPs have the information…09 Sept 2025HANSARDJaguar Land Rover Cyber-attackThe right hon. and learned Gentleman makes a very good point about legislation that is somewhat out of date and needs renewing. That is one of the reasons why, as we stated in the…09 Sept 2025HANSARDJaguar Land Rover Cyber-attackYes, I can assure my hon. Friend that we do that. Of course, I fully understand that this issue comes on top of other issues for JLR this year, not least tariffs in the United…09 Sept 2025HANSARDJaguar Land Rover Cyber-attackI am not sure whether the shadow Minister is in a new role—09 Sept 2025HANSARDJaguar Land Rover Cyber-attackIt is interesting, is it not? My hon. Friend makes a very good point. There is a balancing act for us to achieve: we do not want to overburden businesses with requirements, but we…09 Sept 2025HANSARD Hospitality SectorI will not give way again. That meant that mortgage rates rose faster than they have ever risen in our history, which made it almost impossible for people to survive economically.03 Sept 2025