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HANSARD Information Commissioner’s Office: RelocationI will in a moment. I throw this point back at the right hon. Lady; I am sure she would not want to waste taxpayers’ money.16 Jul 2025HANSARD Information Commissioner’s Office: RelocationIt would be easier for me to respond to a lot of the right hon. Lady’s questions if she was not attacking me quite so much. The point I am making is that this is a body based in…16 Jul 2025HANSARD Information Commissioner’s Office: RelocationI will not give way to the right hon. Lady for a moment, because she has posed quite a lot of questions that I need to answer. The right hon. Lady asked about funding. A statutory…16 Jul 2025HANSARD Information Commissioner’s Office: RelocationAs usual, it is a great delight to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I warmly commend the right hon. Member for Tatton (Esther McVey) for doing something perhaps intrinsic…16 Jul 2025HANSARD Information Commissioner’s Office: RelocationThe ICO went through a thorough process. It had to gain approval at the end of that process, although it had been speaking to the Cabinet Office from the very beginning. That is…16 Jul 2025HANSARD Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]Oh dear.14 Jul 2025HANSARD Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]Yes—well, it would have been endlessly hard rock, wouldn’t it, if it was just to please him? Of course, this debate is timely because the Proms are about to start. The Proms are…14 Jul 2025HANSARD Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]Well, this is a rum old affair, isn’t it? I think we can definitely put this down as one of the recondite moments of parliamentary democracy. A number of people have asked me…14 Jul 2025HANSARD Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]Of course. I was merely responding to the points made by my hon. Friend the Member for Washington and Gateshead South. If we had a debate in which there was a venue mentioned and…14 Jul 2025HANSARD Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]I think I will make sure that gets into Hansard now. The right hon. Gentleman is taking objection to me personally. Well, there we are.14 Jul 2025HANSARD Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]I am not going to sing. Do behave! The right hon. Gentleman is almost as bad as I used to be when I sat where he is sitting now.14 Jul 2025HANSARD Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]And the former Minister for common sense has now completely abandoned common sense, clearly. Anyway, Emeli Sandé sang: “You’ve got the words to change a nation But you’re biting…14 Jul 2025HANSARDPublic Libraries: Usage in EnglandI am repeating the following written ministerial statement made today in the other place by my noble Friend, the Minister for Gambling and Heritage and DCMS Lords Minister,…10 Jul 2025HANSARDHeritage Sector: Impact of Spending ReviewWell, I have just been told that I am on the side of Wigan. [ Laughter. ] But there is a more serious point here, which is that the UK has 35 UNESCO world heritage sites. We are…03 Jul 2025HANSARDHeritage Sector: Impact of Spending ReviewIt is not rugby league, Mr Speaker. As my hon. Friend knows, I fully support the project, which I know she has been engaged in since before she was an MP right through until now.…03 Jul 2025HANSARDHeritage Sector: Impact of Spending ReviewDid you say Ben Hur, Mr Speaker? I do not think we are going to enact Ben Hur.03 Jul 2025HANSARDBritish Musical Acts: International PromotionThe new music growth package will invest up to £30 million to help emerging British artists access international markets with support for touring, showcasing and export promotion.03 Jul 2025HANSARDHeritage Sector: Impact of Spending ReviewI want to pay tribute to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the way she conducted the spending review. In the words of Diana Ross, she reached out and touched our Department with…03 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hospice sector is not specifically my responsibility, but of course I value hospices. To go back to the earlier point about the state of the finances in the Department for…03 Jul 2025HANSARDBritish Musical Acts: International PromotionIf only the right hon. Gentleman had been a Minister in the previous Government, when they failed to take the deal that was on offer from the European Union. I am absolutely…03 Jul 2025